Himchari National Park, National park near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

Himchari National Park is a protected reserve near Cox's Bazar that combines evergreen forests with rolling hills overlooking the Bay of Bengal. The park covers close to 1,700 hectares and includes natural waterfalls as well as different ecosystem types within its boundaries.

Himchari National Park was declared a protected area in 1980, covering about 1,729 hectares of mixed evergreen forest on hills beside the Bay of Bengal. The Bengali source gives its founding aims as research and teaching, tourism and recreation, and wildlife conservation. The forest lies in Cox's Bazar District, within Ramu and Cox's Bazar Sadar Upazilas, and is managed by the Cox's Bazar South Forest Division.

About 4,000 people live inside the park area, mostly migrants who support themselves by fishing and cultivation. The forest is also known for its waterfalls, of which the Himchari waterfall is the best known, and the park is a popular tourist spot reached from Cox's Bazar, about 12 km away.

The park lies about 12 km from Cox's Bazar city, and the walk inside is not easy because of hilly terrain and dense vegetation. The forest is divided into four beats: Kolatoli, Chainda, Jhilongja and Link Road. The climate is hot and humid, with tropical monsoons from June to September.

The park's four forest beats are named Kolatoli, Chainda, Jhilongja and Link Road, and the whole area falls under the Cox's Bazar South Forest Division. Around 4,000 people live inside the park boundaries, mostly migrants who fish and farm for a living.