The Monastic Tour

Arrival in Guwahati. Transfer to hotel. In case of early arrival visit of Kamakhya Temple in the afternoon. Overnight hotel.

Drive through the Brahmaputra Valley to Nameri National Park. Choice of angling, a boat ride, bird watching or relaxing. Overnight in Nameri Eco Camp.

Activities : Hill Stations & Valleys , Angling

Today we will enter Arunachal Pradesh and drive to Dirang. Enroute you will visit Tipi Orchidarium, Asia's largest orchidarium with over 7500 orchids. In the afternoon visit Dirang, a Monpa village, with its traditional water mills and Dirang Dzong. Overnight at hotel.

Activities : Hill Stations & Valleys , Angling

In the morning you will visit the Buddhist Kalachakra Monastery. After that drive to Tawang. To get there we will have to cross the 4150 metres high Se-la Pass, which was once the battlefield where the Indian and Chinese armies fought against each other. Enroute we will visit the Se-la temple and stop at small villages on the road. In the afternoon visit a Buddhist nunnery, the Gyangong Ani Gompa close to Tawang town. Overnight hotel in Tawang.

Activities : Hill Stations & Valleys , Angling

Explore the 350 year old Tawang Monastery and take part in the early morning puja. Tawang Monastery is the largest Tibetan style monastery in India and the second largest in Asia. It is inhabited by monks who belong to the Gelupa Sect of the Mahayana School of Buddhism. In the afternoon visit the Urgelling Monastery that was built in the 15th century. It is the birthplace of the Sixth Dalai Lama. Overnight at hotel.

Activities : Hill Stations & Valleys , Angling

Drive back over the Se-la pass via Dirang to Bomdila. Enroute stop at villages and take photos of a fantastic waterfall. Overnight hotel in Bomdila.

Activities : Hill Stations & Valleys , Angling

In the morning visit Rabgyaling Gontse Gompa, Upper Gompa and Thupchob Gatseling Gompa. After that we will have to leave the mountains and come to the plains of Assam when we drive to Kaziranga. Overnight hotel.

Activities : Hill Stations & Valleys , Angling

Early morning elephant safari. After breakfast a jeep safari to watch the great Indian one-horned rhinoceros and wild fowl. Overnight hotel.

Activities : Jeep Safari , Elephant Safari

Drive to Guwahati. Check into hotel. Evening watch life on the river banks of the Brahmaputra or visit emporiums to buy some souvenirs. Here our interesting tour will end. Overnight hotel.

Activities : Jeep Safari , Elephant Safari

Transfer to airport for departure.

Activities : Jeep Safari , Elephant Safari