Coral island Saint Martin

Coral island Saint Martin 

 

Saint Martin Island is the most popular tourist spot for the sea lover.

Coral Island Saint Martin, a small island in the northeast part of the Bay of Bengal, about 9 km south of the tip of the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf peninsula.It is about 8 km west of the northwest coast of Myanmar at the mouth of the Naf River.

The local name of this coral island is 'Narikel Jinjira' (Coconut Island in Bengali) and named after a British provincial governor Saint Martin.

The only coral island of Bangladesh and one of the most attractive tourist spot. Between 1890 and 1900, only about 60 people settled on this island,but now total population is around 7000. The majority of the island's inhabitants are Islamic. The most of the local people are Fisherman.

This island has an area of about 8 sq km, which reduces to about 5 sq km during high tide. The main island to the north, Uttar Para, gradually narrows several kilometers southward, to a point where it's roughly 100m wide. 

Three smaller islands, Zinjira, Gala­chira and Ciradia are located just south of the main island. At low tide they're essentially one body of land, connected to the main island by a narrow strip of land.

There is another island close to the St. Martin's island named by .  

The surrounding coral reef of the island has an extension named Chhera Dwip. The island is home to several endangered species of turtles and corals, some of which are found only on this island rove forest in southeast Bangladesh.

If you enjoy the sea,
enjoy the  journey by ship,
enjoy the  taste of the fresh sea fishes,
enjoy the taste of the coconut from the coconut trees in the sea beach,enjoy the live coral,

enjoy the sun bath,

enjoy the sun set in the sea,

enjoy the sun rise from the sea,

enjoy the beauty of Bangladesh,

enjoy the Bar-B-Q party at the same time

So, visiting the St. Martin's island is an adventure,excursion and as well as healthy too.

you may welcome 

to Saint Martin,Bangladesh.

How To Go
Three shipping liners run daily trips to the island. They are Kutubdia, Sea-Truck and Keary-Sindbad. Tourists can book their trip either from Chittagong or from Cox's Bazar.