Excursion: Shamser Gazi Bamboo Fort Resort in Feni

The Dhaka Times Desk Winter is the best time to travel. There are also some resorts in the country where you can spend your time very nicely. One such resort is Shamser Gazi Bamboo Fort Resort in Feni.

It is located in Feni. Shamser Gazir Bansher Kella Resort has been built in Chagalnaiya Upazila of Feni district, a village very close to the border of India, combining various elements of the folk culture of Bengal. Shamser Gazi Ekadhar, known as the "Tiger of Bhanti" during the reign of Nawab Sirajdaulla, was a king of Tripura state, an anti-British revolutionary and a hero of the peasant revolt of Roshanabad Pargana of Tripura. His successors built this resort in an artistic arrangement on an area of about 5 acres, centered on the memorial of Shamser Gazi at Sonapur.

Gazi's Gazi Bamboo Fort Resort is built in the style of rest houses in Thailand and Japan in the middle of a beautiful natural environment. Along with the use of bamboo in the interior and exterior architecture of the resort, various bamboo furniture and artworks have also been featured. As soon as you enter the resort, you will notice a beautiful sculpture called Eiktan. The courtyard of the resort has rows of towering bamboos and a bamboo Machang house modeled after the traditional hill houses of Khagrachari for organizing literary chats or any open function - created by Nandnikka.

This Shamser Gazi bamboo fort resort in Feni has restaurant, reading room, guest room, tea corner, lawn, fountain, scenic lake and beautiful bridge. Boats are also available for traveling in the water of the lake. The founder Shamser Gazi's two mud houses are also intact next to the resort. There are also retail shops and tea and coffee stalls for guests to do a little shopping. The resort has good facilities for various meetings-seminars, weddings, banquets and bar-b-que parties with advance booking.

This resort has gradually become popular among the travel enthusiasts due to the variety of construction style. That is why various cultural events are often organized in this fort. In addition, the dance of the mountaineers from the neighboring state of Tripura is said to be one of the entertainments of this resort.

Entrance fees and resort expenses

Shamser Gazi Bamboo Fort Resort in Feni single bed room rent from 3000 to 3500 taka and double bed room rent 7000 taka. Also, any interested visitors can explore around the resort for an entrance fee of Tk 20.

Contact address

Jagannath-Sonapur, Shubopur, Chagalnaya, Feni.
Mobile : 01767-863558

how to go

If you want to go to Shamser Gazi's bamboo fort in Feni, you must first come to a place called Bariyahat by bus or private transport on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway. Then you will see Shamser Gazi's bamboo fort resort if you go straight east from Shubopur Bazar for about 3 kilometers on Ramgarh Road. You can also go to Shamser Gazi Bamboo Fort Resort by rickshaw or Laguna from Feni district town via Chagalnaya and Shubopur.

where will you stay

Apart from Shamsher Gazi Bamboo Fort Resort, you can stay at Hotel Al Karim, Hotel Bilas, Hotel Gazi or Hotel Midnight in Feni district.

Other Attractions in Feni

Apart from Shamser Gazi Bamboo Fort Resort in Feni, other places to visit in Feni district include Rajajhir Dighi, Pratappur Zamindar Bari and Abdus Salam Memorial Museum.

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