Authentic North India Discovery

India - North India - Your tailor-made trip

21 days - from 1350€

Day 1

Airport pickup and transfer to hotel in central Delhi. Overnight in hotel.
Day 2

2 hour flight - 4 hour drive
Morning transfer to airport for flight to Guwahati. Airport pickup and drive to Nameri Eco Camp near the Bhorali River in Nameri National Park, with its lush vegetation and Mising tribal villages. Overnight in hotel.
Day 3

5 hour drive
Prayers in the Kalachakra gompa to receive the blessing of the gods. Set off for Dirang. Visit the village and the Dzong, an old fort which also served as a frontier post when trading took place with Tibet.
Day 4

5 hour drive
Set off for Tawang via the Sela Pass (4270m). This was a battle ground during the Indo-Chinese war in 1962. Visit the Jaswant Singh war memorial and the Nuranang Falls.
Day 5

Visit Tawang monastery, built in the 16th century and home to 700 monks. Other sites to see are Anigompa Urgelling nunnery where the sixth Dalai Lama was born, Monpa village and the Tawang market. Overnight in hotel.
Day 6

6 hour drive
Set off for Bomdila, administrative centre of the East Kameng district. Visit Gompa and market. Overnight in hotel.
Day 7

6 hour drive
Drive to the capital of Arunachal. Visit museum and market. Overnight in hotel.
Day 8

4 hour drive
Set off for Ziro, home of the Apatani tribe and one of most beautiful valleys in the region with its rice fields and village women with their pierced upper nostrils. Visit village and meet a shaman. Early evening cultural programme in village.
Day 9

Day to hike in the Talle Valley with its variety of fauna and flora. Return to Ziro at the end of the afternoon. Overnight in hotel.
Day 10

6 hour drive
Drive to Hill Miri and the Tajin villages. Continue on to Daporijo. Overnight in guest house.
Day 11

5 hour drive
Visit Adi Gallong villages. Overnight in hotel.
Day 12

3 hour walk
Transfer to Boleng. Walk to Komsing where you will be treated to Ponung dances and local beer (Apong). Overnight in village.
Day 13

4 hour drive
Return to Boleng then drive on to Pasighat. Cross bamboo bridge over Siang river and visit Adi Minyong villages. Overnight in hotel.
Day 14

Cross the Siang River to visit the villages of Adi Padam of Ayeng, Mebo and Siluk, then Aohali, Idu and Mishmi. Return to Pasighat at the end of the afternoon. Overnight in hotel.
Day 15

4 hour ferry
Cruise down the Brahmaputra to Dibrugarh. Afternoon visit to tea plantation. Overnight in hotel.
Day 16

Visit Sibsagar, which used to be the capital of the Ahom, the former leaders of Assam who emigrated to Burma. Ferry to Majuli and night in the Satra monastery.
Day 17

Majuli is the biggest river island in the world. It is also the centre of the Vaishnavite Hindu sect. Meet the Satra monks and visit the Mising villages. Overnight in monastery.
Day 18

Drive to Kaziranga National Park. Arrive in evening and transfer to lodge.
Day 19

After breakfast, elephant safari in the central and western parts of the park. You may be lucky enough to see a one-horned rhino. The park is also home to myriad animals and flora which are native to this locality. Jeep safari in the afternoon. Return to lodge for overnight stay.
Day 20

4 hours drive - 2 hour flight
Free morning. Transfer to Guwahati airport for flight to Delhi. Airport pickup and transfer to hotel.
Day 21

Visit Delhi by private vehicle or go shopping. In the afternoon we keep on one hotel room in which to leave our things and have a shower before the late transfer to the airport.
Travel Expert This is now the chance to immerse yourself completely in a tribe from North India. You will witness a unique way of life and culture, as well as an environment really different from what you have at home! A great human adventure.
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