Shoilopropat Waterfall (শৈলপ্রপাত ঝর্ণা)

Shoilopropat Waterfall is a roadside fall at Milanchhari on the Bandarban to Thanchi road, about 8 km from Bandarban town, Bangladesh. No trekking is needed, so it suits families and anyone on a day trip to Chimbuk Hill or Nilgiri who wants a quick stop at a hill stream.

In Bawm hill country on the Chimbuk road

The fall sits in hills settled by Bawm families, 4 to 8 km from town by different counts. The road continues to Chimbuk Hill and Nilgiri, two of the district's best-known viewpoints, and Meghla and Nilachal are near Bandarban town. Shoilo means hill or rock and propat means waterfall.

A broad rock face that thins out in winter

A hill stream comes down a broad, dark rock face and runs under the road through a channel of boulders. In the monsoon the flow covers the whole face; in winter it narrows to a few thin streams with dry stone between them. Steps lead down from the road.

Village water supply and handwoven cloth stalls

The stream has long supplied drinking and household water to nearby Bawm villages, and its roadside spot has made it one of the most visited falls in Bandarban. Bawm women often sell handwoven cloth and seasonal hill fruit at stalls nearby. Ask before photographing people.