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🛶 River & island🛒 Floating market

Aricha Ghat

Jamuna-Padma confluence with ferries and a hilsa market · Manikganj

📷 Tanvir Rahman • Personal Website · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
🗓️ Best timeWinter and monsoon (hilsa season)
⏱️ Time needed2-3 hours
💰 CostFree entry; hilsa and boat extra
👨‍👩‍👧 Family / budget✅   💸 ✅

📖 About this place

Aricha Ghat is a busy river port at the end of the Dhaka-Aricha highway. Ferries, boats and the hilsa market are its life. The wide river and distant sunsets look fine. You can also take a short boat ride.

🚌 How to go

Dhaka to Aricha by bus takes 2-3 hours for 150-300 BDT. A boat ride costs 200-500 BDT.

🏨 Where to stay

Simple hotels nearby cost 800-2,000 BDT.

🍽️ Food

Fresh fried and cooked hilsa is the speciality.

📍 Nearby attractions

Tewta Zamindar Bari, Baliati Palace

🛡️ Safety tips

The ghat is crowded; use a life jacket on boats.

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