Meet a local in Bangladesh | Pyala local travel experience

Enhance your travelexperience in Bangladesh and meet a local with one of our specially designed meet-a-local excursions, from cooking classes to city walks

Meet a local in Bangladesh


Personal Encounters while travelling
Our Meet-a-Local activitites are especially recommended. Visit local people to share a cup of tea or even cook a meal together. You visit people in their private homes, see how they live, share their traditions, and exchange information and ideas. Or just have fun together! Eating and cooking together is one thing, but there's even more!

Take a walk through the city and see it through the eyes of a local, get to places you thought you never could visit, meet people, and smell and taste the local food during one of our street food tours.

All these meet-a-local activities are meant to give you a once-in a-lifetime experience!

Some meet-a-local activities might already be included in the tours. Missing something? You can request our local partner for more information!


BANGLADESH, KAKRAN, MEET-A-LOCAL

This meet-a-local tour introduces you to the Bengali village life. You will visit the village Kakran (an hour outside Dhaka). This village is close to Savar and can be reached by boat. Most of the inhabitants of this village are pottery, dating from the time when there is widespread pots and utensils were made of clay. Now there are only a few families living from pottery. You will be amazed about the age-old manner in which the pots are still gebakt. You meet a potter's family and go along with them prepare lunch. Together, you can walk to shopping at the market to do and with members of the family prepares a traditional Bengali meal. In the afternoon, of course, closer acquaintance with the traditional way of pots suits. In the afternoon you will return to the hotel with an unforgettable experience of a traditional Bengali family.  

PS, the tour can be organized from Dhaka but also from Bandarban, Khulna and Srimongol.
BANGLADESH, RUPOSHI, MEET-A-LOCAL

Ruposhi / Noapara village lies on the banks of the river and is Sitalakhya. Popularly known as Jamdhanee village because most people are involved in weaving Jamdhani saris and shawls. Weaving the Jamdhani substances is still the traditional way by hand. During the weaving weavers create the pattern by heart, making each sari looks different. Please afternoon picked up and drive a half hour to the village. There you will meet your host family who will explain the entire weaving process. Then go to the market to do some shopping and go together to prepare a traditional Bengali meal. End of the day you will return to your hotel.   You can take this tour from Dhaka but also from Bandarban, Khulna or Srimongol.