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Location: Gazipur, Dhaka Division Map
Area: 5022 hectares
Entrance Fee: 6 Taka
Car: 30 Taka, Minivan 50 Taka
Bhawal National Park
Description of Bhawal National Park
Bhawal National Park is situated 40km north of Dhaka city near
Gazipur in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh. Bhawal National Park
covers an area of 5022 hectares. Currently the park undergoes major
changes on its grounds. The park over past decades became overrun by
local displaced people who extracted firewood, hunted animals to
extinction and found shelter on its ground. All these seem to change
in the next few years. The administration of the park introduced
quiet or silent zones within the park to keep local people from
playing music, celebrating events and thus scarring animals away
from this region. Additionally several species were reintroduced to
the park including fishing cats, spotted deer, peacocks, several
species of pythons and etc. Overall the park contains over 13
species of mammals, 9 reptiles, 5 amphibians, 5 avis and over 220
plant species.
The easiest way to get to the Bhawal National Park is to rent a car
or a bus if you in the group. If you are on more adventurous and
quiet frankly kind of stupid side, you can a local bus from a
Mohakhali bus station in the town of Dhaka heading for Mymensingh.
After spending about an hour in a packed bus with humans and
possibly animals, you will see an entrance to the park. Going back
is just as tricky.