Cox's Bazar - 5: Beautiful Saint Martin's ....!!!

Saint  Martin's Island is a small island (area only 8 km²) in the northeastern part of the Bay of Bengal ,about 9 km south of the tip of the Cox’s Bazar- Taknaf peninsula  St. Martins Island is a treasure chest of nature that will take your breath away by its outstanding natural beauty and zillions of stars in the night. A true symbol of grace and serenity that will vanquish your miseries and horror of your past, will give you the much needed peace to recharge yourself.

St. Martins Island is one of the most naturally beautiful places and the only coral island of Bangladesh. The natural scenery of the island is very much exotic especially at night. If it happens to be a moonlit night then you will not be able to resist the charm and surely be tempted to visit the St. Martin Island again.

St. Martins is a stifling stripe. The local people call the island as “Naricale Jinjira”. Naricale is the local name for the coconut. As the island is full of coconut trees local people named this coral island after this specialty. The island is a very quiet, neat and clean place with nothing more exhausting thing to do than soak up the rays without a bite of mosquitoes.

Normally in November to February you will get the best weather that’s why it’s the major tourist season. From March to July keep your eyes on the forecast, as cyclone can strike between these times. The island was devastated by a cyclone in 1991 but has fully recovered, and was untouched by the 2004 tsunami. That’s why March to July is tourist off season.

Transportation

The only way to reach the place is the water transportation i.e. boats and ships (mostly for tourists) from Teknaf. Do not expect to find taxis, tarred roads or electricity here in the island. Except for the larger hotels that run on generators, there is no electricity supply from the national grid in the island since a dangerous hurricane in the year 1999.