On the way to Kristong, Rungrang
Although there are many mountains above 3,000 feet in Bangladesh, the highest mountains in the Chimbuk range are Kristong (about 2,989 feet) and 2nd Rungrang Tong (2,795 feet).
Apart from a handful of places, there are hardly any mountains that are so densely forested and full of animals as far as I know. So for me, summiting Rungrang Tong and Kristong are different. Initially looking for a 1/2 day relaxing tour, our team suddenly changed the route and organized an off route tour to Kristong and Rungrang Thong.
Which way to go -
You can go to 3 roads-
(1 day) Alikdam->Amtali->Dusri Bazar->Meniank Ward-> (2 days) Rungrang->Khemchong Ward->Kristong-> Khemchong Ward-> (3 days) Saingpra-> Khemchong Ward-> (4 days ) 21 Kilo -> Alikadam -> Dhaka (First 1 night at Meniank Para and last 2 nights at Khemchong Para)
(1 day) Alikadam->21 Kilo->Khemchong Para-> (2 days) Kristong->Khemchong Para->(3 days) Saingpra->Khemchong Para->(4 days) Rungrang->Meniank Para-> Dusri Bazar -> Amtali-> Bus Stand (Alikdam)-> Dhaka (Khemchong Para first 2 and Meniank Para last 1 night)
Thankoine Falls->-There is a road via Palangkhiang which I don't know very well but this is the one with some other falls which can give summit of Kristong, Rungrang Thong, it may take 5-6 days.
Plan (1) seems more difficult to me because to reach Meniank Para-Rungrang-Khemchong Para from Dusri Bazar, many steep hills will be climbed and to reach 21 km while back, 2 types of uphill and downhill trekking will be required.
But if you go to plan (2) you will not need to climb such a steep hill to reach Khemchong Para with 21 kilos and while coming down from Khemchong Para through Rungrang and Meniank Para to reach Dusri Bazar, you will only need to descend which will make tracking much easier. We went to plan (2).
There are not many buses on this route (Shyamoli, Hanif, T, R Travels got more, check it). We 30 September night T. And I boarded the travel bus whose fare was 850 taka. At 10.30 though our bus was a little late to leave and due to traffic jam we reached Jaiga at 7 am to 11 am. The bus comes from Dhaka to Chittagong, Chakria via Alikadam, if anyone wants to come from Cox's Bazar then they can come via Chakria to Alikadam.
Day-1 [Alikdam->21 Km->Khemchong Para]
We finish our breakfast and book the return bus ticket. According to plan (2) our first day trekking will start from 21 Km and destination Khemchong Para. Alikadam to Thanchi is 34 km, in which 17 km starts Damtua Jharna trekking, 21 km starts Kristong-Rungrang Thong trekking and 1-2 km ahead is Dim Pahar. If one has not seen Dim Pahar, then first go to Dim Pahar, after seeing it, drive back 21 km for Kristong-Rungrang. As we were late we did not go to Dim Pahar, walked 21 Kms and started our first day trekking. 21 km can be done by bike or Chander's car. If there are more people, Chander's car will reduce the cost. There were 9 of us including 10 guides, we don't have Chande's car, which the guide will fix, after expenses 2000 Tk.
I took Chander's car from bus stand/Alikdam Bazar to Alikdam Panbazar for some shopping. In Khemchong Para, Meniang Para, you have to prepare food by yourself, you can get rice, eggs, chicken (if you are lucky if the guide tells you the day before) so all kinds of spices, salt, pulses, oil, potatoes, onions, chicken (whatever you need) The guide will tell you) do not buy all. You don't have to think about cooking, the guide will do the cooking. Then everyone bought trekking shoes for trekking (we leave our shoes in this shop, take them when we go, we do this to keep the bag light) and 1 liter of water per person for eating on the road, don't forget to take saline. You will not get drinking water on the road from 21 Kilo to Khemchong Para, so drink water little by little and do not waste it unnecessarily so that you can drink the water in the end. Don't spoil the environment by throwing away water bottles. These empty bottles will come in handy during Christong. Carry some dry food with you to eat on the road.
After all, 21 kilos takes 30-40 minutes, our trekking starts (keep the bag as light as possible, it will be easy to walk) at 1.30. There are leeches on the road from 21 Kilo to Khemchong Para, there is no reason to be afraid, it will be enough to notice it after a while. Since you will have to climb the mountain again for a lot of walking, you can wear anklets. Finally reached Khemchong neighborhood at 7.30 (approx), it was dusk on the road with torches so not too much trouble but try to reach before dusk. Khemchong neighborhood is a bit different, all the houses are not together, to go from one house to another it is like crossing a mountain (may take 5-7 minutes). There is no bathroom in this neighborhood, only one house (not a very good one) and it is far away from our house. You have to go down to the jhiri for bathing at 7-10, there is no need to go to the jhiri because they will provide the food water. You will find shops in Khemchong neighborhood but there are not many items, there are some dry food, tea is available although we did not get it.
Day-2 [Khemchong District->Kristong->Khemchong District->Rungrang->Menyang District]
From there at night (cost 150 taka) then leave in the morning (time - 6:00) to reach Kristang about 2-2.30. Leave as early as you can, the weather will be cold, you will get less sunshine, tracking will be easy, besides, you will get a good view (if it rains, you may not get clouds). Take bottled water before going because you will find only one leeches on this road and that too after 1-1.3 hours of walking, there are no leeches on this road. You can keep dry food with it. As there was light rain in the morning, we didn't get any clouds on top but Raju bhai (guide) said we can get clouds if we wait for a while, so we sat for 1-1.3 hours and finally clouds appeared, then back from some time to Khemchong para, to back at noon. After eating and resting for a while. A few of us got a bit sick, so we canceled the day's Saengpra and left for Rungrang around 3 that day.
After coming from Khemchong neighborhood to Meniank neighborhood, this mountain. Christong's death was not so difficult to climb this mountain and it took much less time. We went to this mountain in the afternoon, when the sun was about to set, the sky was very beautiful which is very different from Kristong (Kristong in the morning and Rungrang in the afternoon is a good combination), sat for a while and then went to Meniank neighborhood (it takes 30-35 minutes from Rungrang). To come to Pari Para), it was getting late but the road was not very difficult so it was not difficult to come. It was easy trekking only to get down so we didn't have much trouble, it takes about 1.30-2 hours to reach Meniank Para. Those who want to see Saingpra should come from Kristong and stay that night in Khemchong neighborhood, then leave for Saingpra that day. If you want to finish Saingpra, you can go to Rungrang-Meniang neighborhood in the morning from Khemchong neighborhood and go to Dsari Bazar, but instead of staying in the same neighborhood for 3 nights, you can go to Meniang for one night. You can live in the neighborhood. For that, he returned to Khemchong neighborhood from Sinongpra and rested in Meniank neighborhood, he can stay in Rungrang in the afternoon.
Meniank neighborhood is a bit more modern than Khemchong neighborhood, means all the houses are together, water system is much better, bathroom system is much better than Khemchong neighborhood. There is also a shop in this neighborhood.
Day-3 [Meniank Para-> Dusri Bazar-> Amtali-> Bus Stand (Alikdam)]
I wake up in the morning and go to Zoom house to see the clouds (it takes 10 minutes), the time is 6 o'clock, leave as soon as you can because the clouds will decrease when the resistance rises, after a while at Zoom house, I back to the neighborhood and have breakfast and start the last day's trekking. Snails will take a shower on the road, take a bath in the shower and come to Dusari Bazar. Most part of this road has to come through the Jhiri path so fatigue is a little less and you will get food and water after a while. From Dusri market, we took a boat to Amtali Ghat (local boat costs less, we had a reserve of 3000 rupees, it takes about 1 hour). From Amtali Ghat, take auto Rishka to Alikadam Bazar (not with the left shoes) and go to bus stand / Alikadam Bazar. The bus leaves at 7 o'clock. Although we had another plan on the last day, we went to Marangtong that day, stayed the last night at Marangtong, then finished the day at Dim Pahar-Ali cave and back to Dhaka.
It will take 4 days and 3 nights to reach Khemchong Para (1 day), Kristong (2 days), Sinongpra-Rungrang (3 days), Menyang Para-Alikdam (4 days). It took less than a day and a night for us to cancel the subscription.
The guide costs Tk. 1000 per day. Our guide name was Raju, he is a very nice person. For once, he did not complain or get upset about anything and did all the work himself with responsibility. He even fixed the bus, Chander's car, boat all by himself, the cost was not more than what we saw.
The beauty of Bandarban can be seen in the depths of the mountains. On the way, rest in the hut, drink water from the narrow stream, bright stars at night, sunken in the clouds in the morning and afternoon, hundreds of years old trees, the sound of animals and birds, nothing of the physical hardship of 3/4 days.
to do-
- Carry NID/Varsity Card, it is required in many places.
- Carry medicine (if needed, keep saline)
- There are no mosquitoes so no special preparation is needed.
If you go to this place in Bandarban, you can still understand how beautiful the nature is, just like a story. So don't spoil this beautiful environment by throwing bottles, plastic shells unnecessarily and prevent others from doing these things.
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