Originating in the Garo Hills of India, the Someshwari flows into Bangladesh at Durgapur with unusually clear, cool water flowing over beds of sand and rounded gravel. During winter the river contracts into shallow braided channels, and local labourers wade into the current with net strainers to extract coal fragments washed down from upstream mines. Visitors cross the river by country boat or temporary bamboo walkways to reach Bijoypur. In the dry months, walking barefoot across the smooth sand flats is a classic Durgapur experience.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Boat crossing roughly ৳10–20 per person; hired country boat for an hour about ৳200–300
How to get to Someshwari River
Runs directly along the edge of Durgapur and Birisiri. You can walk or take a 5-minute rickshaw from Durgapur Bazar to the river ghat.
Netrokona town is about 160 km from Dhaka, around 4.5 hours by road. Every way to get there is in the Netrokona guide.
More to see in Netrokona
Photo: Anup Sadi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Bijoypur China Clay Hills বিজয়পুর চীনামাটির পাহাড়
A striking quarry lake of bright greenish-blue water enclosed by steep bluffs of pink and white kaolin clay.
- Best time
- November to March
- Give it
- 2–3 hours
- Cost
- No entry fee; hired motorbike or easy bike from Durgapur roughly ৳250–400 round trip
Photo: Anup Sadi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Birisiri Ethnic Cultural Academy ক্ষুদ্র নৃগোষ্ঠীর কালচারাল একাডেমি
A cultural museum preserving the heritage, traditional tools, costumes, and music of the Garo and Hajong communities.
- Best time
- October to March
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Nominal entry roughly ৳10–20; rickshaw from Durgapur about ৳40–50
Dingapota Haor ডিঙাপোতা হাওর
A vast seasonal wetland that resembles an inland sea during the monsoon and draws thousands of migratory waterfowl in winter.
- Best time
- July to October, or December to February
- Give it
- Half a day
- Cost
- Boat charter roughly ৳1,200–2,500 for a half-day; local bus from Netrokona about ৳70
Photo: Anup Sadi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Roailbari Fort রোয়াইলবাড়ি দুর্গ
The excavated brick gateway, buried ramparts, and mosque ruins of a medieval sultanate fort in Kendua.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 2 hours
- Cost
- Free entry; shared CNG from Netrokona roughly ৳80, local auto to the fort about ৳50