Bangladesh Otter Fishing Tour
Highlights
- Exploring Fisherman’s Life of Bangladesh.
- Learning the technic of fishing by otters
- Visiting the museum of SM Sultan
- The beauty of Chitra River and surrounding
- Finding the relationship between the otters and fishermen
There are still a few small groups of fisher man who do the practice of Otter Fishing in Bangladesh. This otter fishing technic is more than 1000 years old is still alive here. Because of the uniqueness of this almost disappearing technic of fishing with otters in the southern part of Bangladesh, this finishing method has drawn big attention from different media agency as Aljzeera, Times, BBC and many others. The ancient technique that still lasts in the country. In China around 607 AD, It was practiced, and written in the book by Marco Polo on the Yangtze River in the 13th century.
This otter fishing tour will give you an opportunity to experience how the fisherman catch the fishing using their otters and in addition to this, you will also see the how the climate change is impacting on this old technic of fishing and lives of the otters and how the number of otters is getting less with the time passed by. You also will see how the master, the fishermen, of these otters, are taking care of them and you might be questioning that the otter is oppressed but actually these fishermen are taking care of them as like their own child as otters are helping them to their livelihood. The otter fishing in Bangladesh is on the way to disappear and a tour in their locality might encourage the fishermen to prolong this fading heritage for a bit longer period.
Itinerary
Day 1: Early morning journey to Norail, the otter fishing village:
Day 2: Experiencing Fisherman's Life and visiting Museum of SM Sultan:
Special Notes
Children in the village
Basic facilities for accommodation
What to ware ?
Taking Photos
Sundarbans and Otter Fishing Tour
Price
Group Size | JYP price per person | USD price per person |
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Please mail to sayed@travelandexplorebd.com or WhatsApp at +8801714085999 for the price.
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