While, I was working in Sylhet, I had many gusts in every month then I expect. The reasons behind this are that Sylhet region is amongst few places of the country where the topography is prominently featured by hills and hillocks, dales and valleys, scenic tea plantations and lush green tropical forests. The 14th century holy shine of Hazrat Shah Jalal and Hazrat Shah Paran are the main attraction for religious tourist. Madhabkunda- a waterfall, Tamabil and Jaflong are natural scenic spots, Tea Gardens in the area, Waterfalls yards across Indian boarder, hills and hillocks around together create an exotic atmosphere. Another interesting feature of Sylhet region is the aboriginal tribes such as the Tripuras; the Manipuries; Khasia and Garos. Sylhet is also famous for its Manipuri dance.

One day, my younger brother’s Naim (He lives in Bulgaria) and Babul (Lives in Singapore) and their family come to my house to perform “Mazar Sharif” Zarit and visit Madhabkunda. Before that I did not visit Madhabkunda but I was interested and looking for a nice and safe trip to Madhabkunda. When they proposed me to accompany them, I gladly accepted the proposal and I decided to take a brake and accompany them.

MadhabKunda is situated in the upazilla Baralekha of Sylhet district. And it is about 78 kilometers from Sylhet town and 3 kilometers from Dakhinbagh Railway station. It is in eastern area of Sylhet on the border of Bangladesh and the Indian state of Assam. Madhabkunda is famous for its beautiful largest waterfall in Bangladesh which attracts large number of tourists every year.

Next day, we hired a micro bus and started for the famous Madhabkunda waterfall early in the morning. At around 8.30 am, while, we were passing a ‘haur’, we saw thousands and thousands of birds were flying in the sky. Out of curiosity, when we asked the driver, why there are so many birds? He told us that they were from Hakaluki haur. Then I remember that the greatest “haur” named Hakaluki. Hakaluki haur is the biggest grazing field of migrated birds in Bangladesh.
If you take the root from Dhaka,Kulaura, Juri and Baralekha on way to Madhabkunda you can have a break at Hakaluki for some time to enjoy the beauty of Hakaluki.

At 11.00am we reached Madhabkunda. Since it was a Saturday, many Bangladeshis and some foreigner were there with their families. In fact, Sylhet is a gift of beauty of nature and so MadhabKunda is one of the most exquisite wonder spot to visit where traveler can enjoy water fall which falls from a height 300 ft.

A beautiful pond is naturally created by the fall and the visitors can’t but to have a sweet bath in the pond. The women stood ankle-deep in the water or watched their kids on the shore. The men stripped themselves to shorts and jumped into the murky base of the waterfall.

I turn on my cell phone and take some snap. I waded into the water for a little bit but ultimately I ended up getting completely submerged in the water. The waterfall itself was very pretty. A couple of people request me to take some snaps for them so I did.

The natural beauty of up and round the fall is quite charming. There are small hills and tea gardens which added the extra attractions to the visitors. Visitors can see the water fall of Madhab Kunda directly from the top of the fall. Visiting Madhab Kunda is a present experience of the visitors and thousand of visitors from home and abroad used to visit Madhab Kunda in every year. At 2.00 pm we left Madhabkunda and reached Sylhet at 6.0 pm.

How to visit:

Travelers can take journey by train from Dhaka to Sylhet and they can avail a trip of Micro Bus Sylhet to Madhab Kunda. If visitors take a root from Kulaura via Juri/ Baralekha, they can enjoy the beauty of Hakaluki haur, tea gardens of Juri and Baralekha on the way to Madhab Kunda. Jaidhupi is famous place for the sweetest pine apples in Bangladesh and there are numerous pine apple gardens in Jaldhupi. Visitors can have taste of the sweetest pine apple in summer.

Perhaps it was month of July 2007. One fine morning I was relaxing and going through the daily news paper. It was a holiday. By hearing the calling bell, I was surprise! Who is there? I was not expecting any one so early.

By the way, at that time I was working for a national training institute in Sylhet. I was alone in the My Bangloo. My family was residing at Dhaka. .

By seeing Mr.Kibria in my Bangloo I was surprise. Kibria is my friend, he work in Chittagong and he is Banker. He told me that he is in Sylhet on official visit. One of his clients is importing some goods from India and he is here to inspect the goods. So he wants to go to Tamabil check post.

After having our breakfast we started for Tamabil at 9.00 am. The road is very nice and wide. I have visited Tamabil several times with my trainee’s and gust but for Kibria it is his first visit.

At 9.30am we reached at Haripur. It is to mention that this is the first gas and oil field of Bangladesh. We had a short visit of the oil field. My friend was very stoniest by seeing fire on the water. In fact there was a big explosion at the time digging. Now the digging place is turn in to a pond and gas is licking there. So if any one put fire there, he can see the fire on the water. Besides Haripur, other places of tourist attraction on way to Tamabil are Jaintipur and Sreepur. Near to Tamabil one can visit Jaflong also.

In the Bangladesh part there are small hills but on the opposite side India posses very big hills full of natural wealth. Before entering c, there is a small road turns right to Sreepur. We took a break at Sreepur. When we travel, we saw small hills around us and in front of us so far eyes go we saw big hills are standing over our head looks like dark cloud. On way to Sreepur there is a tea garden named Sreepur tea state. There is a palm garden in high land of Sreepur and under that there flows a river named the Piyayen. This river falls from two big hills of Meghalay and river flows between these two hills. The small river is very streamy and one to take caution during swimming. The river is full of big quarries and stones. Sreepur is one of the largest stone collection places of Bangladesh. Hundreds of trucks are carrying stones every day from Sreepur.

After having a short break at Sreepur, we started for Tamabil. This part of journey is completely in the hilly area. The roads curve the hills and there are lots of ups and down. In fact, Sylhet is a gift of beauty & nature. This part of Bangladesh is one of the most exquisite wonder spot to visit. On way to Tamabil traveler can also have a glimpse of the waterfalls across the border.

Lastly, we reached Tamabil at 12.00pm. Tamabil is the border outpost on Sylhet- Shilong road, about 55 km away from Sylhet town. Tamabil is on the Bangladesh side and Dahuki on the other side, boarder of Meghalay of eastern province of India. One can easily reach Tamabil by regular bus and Micro bus service from Sylhet. It is just one and half hours journey from Sylhet.

My friend was working with his client. By this border outpost coal, spices, ingredients, and fruits are imported from Meghalay and asam province of India. Tamabil is a heavenly naturally beautiful place in Sylhet. I was enjoying the natural beauty of Tamabil and waterfall across the border. We take some pictures at the no-mans land and meet with some Monipuri and Khasia tribes’ people there.

We enjoyed all the day by observing the natural beauty. Having our lunch at Tamabil, we started for Sylhet at 4 pm having the heavenly scenario of Haripur, Sreepur and Tamabil in our heart.