Karnaphuli River:
Originating from the Lushai hills in Mizoram, India, it flows through Chittagong Hill Tracts and Chittagong into the Bay of Bengal. You can plan for a boat trip on Karnaphuli. All you have to do is hiring a boat from Shodorghat.You will have some serious fun....if you choose a boar with out modern disel engine!!!!(maximum 4 ppl if you choose tht type of boat)
Legend has it that a princess from neighboring Arakan (now in Myanmar) fell in love with a tribal prince of Chittagong. The lovers were once enjoying a moonlit boatride on the river. While admiring the reflection of the moon dancing on the rippled water surface, the princess leaned slightly and a flower tucked in the hair over her ear by the prince suddenly fell into the river. The princess was grief-stricken at losing the flower, which she held very dear as a present from her charming prince. She immediately jumped into the river to retrieve the flower but could not. Instead she was carried away by the fast-flowing current and vanished in the river. The prince dived into the river to rescue the princess but in vain. Out of sorrow he drowned himself in the river to unite with the princess after death. This tragedy gave the river its name Karnafuli from the word 'karnaphul' meaning 'flower adorning the ear'.
