Noakhali

An ashram commemorating the Gandhi peace mission in Noakhali after the 1946 riots; he arrived at Jayag on 29 January 1947. It houses a Gandhi Memorial Museum and a charkha/khadi centre, and today the Gandhi Ashram Trust runs development programmes.

An island that grew from remote chars in the Meghna estuary; the government-planted mangrove holds a herd of about 5,000 chital spotted deer, and the area became a national park in 2001. Migratory birds crowd in winter. Access is by boat with basic infrastructure, so plan ahead.