Last time I visited the main Resang waterfall (or Resung) but couldn’t find the second one which is downstream of the main one. So this time by no means I didn’t want to miss it. I read a lot of blogs and articles on the internet but none could tell me the exact location. Everyone was guiding with an anonymous direction. I must believe that for this anonymous guide, most of the tourists at this place find it hard to locate this one, and left the place without exploring. From my experience, I spent 3 hours there to locate the waterfall. Explored most of the stream of the waterfall and misguided further like other travelers. Also, the local people were told that there was only one waterfall, no second one available. One Tripura boy was talking about Debota (means god), who lives there and people get killed if they go there. And like other tribes, he was reluctant to talk further about the waterfall.
So finding no other way, we returned back from there to find Rabindra Tripura, who is the owner of both the waterfalls. He was interested in showing us the waterfall only if we paid him. After an extreme bargaining he agreed for 150 Taka. A group from Chittagong were traveling there. They joined us, later we and that group explored Toidu Jhorna together the next day(another story).
It was raining heavily with larger drops. Initially we waited for 15/20 minutes at a small shop for the rain to subside. But the persistent rain forced us to start exploring in wet conditions. It was just 15 minutes of walking from the shop (all the way downwards). Earlier at the day we passed beside the trail which was totally hiding under the vines. But this time the old Tripura was with us and guided us safely to the beneath of the waterfall.
Normally the waterfall produces a small amount of water. But for the earlier heavy rain it was just vomiting all the waters from the valley through it. Possibly this was the maximum amount of water flowing from the waterfall and we were lucky to observe the waterfall in such a time. The water was slightly muddy due to the rain. We used our umbrella to cover the camera from rain while capturing the photos.
How to go
Read the How to Go section from this article. Once you are there then follow the below instruction to find the waterfall. If you look at the below image, you’d find that I have pointed both the falls in google map screenshot. Just follow the direction marked by the red lines. If you still think it’s very hard to locate the waterfall, just ask the guy Rabindra Tripura to show you the waterfall. Don’t trust local people, they will not tell you anything about this. You must believe that the waterfall is there. It’s a total mystery as to the way locals behaved.
Resang waterfall -2 (or resung waterfall -2),
District: Khagrachhari,
Country: Bangladesh,
GPS Coordinate (23° 3’54.27″N, 91°56’39.78″E).
This article has written by Lonely Traveler,
for the blog alonelytraveler.com
Friday, 13 July 2012
