An authoritative gateway to the lesser-explored regions of Bangladesh, thisguidebook offers greater coverage than any other to the Chittagong HillTracts, where 13 different ethnic groups live amid breezy hillside scenery,and to the world's largest mangrove forest at the Sunderbans (where Bengaltigers occasionally chew on a human or two). With a focus on responsibletourism, it leads trailblazing travellers to those aspects of the countrythat are almost unknown to visitors - dolphin and whale watching, winterbird-watching in the northern wetlands and golden Bengal's silk andarchaeological highlights.