Best places to visit near Guwahati
Guwahati works well as a base for short trips. Give yourself 1 to 3 days and you can reach temples, forests, rivers, villages, and a few genuinely beautiful corners of Assam. Here are the places I’d put highest on the list. 1. Pobitora Wildlife…
Read MoreMajuli Island travel guide: what to see and do
Majuli is the kind of place where your plans start getting looser after the first few hours. You arrive by ferry, rent a scooter, pass rice fields and bamboo houses, stop at a satra because you saw a sign, and somehow lose half the afternoon talking to…
Read MoreKaziranga National Park travel guide
Kaziranga is the kind of place where you can be driving through tall grass one minute and find a one-horned rhino standing beside the track the next. The park sits across Assam’s Golaghat, Nagaon and Biswanath districts, beside the Brahmaputra. It became…
Read MoreHow to plan a Kaziranga trip on a budget
Kaziranga can get expensive quickly if you book everything through a resort, hire a private car for the whole trip, and add every safari option you see. You can also do it on a sensible budget. The trick is knowing where to spend and where to keep things…
Read MoreBest things to do in Guwahati
Guwahati is the kind of city where you can spend the morning at a temple, cross the Brahmaputra by ferry in the afternoon, and end the day watching the sun drop behind the hills. It’s Assam’s biggest city, but the good stuff isn’t packed into one tourist…
Read MoreGuwahati travel guide for first-time visitors
Guwahati is where many trips to Assam begin. You’ll probably arrive here by flight or train, spend a night or 2, and then head toward Kaziranga, Shillong, Cherrapunji, or deeper into Assam. But give Guwahati some time. The city has enough to keep a…
Read MoreBest time to visit Assam
Assam changes character with the seasons. Winter brings cool mornings and comfortable sightseeing. Summer gets hotter, especially around the cities. Then the monsoon arrives, and the Brahmaputra and its tributaries start reshaping the landscape. So, when…
Read MoreAssam Trip Cost: Complete Budget Breakdown
Assam can be a surprisingly affordable trip if you plan the route well. For a 5-day Assam trip, a practical budget is around ₹8,000 to ₹35,000 per person, depending on how you travel, where you stay, and whether you add a wildlife safari at Kaziranga.…
Read MoreBest places to visit in Assam
Assam is the kind of place where a road trip can change character every few hours. You can start with the bustle of Guwahati, spend an afternoon watching the Brahmaputra, drive into tea country, and end up near a forest where wild elephants cross the…
Read MoreAssam travel guide: best places to visit and things to do
Assam is the kind of place where you can spend the morning watching wild rhinos, eat an excellent Assamese thali for lunch, and end the day beside the Brahmaputra. The state is huge, so don’t try to cram everything into one trip. Pick a few places…
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