North India · Mountain Tour
Northeast India
Living bridges grown by hand, in hills tourists rarely reach.
AssamMeghalaya
Living bridges grown by hand, in hills tourists rarely reach.
India's northeast is still lightly visited by comparison with the rest of the country, and it looks it — dense forest, tea estates rolling into the hills, and the extraordinary living root bridges grown by the Khasi people over centuries. This circuit moves from the tea gardens of Assam into the hill villages of Meghalaya, one of the wettest places on earth.
Arrive in Guwahati. Visit tea estates and take a sunset cruise on the Brahmaputra River. Optional extension to Kaziranga National Park for rhino safaris.
Drive into Meghalaya. Explore Shillong, then continue to Cherrapunji for its waterfalls, limestone caves and living root bridges.
Living root bridge, MeghalayaTrek to the double-decker root bridge at Nongriat, and visit Mawlynnong village before returning to Guwahati for departure.
The trek to Nongriat's double-decker bridge involves roughly 3,500 steps down (and back up) — moderately strenuous; sturdy footwear is essential.
Yes, if wildlife is a priority — it's a UNESCO site and one of the best places in India to see the one-horned rhinoceros, roughly a 4–5 hour drive from Guwahati.
The monsoon (June–September) brings extremely heavy rain to Meghalaya; October to April is far more comfortable for travel.
Mughal monuments, the Taj Mahal at sunrise, and Jaipur's pink-city forts. The classic first-time India route.
Lake palaces, blue old towns and a desert fort on the edge of the Thar. Rajasthan's four most storied cities in one circuit.
The Golden Temple by day and by candlelit night, plus the ceremonial flag-lowering at the Wagah border.