Enjoy the colorful Raas festival of the Manipuri tribe, experience life in the heart of the Ganges Delta, and excursion to Sundarban mangrove forest.

Raas Festival Tour

16-Day Tour

From $2,740 pp

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Proud to have earned a

CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE

for 5 YEARS in a row
in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019

and to have earned a

HALL OF FAME

2019 award

also to have earned the

TRAVELERS' CHOICE

2020, 2023 & 2024 award
- from Tripadvisor

and to have featured
multiple times on

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL NEWS MAGAZINE

published from California, USA

- the first and only one

in Bangladesh

Upcoming Tours

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Price: From

$2,740

/ person

Tour Highlights

  • Experience the dazzling Manipuri Raas Festival—attend village rehearsals and the main night-long performance featuring traditional dances, vibrant costumes, and devotional drama.
  • Witness the pre-festival preparations inside homes and temples, where participants get ready for the Raas Leela, offering excellent cultural photography opportunities.
  • Visit serene tea gardens in Sreemangal, where you can photograph the landscape, tea workers, and the peaceful rhythm of rural life.
  • Explore remote tribal villages to see and photograph traditional lifestyles, local markets, and unique cultural customs not found elsewhere in Bangladesh.
  • Discover Old Dhaka’s vibrant neighborhoods—photograph life in narrow alleys, lively bazaars, river ports, and the busy Buriganga River.
  • Walk through the atmospheric ruins of Panam Nagar, a deserted 19th-century merchant town with decaying mansions and dramatic light.
  • Photograph daily life on rivers in Barisal, including floating markets, riverside schools, and brick kilns—offering rare views of the Ganges Delta region.
  • Visit Bagerhat’s historic mosques, including the 15th-century Sixty Dome Mosque, a UNESCO World Heritage Site renowned for its impressive Islamic architecture.
  • Spend three days exploring the Sundarbans by private houseboat, spotting wildlife, gliding through narrow creeks, and walking forest trails with expert guides.
  • Document the Jamdani weaving tradition in Dhaka, a UNESCO-recognized heritage craft, by photographing artisans at work using ancient hand-weaving techniques.
A map of 16-day Raas Festival Tour in Bangladesh with Nijhoom Tours

Tour Includes

  • All airport transfers in Bangladesh.
  • All internal flights.
  • All accommodations as mentioned in the itinerary with complimentary breakfast on a twin sharing basis, with late checkout on the last day until 18.00 H.
  • 2 Lunches with locally purchased fruits and snacks, tea, and coffee while at the boat in Barisal on day-3 & 4.
  • All meals, drinking water, tea, and coffee while on the boat at Sundarban for three days on day-6, 7, and 8.
  • $115 US per person forest permit fee for Sundarban.
  • An air-conditioned car, driver, and an English-speaking guide.
  • All boat rides.
  • All entrance tickets.
  • Before departure, take to the Covid-19 testing center in Dhaka to provide the sample and collect the report if necessary.
  • All tips except our guide, driver, and boat crew in Sundarban.

Does Not Include

  • Any food or drinks other than those mentioned above.
  • $25 US fee for video camera in Sundarban (if any).
  • Any personal item.

Upcoming Group Tours

November 14–29, 2026

(6+ of 8 Places Available)

Early-Bird Discounts:
• $150 Until November 14, 2025
• $75 Until May 14, 2026

November 3–18, 2027

(6+ of 8 Places Available)

Early-Bird Discounts:
• $200 Until May 3, 2026
• $150 Until November 3, 2026
• $75 Until May 3, 2027

October 23–November 7, 2028

(6+ of 8 Places Available)

Early-Bird Discounts:
• $200 Until April 23, 2027
• $150 Until October 23, 2027
• $75 Until April 23, 2028

Group and private tours are available to book anytime outside our schedule.

Contact us for the Availability →
Tourist on the tour exploring the tea plantations of Sreemangal with an old 4x4 vehicle

Why Book with Nijhoom

Why book Raas Festival Tour with Nijhoom Tours?

Great Experience: You'll have a great experience on our Raas Festival Tour, as we are a multi-award-winning local tour operator in Bangladesh with vast local knowledge and the highest quality. We have the highest number of reviews in Bangladesh on TripAdvisor (400+ reviews) from our clients, with an average rating of 5 on 5. We've been featured in the International Travel News Magazine multiple times, published in California, USA.
Scheduled Tours: We have scheduled tours year-round. You can join any of them and reduce your cost.
Solo Travelers Friendly: Solo travelers on our tours can share rooms with total same-sex strangers and avoid paying for Single Supplements. They can also have private rooms throughout the tour by booking a Single Supplement.
Fast Communication: We reply fast. Communication with us will be a breeze.
Smooth Payment: Paying us for our Raas Festival Tour will be swift. We offer multiple payment options with credit cards and bank transfers. You can pay us in major local currencies online and avoid paying any charges for making cross-border payments for our tours.
Support a Local Business: By directly booking with us instead of the giant foreign online platforms like Viator, ToursByLocals, GetYourGuide, TourRadar, Expedia, Kayak, or many others like them dominating the industry with huge marketing budgets that only sell other local companies' tours and charge them a hefty commission, you are also supporting a local small business instead of a giant foreign corporation.

How is your Raas Festival Tour different than the others?

Safety: Ensuring your safety is our top priority. We equip our boat rides with life jackets, which almost no one uses in Bangladesh. We never compromise safety by overloading the boat on the rivers. Our drivers are trained to navigate the roads, providing a safe journey in a country where driving can be chaotic. Our vehicles will have seatbelts, which is extremely rare in Bangladesh.
Comfortable Car: Your comfort is our concern. We provide spacious, clean cars with air-conditioning to navigate the hectic Bangladeshi traffic for long hours. We never compromise on comfort by squeezing you into the middle seats. Everyone gets a comfortable window seat for a relaxing journey.
Food Hygiene: We'll be cautious about food safety on the tour so that you don't become sick from food poisoning, which is common in Bangladesh. We'll take you to restaurants that maintain good hygiene.
Knowledgeable Guide: We'll provide a knowledgeable guide on our Raas Festival Tour, who can provide you with the history and other interesting information about the sites on the tour.
On-Time Pick-up: We'll not be late to pick you up and give excuses for traffic.
No Nuisance: We will not annoy you by taking a few dozen selfies with you on the tour and posting them directly on social media.
Numerous Positive Reviews: We have numerous positive reviews of our Raas Festival Tour on TripAdvisor from past clients who've had a pleasant and memorable experience with us. You'll have a great experience on our tour, too!

Tour Reviews

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Daniel Brennwald

Zurich, Switzerland

December 11, 2023

★★★★★

It was a diverse and colorful, well organized trip

It was a diverse and colorful, well organized trip and I enjoyed every single day of it. If you like photography , Bangladesh is the place to be!! There are so many photo opportunities and many people are happy to be photographed.

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Gemma Prosniewska

Hereford, UK

December 11, 2023

★★★★★

Particular highlights were the pre-festival practices

It was an absolutely brilliant tour. Particular highlights were the pre-festival practices we were fortunate to see in peoples homes, the hospitality of the people we met, the crew on our boat in the Sundarbans and what we saw there.

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Sally Yeshin

London, UK

December 5, 2023

★★★★★

The festival itself was an absolute highlight

We went on the two week Raas Festival tour. Of course the festival itself was an absolute highlight. We went to both a rehearsal day and the actual day of this important Hindu festival. The dancing and costumes were stunning and the way we were made to feel welcome was terrific.

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Owen Gaughan

York, UK

March 25, 2023

★★★★★

A truly unique experience

Did the Raas Festival tour with Nijhoom (a little over two weeks). Interesting landscapes, chaotic cities, and one of the friendliest people you will find anywhere. If you are looking for something a little different from the norm I can thoroughly recommend.

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Karl Willson

Chichester, UK

February 7, 2023

★★★★★

‘A heaven for photographers’ it is indeed!

I traveled to Bangladesh in 2022 to join the ‘Raas Festival’ tour organised by Nijhoom Tours. It was a small group tour with a packed itinerary. Everything was organised very professionally, staying at various locations in clean and comfortable accommodation. Food was very carefully chosen and very tasty.

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