St. Martins Island

This little coral island about 10km south-west of the southern tip of the mainland is a steamy cliché, with beaches fringed with coconut palms and bountiful marine life. There’s not anything more strenuous to do here than soak up the rays, but it’s a clean and quiet place without even a mosquito to disrupt your tranquility.

It’s likely to walk around the island in a day because it measures only 8 sq shrinking to about 5 sq km (2 sq mi) during high wave. The majority of island’s 5500 inhabitants live mainly from fishing, and between October and April fisher people from neighboring areas bring their catch to the island’s temporary wholesale market. A ferry leaves Teknaf for St Martin every day and it will take around 3 hours.

To visit, you have to do several tasks. First you''ll needs to fly or bus it down to Cox''s Bazar, and then catch a bus to Teknaf, which is right on the very tip of Bangladesh, sandwiched up against Myanmar. From Teknar, ferries run daily to St. Martin Island. The total distance from Dhaka to the island is 510km (316mi).