Khoiyachhora is an easy to access waterfall that is located at Mirsarai of Chittagong district. Our Khoiyachhora waterfall tour was a connecting tour with my unfinished Feni tour. So half of the day passed around Feni town, and then later moved forward here at Mirsarai. You can read about those beautiful places from Feni if you have time in hand.
We have reached at Baroiyar hat through the Korer hat by changing the public transport twice. From the Barioyar hat we purchased four ripe pineapples (to enjoy near at the waterfall). After that we have hired a CNG driven auto rickshaw that would drop us near at the train line after the Boro takia bazar. It cost exactly 210 Taka in total (as of 2013). We booked our return ticket (for Dhaka) on the way when the vehicle was passing through the Mirsarai bazaar. So the tension for returning home had gone far away from that.
The water stream was a very narrow one and hardly had any depth on it (around 12 inches on average). I was very disappointed by this as it was around the rainy season in Bangladesh. Sometimes we were trekking through the water stream, and sometimes we were moving through the lands. The water level was increasing as we were progressing. Sometimes there were basin-like things under the mini waterfalls which were very deep. Also the path was full of risk. So we have avoided such a scenario by bypassing the land.
At one stage, we lost our path and strayed from the main course. This sort of thing happens when the GPS doesn’t work. I was aware that no matter what happens our route will be around the water stream by any chance. But in that particular area, we saw from the top that the water stream was turning towards right and we were moving towards left. It was totally the opposite direction. So we had to get down from that small hill. That was a muddy walkway as the cows go up and down through that.
This waterfall has several steps, this is few of those.
That was the only time when we lost our trek. After that we were moving slowly and always tried to be with the water. This helped us a lot. The path towards the waterfall was really beautiful. It was not that much wide like the stream of Bandarban. But it was full of mystery for its sudden height change, which makes the place a mini waterfall. Every mini waterfall around that stream was born with a deep teal colored basin (or I must say it created that after the birth).
Through the mystery and the beauty, we have reached near at the last/bottom step of the waterfall (usually the waterfall itself). There were nobody around the waterfall. Because it was around 4:00pm to 5:00pm of the day. Waterfalls are always amazing, and it is more beautiful when there are no crowds around. After enjoying the beauty of the waterfall for a while, we have started to capture our moments with the waterfall. After that we have started to climb beside the waterfall to reach at the top of it (or at least as far we could).
A lonely tree in the middle of a paddy field which came across on our way.
At the left side of the waterfall it has a steep path through the trees that leads to the upper portion of that falls. While climbing the steep portion we met with another group who were coming down from there. We didn’t expect anyone around there and neither did they. They visited this waterfall previously, and later we collected information about a few other waterfalls around there which we visited the next day.
Top of the waterfall was more beautiful compared to the bottom. It had another three steps like a cascade and was flourishing with water. It had a large basin at the bottom of it and I wanted to have a shower over there. But the time was short for us and also my other mates were not interested in joining me. So I didn’t show any further interest in that. From this point we have returned back to the down again. Though it had around another four steps at the top, we had to discard that for lack of time. And also we weren’t sure about how to reach further.
You have to go to the waterfall through this beautiful water stream.
After reaching the bottom of the Khoiyachhora Waterfall we had fun together with the cold water from the waterfall. It is always fun for me to have a shower under a waterfall. I have done this type of thing a lot but still I never get tired of it. Amid of our fun doing we have sliced the pineapples and enjoyed with the visitors from other group, and also they have shared their meal with us which they have cooked beside the waterfall.
We could have prolonged our stay over there. But the daylight was phlegmatic to allow us to do so. So we have started to return back to home. The return was also nice. The sun was gone (it goes early in the hills and woods). Previously it was a mysterious environment due to the playing of lights and the trees. But this time it was the mystery of darkness and the creeping sound of different species around us. Simply amazing.
Sometime you have to climb uphill from where you’d see colorful water like this.
How to go
Khoiyachhora Waterfall is very easy to access especially if you are from Chittagong town, but not that much difficult either if you are from Dhaka. First come to Boro takia Bazar of Mirsarai. You can do this by leaving the Dhaka-Chittagong bus on the highway. Your dropping zone will be (22°45’39.54″N, 91°34’55.56″E) which is before the Boro Takia bazar.
From there you can start trekking for 15 minutes through the concrete road and it will lead you toward a rail crossing. The GPS coordinate of that place is (22°45’55.98″N, 91°35’33.05″E). After the rail crossing the typical Bangladeshi country road will lead you towards the bottom of the hills (at the water stream of the waterfall).
Until reaching the water stream you can ask for help from the local villagers. You could hire anyone from them to enlighten you further. After reaching the water stream, just follow the trail around that, and stay beside the stream and it will automatically lead you towards the waterfall itself. The GPS coordinate of the bottom steps of the Khoiyachhora Waterfall is (22°46’9.44″N, 91°36’41.77″E).
Depending upon your walking speed it will be around 1 to 2 hours of trekking for a single trip. It will require the same amount of time when you’ll come back from there. So prepare yourself by doing exercise if you are not familiar with regular walking.
Khoiyachhora waterfall.
Where to stay
It is very difficult to find a quality hotel near the waterfall. You can stay at the low facilitated hotel from Mirsarai or from Baroiyar hat. And of course you can stay at Chittagong town too, but that’s slightly far from there, especially when you have a plan for exploring other waterfalls from Mirsarai the next day.
Note
Though it doesn’t require any food for such a short trip. But still if you think you may need something to eat during the travel break, then keep some dry food with you. Amidst the woods you wouldn’t find any shop or stall to buy your things.
Khoiyachhora Jhorna,
Boro Takia Bazar,
Mirsarai,
Chittagong,
Bangladesh,
GPS coordinate (22°46’9.44″N, 91°36’41.77″E).
Written by Lonely Traveler,
for the blog https://alonelytraveler.com/
Friday, 05 July 2013
We do the same thing as like you. We have lost our path, then we find the footsteps of cow's. Then we follow their lines then we can see too many small quarter of forest division's hut. Then we walk through just the opposite direction of multiple waterfalls. After 3 hours we reached down. And we are so afraid.