Cox’s Bazar Sea Beach

Cox's Bazar Beach, located in the district of Cox’s Bazar is famously known for its long sandy beach and is the most popular tourist destination in Bangladesh. It is the longest natural sea beach in the world running 120 kilometers and the 5th longest beach. This unbroken sandy beach’s name came from Captain Cox who founded this very attractive beach in 1798.

Cox’s Bazar beach is the perfect leisure and recreation spot. Not only does it offers a natural seascape and oceanic view, but it also has various activities to entertain visitors to the maximum creating everlasting memories. Water sports activities like swimming, scuba diving, surfing, kayaking, and boat rides are a must-try. Horse riding, quad biking, jogging, cycling are other beach activities to opt for. The beach is equipped with large umbrellas and armchairs for visitors to relax to the cool breeze of the Bay of Bengal and admire the ocean waves with the wonderful sunset or the moonlight.

There are a lot of vendors on the beach selling snacks and local delicacies to relish at. The beach is also surrounded by restaurants serving enjoyable cooking, some focusing on seafood as well. The famous Burmese market around the beach corner sells a lot of handicrafts, pickles, decorative souvenirs, and also a lot of dry fish can be found which locals enjoy a lot.  

There are many hotels and resorts around Cox’s Bazar beach area where tourists can holiday for days safely.  The hotels provide excellent facilities according to the meets and demands of tourists to an international benchmark. Café Mermaid is an open café and restaurant which attracts many tourists due to its décor. Bamboo tables, chairs, small bamboo cottages, mud utensils, and an open concert are just perfect to enjoy the evening. Most interestingly, the absence of electrical lights replaced by the use of candles makes the place more attractive and peaceful. Fly Dining restaurant is yet another unique restaurant at the Sugandha point, Cox’s Bazar, in which visitors are hosted at a table suspended at a height of 160 feet and live music to entertain visitors while eating the appetizing foodstuffs.

Cox’s Bazar Beach is surrounded by many wonderful places worth visiting while holidaying. The beautiful Himchari waterfall with its beautiful revitalizing green hills, the Moheshkhali Island near the Cox’s beach Bazar coast. The island can be reached via speedboat. Once on the Island, visitors can view the breathtaking view of the island with the bright green color of its mangrove forest that will surely amaze everyone who comes to see the place. Cox’s Beach Bazar really is the place best recommended for people who seek a serene and relaxing vacation. Ramu Buddhist Monastery, Radiant Fish World, Inani Beach are other spots to visit while on the trip. Rickshaws and auto-rickshaws are readily available to take a tour around the spots in the area.

The 120 km long unbroken beach fascinates the local and foreign tourists with its undulating waves and rosy sunsets. Usually, during the winter season, the majority of tourists gather at Cox’s Bazar. Nevertheless, Cox's Bazar is a place accessible to visit at any time of the year. As season changes, so do the beauty of Cox's Bazar Beach. To admire the various beauty Cox’s Bazar Beach offers, one must go in every season and witness the gorgeous natural changes that occur, just to say, the fascinating view of Cox’s Bazar Beach on a full moon night in autumn is breathtaking. Cox’s Bazar Beach is always a loved and cherished place for locals. People are never bored of visiting this place. It is indeed charismatic.

You can go to Cox's Bazar, or you will be fascinated by the look of Cox's Bazar on a full moon night in autumn. Except for winter, the other services costs and hotel prices are  comparatively lower in other seasons.

Cox’s Bazar has an airport as well as a bus terminal. This place is accessible both by airplane and bus. There are several bus services available from Dhaka to Cox’s Bazar. Bus fare is around BDT 650-900 traveling a non-air conditioned bus and BDT 1200-1800 traveling an air-conditioned bus. The journey is near about 8-10 hours by bus. Bangladesh Biman, US Bangla Air, NOVO Air are domestic flights from Dhaka to Cox’s Bazar.