Guide Tours (TEL,988 6983; www.guidetours.com 1st fl, Darpan Complex, Dit ll circle, Ghulshan), the company with best reputation, offers half-and full-day tours in and around Dhaka. Half-day tours cover sadarghat, Lalbagh Fort, the Liberation War Museum and other sights, and cost Tk 1500 per person. Full-day tours include Savar of Sonargaon and cost Tk 2300 per person (minimum four people). Guide Tours also runs day trips to a pottery village near Savar and overnight stays in a village.
Bengal Tours (Tel-883 4716, www.bengaltours.com, Block A, Banani) offers half and full day city tours. The half-day tours focus on Old Dhaka while the full-day tours spins you around both the commercial city and Old Dhaka. Price are virtually identical to those of Guide Tours.
There are several other companies offering city tours and , at this stage in Bangladesh’s foray into tourism, it’s a good idea to give some of the smaller up and coming operators a go.
Bengal Tours (Tel-883 4716, www.bengaltours.com, Block A, Banani) offers half and full day city tours. The half-day tours focus on Old Dhaka while the full-day tours spins you around both the commercial city and Old Dhaka. Price are virtually identical to those of Guide Tours.
There are several other companies offering city tours and , at this stage in Bangladesh’s foray into tourism, it’s a good idea to give some of the smaller up and coming operators a go.
