St.

Martin’s Island-Bangladesh
Today we introduce you to the beauty of St. Martin’s Island in Bangladesh. St. Martin’s Island is
the only coral island in the Bangladesh. The Coordinates of the island are 20°37'45.64"N,
92°19'29.00"E and the Country of this island is Bangladesh and the division is Chittagong
Division, and the districts is Cox’s Bazar District. St. Martin’s Island is the only coral island
in Bangladesh which is in the northeast part of the Bay of Bengal. It is about 9 km south of the
tip of the Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf peninsula and 8 km west of the northwest coast of Myanmar. St.
Martin’s is the most beautiful place in Bangladesh like as Cox’s
Bazar, Bandarban, Khagrachari,Rangamati, Chittagoang etc.

St. Martin’s Island is a small Island, but it is perfect for tourist who is truly interested in
escaping the hold of a modern life. It is possible for you to walk around the island in a day
because it measures only 8 km. This island is also called “Chera Dwip” because of the
surrounding coral reef of the island.

The main attraction of St. Martin’s Island is:

Coral: Coral reefs are the world’s most spectacular and amazing underwater environments.
There is abeautiful sandy beach on the St. Martin’s Island. St. Martin Island is abundant in
corals and the surrounding coral reef of the island has an extension named “Chera Dweep”.
Coral communities in St. Martin extend to about 200m offshore with the maximum coral cover
of 7.4% and a colony density of 1.3m to 2.0 m. These comprise 66 coral species, of which 36 are
living corals, 11 are soft corals and 19 are fossil corals. This coral is looking black and this beach
is also known as ‘Rocky Beach’. These corals are very attractive to the tourists.

Sun Rising: Rising Sun is the main attraction of St. Martin’s Island. One can be able to
visible best sight of the sun rising from here. Every morning many tourists gather here to enjoy
this beauty. When the light of the sun falls in the sea during rising moment this scenery is very
attractive to the tourists. The tourist enjoy the moments with their near and dears and sometime
some of them are singing a song of their favorite singers which songs are related to the sun or
light.
Sun-Setting: You can also enjoy the sun-setting in the St. Martin’s Island. To enjoy it better you
have to present in the island because sea glowing red during the sun setting moment. It may take
ten or twenty minutes for setting. Many tourists and local people gather here to enjoy the beauty
of a sunset. The tourists take photos of beautiful sceneries with various styles. Some tourists take
their photos with the sun and taking some photos as the sun is setting in his hand etc.

Moonlit Night: You can also enjoy a moonlit night in this island. At night the island is clam and
quiet with gentle murmurs of coconut trees swaying with the winds coming from the bay. This
provides an unearthly peaceful and majestic experience like as Cox’s Bazar or Kuakata etc. and
the golden rays of the moon attract the tourists very much.
Walking through Island: Walking through St. Martin Island is very interesting because of the
beach is sandy. As St. Martin’s Island is not very large you can walk through the whole island
and enjoy the beauty of this island and Bay of Bengal. During walking beside the island the
gentle air of the Bay of Bengal flows through your body will refresh your mind and you feel that
you are in the Heaven. This fantastic moment you can’t forget in your life. As the main job of the
local people is fishing, here you can eat delicious fried fish from the seller during walking which
is very interesting for the tourists.

Journey by Engine Boat or Speed Boat: You can make a journey by Engine Boat or Speed
Boat around the St. Martin Island. You can enjoy the whole island at a glance by this journey.
You can also see the border of Myanmar, ships in the sea, Strong waves of the sea and many
birds flying in the sky. Tourists enjoy this journey very much.

Narikel Jinjira: The local name of this island is “Narikel Jinjira” or "Narical Gingira". It’s
meant an Island of Coconut. This named Narikel Gingira because on St. Martin’s Island has
many coconut trees which make thisisland more beautiful these trees protect the St. Martin’s
Island from many natural disasters like cyclones, Tornado, Tsunami, etc. The most interested
topic is you can relax in the beach with a sweet coconut because coconut is available here.

On the beautiful St. Martin’s Island you have to maintain some rules which provided
by BangladeshGovernment. That is given below: “We have to keep this beautiful coral island
neat & clean. This ground water level in this island is very close to the surface. So the water can
easily get contaminated by open defecation and result in spreading water borne diseases like
diarrhea. A study showed that the water of this area contains germs 100 folds more than that of
normal level. Please dispose of all kinds of wastes in the dustbins kept in different places. Your
support is truly required to maintain the biodiversity of this island.”

Easy way to reach St. Martin’s:

Dhaka to Teknaf: To reach St. Martin’s firstly you have to reach Teknaf or Cox’s Bazar or
Chittagong. Though by airlines and train you can reach Chittagong, but by bus you can reach
Cox’s Bazar or Teknaf very easily. We will try to give you some information about transport.

By Airlines: The Airlines are Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd. Balaka Bhaban,
Kurmitola, Dhaka, Tel: 8914771, 8917400-19 (H.O) 9560151, 9559610, Fax: 8913005, Mail:
passengersales@bdbiman.com. Qatar Airways, Taj Marriot (5th Floor), 25 Gulshan
AvenueGulshan-1, Dhaka, Tel: 9890024-25, 8858470, 8919508, E-Mail: qrsales@dhaka.com.
Kingfisher Airlines, Taj Cassilina (5th Floor), 25, Gulshan Avenue, Dhaka-1212, Tel: 8829722,
8829928-9, Fax: 8821627. Air India, SubStation Building (2nd Floor), Dhaka Sheraton Hotel, 1,
Minto Road, Dhaka, Tel: 8330106-8, fax: 8330109, E-mail: aidhaka@bijoy.net. Saudi Arabian
Airlines, Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel 107, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Dhaka, Tel: 8116856,
8116830, 8116857, 9143326, 9333481, Fax: 8113145, E-Mail: SVSLSD@dhaka.bangla.net.
Emirates, S.A. Tower, Plot # 1, Road # 134, Gulshan South Avenue, Dhaka, Tel: 8916112,
8918927-28, 9892801 (Hunting), 9885574 -75, Fax: 9884900, E-Mail:
ekdac.queries@emirates.com. Singapore Airlines, Gulshan Tower (7th Floor), 31, North
Gulshan, Dhaka, Tel: 8811504-7, 9883259 Fax: 8811503, E-mail: SAIDAC-
sales@singaporeair.com.sg.

By Bus: If you want to go to St. Martin by bus you have to go first Teknaf. There are lots
of bus services here from Dhaka to Teknaf. The bus services are: Green Line, 9/2, Outer Circular
Road, Momen Bagh, Rajarbagh, Dhaka. Tel: 8331302-4, 8353004-5, Bangladesh Road Transport
Corporation (BRTC) Kamlapur, Dhaka Tel: 8802-8357757, Shyamoli Paribahan Kamlapur,
Dhaka Tel: 8802-8360241 etc.

By Train: There is no Rail connection up to Cox’s Bazar but you can go up to Chittagong.
Then by Bus or car you can go to Cox’s Bazar. There are many train services are available from
the Kamalapur Railway Station, Dhaka to Chittagong, they are InterCity (Fast quality train),
Turna (Quality night coach train), Express, Mail, Mohanagar Provati, Mohanagar Godhuli,
Paharica Express, Chattrala Express, etc. and the rent fee per seat of AC (Barth) = 1093 Taka/,
AC (Seat) = 731 Taka/, Snigdha = 610 Taka/, 1st Class (Barth)= 635 Taka/, 1st Class (Seat) =
425 Taka/, Shuvon(Chair) = 320 Taka per person. Airlines and trains are the perfect solution for
your comfortable journey.

Teknaf to St. Martin’s:

From the Teknaf jetty you can find many ships of St. Martin’s Island like as an Eagle, MV
Farhan, Rangabali, Kutubdia, Keyari Sindabad etc., but from these ships Keari Sindabad is the
best and only tourist friendly ship transportation service for the St. Martin tour and this ship have
enough safety equipment for the tourist during the journey of this route. Every day during the
tourist season this ship beginning from Teknaf at 09:30 AM and retire from St. Martin at 03:00
PM. A round trip ticket is 450 taka per person and also book from Dhaka. Don’t worry if you
miss the ship. You can use Trawler by 100 taka per person or hire speed boat which is costly.
During this journey you can watch the beauty of the Bay of Bengal and many birds flying in the
sea which is very attractive to the tourists.
 Nearest Hotel & Resort:
St. Martin also has accommodation facilities and there have some commercial hotels and resorts
and they are Hotel Shapno Probal, residential, Poschim Para, Narikel Zingira, St. Martin’s,
Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, mobile: +88-01820226765, Hotel Sea Heart, residential, Near
Union Porisod Bhaban, Narikel Zingira, Saint Martin, Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Prasad
Paradise, Standard –residential (Dhaka Office: 2, Monipuri Para, Bijoy Sharani, Dhaka, Mobile
No.: +88-01824993449, +88-01672602829, +88-01726067949,+88-01819224644, Cox's Bazar
office: Mobile No.: +8801824993446, Saint Martin office: Dale Para, Narikel Zingira, Saint
Martin, Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Mobile No.: +88-01824993445, +88-01824993446,
+88-01715324581), Prence Heaven, residential (Teknaf Office: Nahar Garden Tourism, Hotel
Dip Plaza, Main Road, Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, Mobile No.: +88-01713409797, Saint Martin office:
Dale Para, Narikel Zingira, Saint Martin, Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Email:
dider.tek@gmail.com). We hope that the hotel and resort names given above are very good and
these will be a perfect solution for your comfortable stay.
Today we briefly discuss about St. Martin’s Island which is the most attractive tourist spot in
Bangladesh. By this post you will get a complete guideline about your trip. Hope that this tour
will be a memorable tour in your life. For more information about enjoyable places, please see
our previous posts. Our next post we discuss about “Chuti Resort & Picnic Spot” which is a
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