Top 10 Beach View Cheap Hotels in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

 

Cox's Bazar, the longest unbroken sea beach in the world- 

-attracts millions of visitors each year. While luxury resorts dominate the scene, budget travelers can find affordable beach-view hotels that don't compromise on comfort. Here's a curated list of the top 10 budget-friendly hotels in Cox's Bazar offering stunning sea views.

 

1. Hotel Sea Crown

Located just steps from the beach, Hotel Sea Crown offers affordable rooms with mesmerizing ocean views. The hotel features an on-site restaurant and free Wi-Fi. Its proximity to Laboni Beach makes it a prime choice for budget travelers.

Starting Price: $25 per night

Highlights: Beachfront location, rooftop views, in-house restaurant

 

2. Hotel The Cox Today

A popular budget option, this hotel provides comfortable accommodations with partial sea views. It boasts excellent service, a swimming pool, and a multi-cuisine restaurant, all at affordable rates.

Starting Price: $30 per night

Highlights: Swimming pool, family-friendly, close to local attractions

 

3. Praasad Paradise

Situated near Kolatoli Beach, Praasad Paradise offers affordable sea-view rooms with basic amenities. Its serene ambiance and proximity to the beach make it a great choice for peace-seekers.

Starting Price: $28 per night

Highlights: Spacious rooms, convenient location, quiet surroundings

 

4. Hotel Kollol by J&Z Group

A stone’s throw from the beach, Hotel Kollol offers budget rooms with spectacular views of the Bay of Bengal. The hotel is known for its friendly service and cleanliness.

Starting Price: $22 per night

Highlights: Excellent location, clean environment, 24-hour room service

 

5. Neeshorgo Hotel & Resort

Nestled close to Inani Beach, this affordable resort provides panoramic views of the sea. The property includes a small garden, making it ideal for families and couples.

Starting Price: $27 per night

Highlights: Scenic location, eco-friendly atmosphere, private balconies

 

6. Beach View Resort

As the name suggests, Beach View Resort offers rooms overlooking the pristine Cox’s Bazar coastline. The resort is an excellent budget-friendly option for solo travelers and families.

Starting Price: $20 per night

Highlights: Balcony with sea view, budget-friendly, near eateries

 

7. Seagull Hotel

A mid-range hotel with budget-friendly rooms, Seagull Hotel is a popular choice for its breathtaking beach views and central location. It also has a swimming pool for guests.

Starting Price: $35 per night

Highlights: Swimming pool, beachside garden, in-house restaurant

 

8. Hotel Cox Inn

Located near Laboni Beach, this budget hotel offers cozy accommodations with direct beach access. Its strategic location ensures you're close to restaurants and shops.

Starting Price: $18 per night

Highlights: Affordable rates, direct beach access, helpful staff

 

9. Unity Inn

This affordable hotel is a short walk from the main beach and provides simple yet comfortable rooms with sea views. The hospitable staff ensures a pleasant stay.

Starting Price: $15 per night

Highlights: Great value for money, sea-facing rooms, close to the market

 

10. Blue Marine Resort

Blue Marine Resort offers a blend of affordability and comfort with rooms that open to stunning views of the Bay of Bengal. The resort's laid-back ambiance is perfect for a relaxing getaway.

Starting Price: $23 per night

Highlights: Ocean-facing balconies, tranquil setting, free Wi-Fi

 

Tips for Budget Travelers in Cox's Bazar hotel booking

Book Early: Beach-view hotels fill up fast during peak seasons.

Travel During Off-Peak Times: Rates are lower during the monsoon or off-season.

Negotiate: Many hotels offer discounts for extended stays.

Cox's Bazar is a treasure trove for travelers seeking the serenity of the ocean without breaking the bank. These budget-friendly hotels offer excellent value and a memorable seaside experience.

Boga Lake Bandarban Bangladesh Tourism

Boga Lake is called the highest natural lake of Bangladesh. It is about 2700 feet above the sea level. But few experts think that the Boga Lake is about 3000-3700 feet above the sea levels indeed. Boga Lake is about 2000 years old hill enclosed natural lake covering total 15 acres of land. The origin of the name Boga come from the local word “BAGA” means fire of Dragon. Boga Lake is familiar through different local names among the local habitats. Suppose Bagakain Lake, Bagakyne Lake or Baga Lake along with Boga Lake. Boga Lake is bounded by deep bamboo bushes from its three sides and high hill in rest side. There is a small village just beside the lake. The Boga Lake is either rectangular or funnel shape. The Boga Lake is average 38 meters deep. Bagachara is the deepest part of Boga and it is 153 meters deep. Boga Lake is a closed lake and there is no way to drain out water. Rain water is the source of the water of the Boga Lake. Some Geologist argue that the Boga Lake have origin from a devastated earthquake. Some geologists believe that the origin of Boga Lake from a dead volcano and the collection of rain water in the cave area resulting the creation of Boga Lake. The nature of the water and the soil of the Boga Lake also support their opinion. Due to high acidity in water, Boga Lake is not appropriate for living any kind of common flora and fauna. But it is interesting that no travelers miss the chance to take a hot bath in the beautiful lake to refresh their soul.

At present, Boga Lake has placed as a heavenly place of beauty and great pleasure for those travelers who love adventure and to face challenging travel. That is why a number of tourists from home and abroad makes their destination to the paradise of nature every year. Boga Lake is as a heaven where nature has opened up all its beauty and charms without any hesitation for the tourists. The bamboo and wild bushes around the lake, the grass and the known and unknown amazing wild flowers and other plants contribute as like verse of a great poem of beauty and charms. The travelers forget to take breathe when the soft clouds appears in front of them around the magical Boga lake. The beauty is not only describable in word but also to feel to soothe both the eyes and mind to quench the thirst of beauty.

The charm and amazing beauty of the Boga Lake changes with the color change of water, depending on various indicators such as sun light, clouds humidity seasons etc. But usually the water of Boga Lake is super fine crystal clear with blue shade surface which reflects like pearls. Visitors will definitely be amazed looking at the big rocks lying here and there in Boga Lake. A camp fire beside the lake will be great and mind blowing memory in your life. Boga Lake attracts the nature lovers in such magnetic way that very few tourist places can dare to be the alternative of Boga Lake. Boga Lake is such a magnetizing place which must astonish the tourists with amazing landscape, zigzagging thin path-way and all other wild elements around the Boga Lake.

How to go Boga Lake, Bandarban

Boga Lake is about 65 km away from the Bandarban city and 15 km away from Ruma Upazilla Sadar. There are two ways to go to Boga Lake. They are Ruma route and the way of Jhiripath. The formal route is Ruma. At first you have to make a trip from Bandarban to Ruma by “Chander Gari” (public jeep), public bus or a private vehicle. From Ruma, you can hire a public jeep up to Boga Lake. On the way, you have to register your name and particulars in the respective security camp. It is mentioned that you are not allowed to leave Ruma for Boga Lake after 4 pm. From Ruma, you have to go Koikhong Jhiri by public bus or Chander Gari. You can also hire a Chander Gari (public jeep) up to Koikhong Jhiri. It takes 1-1.50 hours to reach koikhong Jhiri. You may also hire a boat approx one hour journey to Koikhong Jhiri. Finally you have to walk through the zigzag hilly way to Boga Lake. It is quite difficult to visit Boga Lake in the rainy season but winter is better to travel the same. From My own experience, It is better to take a local guide to visit Boga Lake from Ruma or Khikhong Jhari.

Accommodation at Boga Lake

There is no residential hotel except the rest house of district council at Boga Lake area. So the tourists have to arrange accommodation in the local tribal communities. The tribal people have built some small but attractive cottages with sufficient facilities within their range for rent purpose to travelers in return of a comparatively cheap amount of money. But before reaching Boga Lake, the tourists have to stay at the Bandarban or Ruma Bazaar.

Food and drinks arrangements in Boga Lake

Since there is no hotel, motel or restaurant in Boga Lake, the tourists or travelers should have to manage their foods, drinks and other stuffs from local tribal communities. Of course the travelers have to pay them for this services which is not much expensive at all. But travelers should be aware about dog or pig meat, dried snakes and other uncommon dishes if they want to avoid the same. Most of the foods cooked by the tribal peoples feel too much hot and spicy but extra ordinary delicious to the tourists. Dry fishes are most common food item here. From my own experience, it is better to manage some dry food stuffs from Ruma Bazar when there is no shop at all after Ruma Bazar.

 Locally produced rice wine popularly known as “Arriaa” is a popular drink among the community. It may be flavored with pineapples, stone-apples, elachi etc. Tea is a popular drink here but server with salt rather than sugar.

Consciousness and Precautions before trekking to Boga Lake

You have to mentally and physically prepare for a tough and rough journey in such long way. 

Be careful about using local water.

Bandarban is a malaria affected zone. So you should carry mosquito resistant kits.

You should carry some dry foods, water purifying kits and first aid box with particular medicine.

You should carry water resistant bag and should avoid heavy loads of baggage.

Be friendly with the local inhabitants.

Be careful and seek permission from the ethnic people before taking photographs.

There is no mobile network, no good road communication.

Price may vary with different indicators. So, be careful before fixing price.

Try to avoid unknown persons and strangers on the way.

It is better to start the journey in a group.

All non-Bangladeshis are required to contact and register his particulars in the local police station .

Padma Resort Louhajong Munshiganj

Padma Resort is one of the most lucrative resorts located at a large island of mighty Padma River at Lohajong, Munshiganj. There are 16 wooden duplex cottages with straw made roof to make natural flavor. Each cottage contains two single beds in bed room at upper floor, one drawing room, sofa set and balcony at ground.

There are huge acres of clay land around the resort to bathe! You may run on the clay or arrange an exciting outdoor game. The absolute green around the island must soothe your eyes. Padma resort is an ideal place to visit an absolutely natural environment especially for the urban guys who are used to maintain a robotic routine bound life. It is one of the best place for passing leisure, family vacation and picnic party. Boat journey in Padma River is also facilitated here.

How to go Padma Resort

Padma Resort is just 7 Km left of Mawa transit point just the opposite bank of Lohajong police station. It may take about 100 minutes from Dhaka to reach Ghordaur Bazaar adjacent to Padma resort if you use private vehicle. If you wish to use public vehicle like Bus to reach Padma Resort, It is better to use Gangchil Paribahan start from Gulistan, Dhaka to reach Ghordaur Bazar. It takes Tk 65/person as hire. From Ghordaur Bazar, Thana-ghat, own boats of the resort are ready to ferry you.

Foods and Drinks

There is a well furnished restaurant maintained by resort authority facilitates foods and drinks for the guests in a panoramic environment. But it’s a little bit costly. As alternative you may take meal in Takdir Hotel or Padma View Food Court in Ghordaur Bazaar. Fresh Hilsha fish from Padma River is available here.

Cottage Rent at Padma Resort

1.       Cottage rent for day long (10am to 6pm) Tk.2, 000* for maximum 10 persons.

2.       Cottage rent for 24 hours (10am to 10am) Tk 3,000* for maximum 4 persons.

 *15% VAT applicable on all charges.

Contact info of Padma Resort

S.M. Nazrul Islam

General Manager

Telephone: +880-28752617

Dhaka Office:

Road# 28, House# 380 (GF), New DOHS, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1206.

Email: info@padmaresort.net, marketing@padmaresort.net

In case of emergency: +8801712170330, +8801752987688

Kuakata Sea Beach, Patuakhali, Bangladesh

Kuakata Sea Beach, Patuakhali

Kuakata is popularly known as Sagor Konnya (Daughter of Sea) is a rare picturesque tourist place located at the southern tip of Bangladesh. Kuakata Sea Beach is about 320 km away from Dhaka and 70 km away from Patuakhali district sadar. Kuakata is one of the rarest unique beaches in the world, which offers the full view of the rising and setting of the crimson sun in the blue water of the Bay of Bengal. The beach is about 18 Km in length and 2 km in wide. The Gangamati reserve forest lies to the eastern point of the beach and the border of the Sundarban is to the western point. You may visit Kuakata to discover the amazing grace of nature.

Kuakata is an excellent combination of the illusive natural beauty, white sandy beach, series of coconut tries, blue sky, huge expanse of water of the Bay of Bengal and evergreen forest in surrounding areas really mind blowing. It will be a great pleasure bathing or diving or simply lazing here. This virgin beach, lined by coconut trees, is a sanctuary for migratory winter birds. The Bay is always alive with colorful sail boats, surfing waves, towering cliffs, fishing or just walking on the beach. The illusive beauty of Kuakata is enjoyable only and not describable in words.

The unique customs of the Rakhyne tribal families and the statue of Goutom Buddha about hundred years old located at Misripara, Keranipara and nearby places indicate the ancient tradition and cultural heritage. A number of devotees arrive here to join the festival of Rash Purnima and Maghi Purnima. On these both occasions, traditional fairs held and the devotees take holy bath in the beach. Fisherman village is another suitable place to visit. In the fishermen village you will be amazed with the raw expression and lifestyle of fishermen. If you are adventurous enough, you may also go for fishing on the fishing boat if you can manage the local fishermen. You may purchase some fresh Hilsha fish from them. You may also taste the cooked spicy Hilsha (Tenualosa ilisha) fish from the local restaurants. You must remember the wonderful taste of such fresh Hilsha for a long time. From Kuakata you can visit the Gongamati Reserve Forest, a part of the great Sundarban. Don't forget to visit Fatrar - Chor (Island), another wonderful tourist destination nearby Kuakata. The best time of the year to visit the beach is winter.

How to go Kuakata Sea Beach

To visit Kuakata, you have to travel to Barisal first by road, water, or air, and then you start to by bus or launch. Recently Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) has introduced a direct bus service from Dhaka to Kuakata via Barisal.

Foods and Accommodation in Kuakata Sea Beach

A number of Hotels/Motels are built nearby Kuakata beach to facilitate tourists. Various kinds of foods and drinks are available there in moderate cost.