Perched high on the Mizoram border ridge in Baghaichhari upazila, Sajek is an alpine-like plateau inhabited by the Lushai and Tripura peoples. The main settlement at Ruilui Para features wooden eco-resorts built on stilts along the ridge crest, looking out over sweeping cloud valleys that fill with white mist at dawn. Further up the winding road lies Konglak Para, the highest village accessible on foot, offering 360-degree mountain vistas into neighboring India. Civilian vehicles must travel within designated army convoys from Dighinala, departing twice daily.
- Best time
- September to February
- Give it
- A full day
- Cost
- Hired jeep roughly ৳8,000–10,000 round trip for up to 12 people; individual resort stay roughly ৳2,000–6,000 per room
How to get to Sajek Valley
Reached overland from Khagrachhari: take a hired four-wheel-drive jeep (chander gari) from Khagrachhari town via Dighinala in 3 to 4 hours under military escort.
Rangamati town is about 305 km from Dhaka, around 8 hours by road. Every way to get there is in the Rangamati guide.
All visitors must travel in the scheduled military escort from Dighinala (morning and afternoon); foreign passport holders require prior security clearance from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
More to see in Rangamati
Photo: Moheen Reeyad, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Kaptai Lake কাপ্তাই হ্রদ
Bangladesh's largest artificial lake, created in 1962, wrapping around green forested hills and dotted with fishing boats.
- Best time
- October to March
- Give it
- Half a day
- Cost
- Engine boat hire roughly ৳1,500–2,500 for a half-day private cruise for up to six people
Photo: Shakhawat Hossen Shafat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Rangamati Hanging Bridge রাঙামাটি ঝুলন্ত সেতু
A landmark 335-foot pedestrian suspension bridge linking two hillocks over Kaptai Lake at the Parjatan complex.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Parjatan complex entry ৳20; town auto-rickshaw about ৳60–80 each way
Photo: Hasib, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Rajban Vihara রাজবন বিহার
One of the most revered Theravada Buddhist monasteries in Bangladesh, set across 33 wooded acres beside Kaptai Lake.
- Best time
- October to February
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Free entry; auto-rickshaw from town centre about ৳40–60 each way
Photo: Mohammad tushar, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Shuvolong Waterfall শুভলং ঝর্ণা
A sheer rock waterfall plunging hundreds of feet directly into Kaptai Lake, reached only by boat through a winding gorge.
- Best time
- July to November
- Give it
- Half a day
- Cost
- Engine boat hire roughly ৳2,000–3,000 round trip for a private boat; entry at waterfall jetty ৳20