Jaflong is one of the most adventurous tourist spots in Sylhet division. It contains awesome natural beauty.
Though the rainy season is nearly gone, but still torrents of water can be seen gushing down the mountain forming small waterfalls. Visitors also see an enormous beautiful waterfall on the way of Sylhet to Jaflong. Jaflong is totally a hilly area of real natural beauty where hills are greenish with the forests. You can see the lifestyle of Tribe Khasia in Jaflong. Zero point of Jaflong is located in this river and it is very much attractive.
Jaflong
Jaflong is about 60 km far from Sylhet town and takes two hours drive to reach there. Jaflong is also a scenic spot nearby amidst tea gardens and rare beauty of rolling stones from hills. It is situated besides the river Mari in the lap of Hill Khashia.
The Mari river is coming from the great Himalayas of India, which bringing million tons of stone boulders with its tide. You can watch the stone collection from the river in Jaflong as well as you can enjoy the boating in the river Mari. Jaflong is totally a hilly area of real natural beauty where hills are greenish with the forests.
Many wild animal lives in this forest, so you need to be careful to enter in the forest alone. You can see the lifestyle of Tribe Khashia in Jaflong. If you intend to visit Jaflong it is advisable to start from Sylhet in the early morning so that you can comeback by evening covering the other tourists spots of nearby areas of Jaflong. The other tourist areas nearby Jaflong are Tamabil, Sripur and Jaintapur.
A lots of picnic parties goes to Jaintapur forests and also other areas of Jaflong, Sripur and Tamabil to enjoy a full day in the nature. So if you are planning to visit Jaflong you must cover up all these four places at a time and by the evening you come back to Sylhet for your night stay. Winter is the best season to visit Jaflong but if you want to enjoy the real beauty of wild waterfall then you should visit Jaflong in Monsoon or just after the Monsoon.