This is about the Chhoto darogar-hat waterfall. Also known Shohosrodhara Waterfall-2 as an irrigation project (the same name) was built using the water of the waterfalls. Shahasradhara Waterfall-1 is located inside the Sitakunda eco-park (that’s another story). Most of my travel mates were tired and their nonchalant legs didn’t want to move further, but their unyielding cravings for the waterfall pushed them forward in every such minutes.
A view from the top of the irrigation project. This meandered stream comes directly from the waterfall which is very near from here.
It was inside the rainy season and heavy showers from the sky are normal during this season. But very unlikely, it was another hot and humid day. In fact, this year we had a very poor amount of rain in Bangladesh. It was somewhere around 2pm to 3pm in the afternoon and we started using a CNG driven vehicle that dropped us near a village road and we started our trekking from there.
It was a very easy village path for trekking and had a lot of trees at both sides for the shades. It was around half an hour of walking and we reached near a water dam named Shahasradhara Irrigation Project. It barricades the water from the waterfall that we intended to visit. I expected it to be a dam full of water. But unfortunately it was totally empty, probably the switch gates were all open.
This another mini waterfall located deep inside the hills. It was captured from far.
The waterfall was very near the irrigation project dam. Before visiting the waterfall, we have decided to visit the top of the waterfall. But unfortunately we didn’t find the path to go there and were directed to a wrong path, and traversed around two small hillocks. We found a view of another waterfall from that road and according to the local people, it was very tough (i didn’t believe) to access. So we didn’t make any attempt to explore that waterfall (also we didn’t have enough time).
Stream of the waterfall doesn’t have any heavy flow.
After doing all those Humpty Dumpty we moved forward for the waterfall. We had around an hour of relaxing time there. During that time we had a shower under the waterfall. The water directly falls over a stone under the waterfall. That’s why those water-drops hurt a lot (whenever I have tried to stand under there). It was a very wonderful moment to have a shower under the waterfall, having a sleep over the large rocks and observing the waterfall while laying flat.
This waterfall is basically a tall but slim waterfall having very less amount of water during any season. It gets a large amount of water only during the rainy days (but still not huge). As soon as the rain is gone, the waterfall starts to get less flow of water.
How to go
In my opinion, Shahasradhara Waterfall-2 is a very easy to access waterfall from Bangladesh. Hardly a trekking of less than an hour requires reaching the bottom of the waterfall. Also, it doesn’t require climbing any hills or mountains that sucks strength from the leg muscles.
1) First Come to the Chhoto darogar hat of Sitakunda Upazela, Chittagong. GPS Coordinate of the place is (22°39’34.37″N, 91°38’8.14″E). You can come here by CNG driven vehicle or local bus services.
2) Start trekking directly from here. Or hire any CNG to drop you as much as possible near the waterfall (it’s a few minutes after crossing the rail line). Or, use your CNG at step(1) to drop you as much as that can.
3) After the dropping point, start walking towards the waterfall. It’s only a single road to walk. If you face any doubt, ask local people for assistance. The GPS Coordinate of the Shahasradhara Waterfall-2 is (22°40’23.85″N, 91°39’32.43″E).
Chhoto darogar hat waterfall
aka Shahasradhara waterfall – 2
Sitakunda, Chittagong District,
Bangladesh,
GPS coordinate (22°40’23.85″N, 91°39’32.43″E)
Written by Lonely Traveler,
for the blog https://alonelytraveler.com/
Saturday, 06 July 2013
