Experience remote northeast India on a journey from Guwahati to Nagaland and Assam, taking in the Hornbill Festival, living root bridges, Majuli’s monasteries and wildlife-filled Kaziranga.
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Ferry across the Brahmaputra to Peacock Island’s Umananda Temple.
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Explore Mawphlang Sacred Forest and the tiered Elephant Falls.
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Walk Cherrapunjee’s double-decker living root bridge in Khasi villages.
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Search for one-horned rhinos on Kaziranga National Park safaris.
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Witness Nagaland’s Hornbill Festival of tribal dance, music and colour.
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Visit Longwa village straddling the India-Myanmar border with Konyak heritage.
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Discover Majuli Island’s satras and mask-making monasteries.
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Explore Sivasagar’s Ahom-era ruins, former capital of Assam.
Stay in a mix of properties: Dynasty Hotel in Guwahati; Cherrapunjee Holiday Resort; a simple lodge at Bonhabi Resort near Kaziranga (hot water sometimes limited); simple Hotel Blue Bayou in Kohima; Whispering Winds; Mishing-style stilt houses at Enchanting Majuli Resort; simple Teihpha Cottage; and colonial Mancotta Heritage Chang Bungalow.