Assam Cruise 8

Day 01

Traditional welcome at Jorhat Airport by noon, our tour manager.Drive to Neemati Ghat ( 1 ½ hours from Jorhat Airport ).

Take our private ferry service to embark the cruise vessel moored at Kamalabari. Evening take a small walk in the nearby village. Re embark vessel for overnight stay.

Day 02

After an early breakfast we will go for a short excursion to Majuli, the largest river island in the World. It is the centre of Assam’s famous Vaisnavite form of Hinduism. The religious and cultural traditions are kept alive by the dedicated monks living in the monasteries locally known as Sattra. After breakfast, we will visit the Auniati Sattra and interact with the monks.

Returning to the vessel we start cruising through green valleys and blue hills. The landscapes are unrepentantly poetic and romantic. It’s a truly bracing experience, akin to cruising on one of the greatest rivers of the world. The vessel departs and cruises quietly through the day, and finally takes us to a deserted sleepy sand island near Dhansiri. Enjoy a barbecue dinner on the island.

Day 03

Today we start leisurely as we prepare for a visit to a Mising village. We take a small walk and experience the culture and lifestyle of a typical tribal village. We return to the vessel and start cruising downstream crossing the famous Kaziranga National Park on the left to our next destination Biswanath Ghat. We have a small stopover at the Ghat and visit the Biswanath temple, a Shiva temple situated at the bank of the river. We then further cruise downstream to finally reach Silghat for the night stay.

Day 04

We rise early and drive to Kohora, the central range of the Kaziranga National Park for an elephant safari through the tall swamp grasslands. The great one-horned Indian Rhinoceros is very easy to see. Few sanctuaries anywhere can provide as certain an assurance of a unique setting and sight of its best known wild animals and birds as can Kaziranga. After the safari, we take breakfast in a forest lodge. Next we go for a jeep safari in the eastern range of the park. We are accompanied by a naturalist with birds check list. The eastern range of the park is an ornithologist’s paradise. The many lakes on its marshy terrain are packed with residential and migratory avian faunas.

Return to the vessel at noon. Lunch on board. Disembark vessel and drive to Guwahati. Overnight at Guwahati.

Day 05

IF TIME PERMITS, early morning, we drive up Nilachal Hill. Visit the Maa Kamakhya holy temple and see the city skyline from top of the hill. Finally depart to the Airport for onward journey.

The end of the tour.