Humhum (Hummam) waterfall, Moulovibazar, Bangladesh
20.03.12
Another recently discovered beautiful waterfall of Bangladesh is the Humhum waterfall locally also known as Hummam waterfall. It’s situated in the deep Rajkandi(রাজকান্দী) reserve forest, Moulovibazar. Some tribes are resides there and no local people are not allowed to stay there for their living. It’s a good tourism destination in recent time. People used to visit there by facing a lot of communication struggle as well as transportation.
We started our journey from Dhaka by train towards Srimangol in a group of 12 members and all are friends. We reached at Srimangol station at 3.00 am in the late night. We were lucky that we got few restaurant opened and we had our dinner there. And the rest of the night we passed at the station by playing cards and gossiping. It was a cold night because we choose the time for convenient journey because there lays a lot of struggle ahead in the road and the hills too. We had to stay at the station till we get the local transportation which will be available from 8.00am.
@ the station....
We got a bus along with another group from Dhaka and the bus will drop us at Champara bazaar (চাম্পারা বাজার) in Kurma union (কুরমা পৌরসভা) from where we had to take another jeep to the kolabonpara (কলাবনপাড়া) near the destination. While going there we enjoyed the beauty of tea gardens in Srimangol and also some part of Kulaura (কূলাউড়া) forest. The road was so calm and we were passing through the mist of winter at tea gardens. We reached at Champara bazaar (চাম্পারা বাজার) at 9.00 am in the morning and rent a jeep for kolabonpara (কলাবনপাড়া),this jeep also provide us the trip to Srimangol while we’ll be back from the waterfall. In the bazaar we asked for any place to get refreshed and they showed us a Mosque, there is a pond besides it. Almost everyone used the Mosque premises toilets and some also went for prayers in the Mosque. We took sufficient drinking water and dry foods with some caramel chocolate (we brought from Dhaka) and also some medicine with saline (it works the most for everyone) from that bazaar. Before entering the forest we bought some bamboo stick from the local tribe children which were really useful for the hill riding.
As it was dry season, so we didn’t faced any kind of insect specially the blood sucking leeches or snake attack in the forest. The sky was highlighted by the uprising sun and as the sun going up the temperature was also following it. There are two main routes in going to the waterfall. One is dry (the hills riding as well as the hard one) and another one is the wet one which is muddy & slippery, it is little bit risky for the hard rocks and big bolder stones in the water of the jhiri (ঝিরি) which flows from the waterfall. For dry season there was less water in the jhiri (ঝিরি) and during rainy season the water level goes up by 3 to 5 feet in some places. Though the waterfall shows its full beauty during rainy season and it’s risky too for the path and also for insects.
We started our walking along with a local guide (a guide is must to take) from the kolabonpara and entered the forest of Rajkandi, it was really thrilling and exciting too. We passed the hills (about 120 meter high) and reached the destination after about two hours thrilling trekking at 11:30 am. During our trekking we observed that many trees were cut into log and the environment was going to lose its beauty day by day by the local peoples who were using these logs illegally. Almost every one was so much tired and exhausted. The waterfall was little bit dry at this moment but it was really beautiful scene. The waterfall is wider enough from others in Bangladesh and it’s about 30 to 40 ft in width, 100 to 120 ft in height. The water was so cold that it was really hard to stay in the water for about a minute. After certain time the sustainability will come to stay in the water and have some fun in bathing or swimming.
We choose the wet path (the regular path in going there) for our return. We start walking again at 1:30 pm towards Kolabonpara. In our return way we visit a tomb situated at a high of about 180 meter (according to local people) in the mountain & it’s a hard path to be there. The path is straight upwards and downwards. But it’s also an amazing to see a tomb there in the mountain in our country respect. We returned to Srimangol at 6 pm and then had our food in a local restaurant and then start our journey towards Dhaka by bus at 7:30 pm.
Our pictures can tell more than my words about our tour. I put some picture along with this document. I hope that any one willing to go there must have an exciting tour.
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