Ratargul Swamp Forest

Situated at Gowain River, Fatehpur Union, Gowainghat, Sylhet, Bangladesh, Ratargul Swamp Forest (Bengali: রাতারগুল জলাবন) is a freshwater swamp forest. One of the few freshwater swamp forests in the world and the only one in Bangladesh, it was once believed, was Ratargul. Subsequently, more swamp forests in Bangladesh were found, including Jugirkandi Mayabon, Bujir Bon, and Lokkhi..

Location

View of the swamp forest from the watch tower.

Watchtower located at the Swamp.
Ratargul is about 26 kilometres from Sylhet. There is a 3,325 acres wetland in Sylhet range-2 under the forest department and in that wetland Ratargul swamp forest is about 504 acres[11] It is located in Gowainghat. After reaching Gowainghat, tourists reserve local engine boat namely “traller” to reach forest.[There are two haors, Shimul Bil haor and Neoa Bil Haor, in the south part of the forest.

Tourists attraction

Tourists travelling on boat in the forest.Tourists mostly go to see the forest in monsoon. One needs to take permission from the forest office to visit the forest. A local boat needs to be hired to travel through the swamp forest. There is a building tower inside the forest. If you go up there, you can see the whole view of the forest.