Tourist can view the sunrise and sunset from the water of the Bay of Bengal

Kuakata ( কুয়াকাটা):one of the  beautiful sea beach in Bangladesh. The name( kuakat) is create  from the word Kua. Kua means “Well”. Which was dug on the sea shore by the early Rakhine settlers in quest of collecting drinking water, who landed on Kuakata coast in the eighteenth century after being expelled from Arakan (Myanmar) by the Mughals Afterwards, it has become a tradition of digging Well in the neighborhoods of Rakhaine tribes for wate .Kuakata have a Local name “Shagor konnya”(Shagor konnya) means Daughter of Sea.
Stay in the Patuakhali district. It is about 320 Kilometres south of Dhaka, the capital, and about 70 Kilometres from the district headquarters. The Kuakata beach is 30 km long and 6 km wide.
Tourist Attraction:
Tourist can enjoy a full view of the sunrise and sunset from the same white sandy beach in the water of the Bay of Bengal. On the eastern end of the beach is Gongamati Reserved Forest, an evergreen mangrove forest and snippet of the original Kuakata. When the Rakhines settled in the area in 1784, Kuakata was part of the larger Sundarbans forest. However, the Sundarbans is now at a distance of one-hour by speed boat. Kuakata is the place of pilgrimage for both Hindu and Buddhist communities. Innumerable devotees arrive here at the festival of 'Rush Purnima' and 'Maghi Purnima'. On these two occasions the pilgrims take holy bath at the bay and participate in the traditional fairs. One may also visit the 100 years old Buddhist Temple where the statue of Goutama Buddha and two wells of 200 years old are located.