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Cox’s Bazar is a town, a fishing port, a district and above all a tourist paradise. With an unbroken 125 km natural sandy sea beach Cox’s Bazar boasts itself as the world’s longest uninterrupted sea beach.
Golden sands miles after miles, cliffs washed with foaming waves, ponderous pagodas, colorful conch shells, reviving coconut water, delicious seafood—this is Cox’s Bazar at a glance.
The sea beach of Cox’s Bazar sloping down gently into the blue water of the Bay of Bengal. The beach starts from the mouth of the Bak-khali River and has gone all the way to Teknaf.
Although commonly known as Cox’s Bazar beach, the natural sandy beach actually extends far beyond the area designated as Cox’s Bazar town.
Brief History
The history of Cox’s Bazar is a story of conflict and blood shade. Ancient name of Cox’s Bazar was Pengwa which means yellow flower in Rakhyne language.
The modern Cox’s Bazar was named after Captain Hiram Cox, an officer of the British East India Company, who was appointed as Superintendent of Pengwa when Warren Hastings became the Governor of Bengal.
Captain Cox was mobilized to deal with a century long conflict between Arakan refugees & local Rakhyne community.
He made significant progress on the mammoth task of rehabilitating refugees in the area before his death in 1799.
To commemorate his role in this area, a market was established and named Cox’s Bazar (Market) after him.
Areas of Interest
Inani: Inani is a quiet tourist attraction set out in the exuberance of nature. This place is around 30 km down south along the sea-front from Cox’s Bazar. The place is reachable by public transport plying between Cox’s Bazar to Teknaf or a drive by four-wheeler along the beach.
Himchari: A beautiful place in the solitude of sea and hills, Himchari is around 4.5 km from Cox’s Bazar along the beach. At the time of low tide a drive by four-wheeler jeep is a spectacular journey. You can choose a ride on either donkey or elephant back for more rewarding memory.
Ramu: With a distance of 15km from Cox’s Bazar, Ramu is a small Buddhist village that reflects the strong rituals and affluent past of Buddhism in this region. Ancient Buddhist temple, Ramkot Bonashram, Khayang, Rubber garden are the main attractions of this area.
Moheshkhali: Moheshkhali is the only hilly island of Bangladesh lies in the north western direction of Cox’s Bazar. Forested hills are dotted here and there in the island along with ancient Adinath Temple. Engine boats, trawlers, speedboats ply between Cox’s Bazar main land and Moheshkhali throughout the day as a public transport.
Teknaf: A romantic old-world border town in the southern tip of Bangladesh territory. One can see the Myanmar high hill ranges across the river Naf—the river that has made the name. By road Teknaf is 85 Km away from Cox’s Bazar and by beach it is 120 km, either way it is about 120 minutes journey.
Saint Martin’s Island: Bangladesh’s only coral island, locally named as Narikel Jinjira. Under the wide open blue sky attractions include crystal clear blue water of the sea, coconut groves, sea crabs, coral stones, turtle shells & pearls. Available sea going ships are there to take tourists to the island.
With lines of fancy shops on both sides of Cox’s Bazar main road, serene and calm Pagodas, peaceful Rakhyne quarters, hustling fish harbor of Kostura Ghat, sights of sun rise behind the hills and sun set into the Bay of Bengal Cox’s Bazar gives the aura of a true fairy land. Visit this tourist paradise and you will have memories that you can treasure for lifetime.
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