Arunachal 8N

DAY 1: GUWAHATI – TEZPUR (185 KM 4 HRS)

WELCOME TO AWESOME ASSAM. MEET AND BE ASSISTED BY OUR REPRESENTATIVE AT THE AIRPORT/RAILWAY STATION. GET READY TO EXPERIENCE A MEMORABLE ROAD TRIP FOR LIFETIME. TRANSFER TO TEZPUR. ENROUTE WE CAN DO RIVER DOLPHIN TOUR ON THE MIGHTY RIVER BRAHMAPUTRA. CHECK IN YOUR HOTEL. VISIT THE RUINS AND REMAINS OF AGNIGARH. LATER VISIT CHITRALEKHA UDYAN (COLE PARK) WHERE YOU CAN ENJOY BOATING. VISIT ANY OTHER PLACES OF INTEREST AS TIME PERMITS. OVERNIGHT STAY IN TEZPUR.

DAY 2: TEZPUR – DIRANG (200 KM 5 HRS)

START EARLY IN THE MORNING FOR DIRANG. ON THE WAY VISIT ORCHID RESEARCH CENTRE TIPI, AN ORCHIDARIUM WITH ABOUT 10,000 ORCHID PLANTS BELONGING TO VARIOUS GENERA AND SPECIES. ARUNACHAL HAS THE LARGEST RANGE OF ORCHIDS IN THE COUNTRY. CONTINUE YOUR DRIVE AND DO NOT FORGET TO KEEP YOUR CAMERAS HANDY AS YOU CROSS BEAUTIFUL WATERFALLS AND GET SOME SPECTACULAR VIEWS. ENROUTE VISIT NAG MANDIR. ARRIVE AND CHECK IN TO YOUR HOTEL. AFTER LUNCH VISIT THE REGIONAL APPLE NURSERY, KIWI FARM, HOT WATER SPRING, SANGTI VALLEY AND DZONG FORT. OVERNIGHT STAY IN DIRANG.

DAY 3: DIRANG – TAWANG (140 KM 6 HRS)

AFTER BREAKFAST TRANSFER TO TAWANG. ENROUTE VISIT WAR CEMETERY. CONTINUE WITH THE DRIVE TILL YOU REACH SELA PASS AT AN ALTITUDE OF 4170 M / 13700 FT. IT IS FAMOUS FOR HIGH ALTITUDE LAKES & SCENIC BEAUTY. CONTINUE THE DRIVE TO JASWANT GARH WAR MEMORIAL A MEMORIAL OF THE BRAVE INDIAN SOLDIER JASWANT SINGH RAWAT. VISIT NURANANG FALLS (JANG FALLS). ARRIVE AND CHECK IN THE HOTEL. OVERNIGHT STAY IN TAWANG.

DAY 4: 22- TAWANG LOCAL SIGHTSEEING

AFTER BREAKFAST VISIT TAWANG MONASTERY (NAMGEY LHATSE), SINGSOR ANI GOMPA, AND TAWANG WAR MEMORIAL. EVENING RETURN BACK TO HOTEL. OVERNIGHT STAY IN TAWANG.

DAY 5: TAWANG – BUMLA PASS (CHINA BORDER) – MADHURI LAKE – TAWANG

AFTER BREAKFAST VISIT BUM LA PASS (INDO-CHINA BORDER) FOR WHICH YOU WILL HAVE TO TAKE PERMIT FROM THE DC OFFICE AT TAWANG ON YOUR OWN, SANGESTAR LAKE (MADHURI LAKE) AND PANGATENG TSO LAKE (P.TSO LAKE). PLEASE NOTE YOU WILL ALSO HAVE TO TAKE A LOCAL TAXI IN TAWANG ON DIRECT PAYMENT BASIS TO COVER THESE PLACES AS OUR VEHICLES ARE NOT ALLOWED.

DAY 6: TAWANG – BOMDILA (190 KM 7-8 HRS)

AFTER BREAKFAST TRANSFER TO BOMDILA. CHECK IN THE HOTEL ON ARRIVAL. VISIT BOMDILA MONASTERY, BOMDILA VIEW POINT, BOMDILA OFFERS WONDERFUL PANORAMIC VIEW OF HIMALAYAN LANDSCAPES AND SNOW-CLAD RANGES. EVENING YOU CAN VISIT THE LOCAL MARKET. OVERNIGHT STAY IN BOMDILA.

DAY 7: BOMDILA – BHALUKPONG OR NAMERI NATIONAL PARK (110 KM 4 HRS)

AFTER BREAKFAST TRANSFER TO BHALUKPONG OR NAMERI NATIONAL PARK. THIS PLACE IS AN ELEPHANT RESERVE. IT IS AN IDEAL HABITAT FOR A HOST OF OTHER ANIMALS INCLUDING THE TIGER, LEOPARD, SAMBAR, DHOLE (THE ASIATIC WILD DOG), PYGMY HOG, INDIAN WILD BISON, CLOUDED LEOPARD, LEOPARD CAT, MUNTJAC, GAUR, WILD BOAR, SLOTH BEAR, HIMALAYAN BLACK BEAR, CAPPED LANGUR AND INDIAN GIANT SQUIRREL. NAMERI NATIONAL PARK IS A BIRDWATCHER&39S PARADISE WITH OVER 300 SPECIES. THE WHITE WINGED WOOD DUCK, GREAT PIED HORNBILL, WREATHED HORNBILL, RUFOUS NECKED HORNBILL, BLACK STORK, IBISBILL, BLUE-BEARDED BEE-EATERS, BABBLERS, PLOVERS AND MANY OTHER BIRDS MAKE NAMERI NATIONAL PARK THEIR HOME. CHECK IN AT YOUR HOTEL. NATURES WALK TO THE JIA BHORELI (KAMENG RIVER) AND BACK. EVENING YOU ARE FREE FOR LEISURE. OVERNIGHT STAY AT HOTEL.

DAY 8: BHALUKPONG OR NAMERI NATIONAL PARK – GUWAHATI (220 KM 4.5 HRS)

AFTER BREAKFAST PROCEED TO GUWAHATI. VISIT SRIMANTA SANKARDEV KALAKSHETRA A PLACE WHERE ASSAMESE HISTORY AND CULTURE IS PRESENTED, YOU MAY ALSO VISIT THE ASSAM FILM MUSEUM TO KNOW THE HISTORY OF ASSAMESE CINEMA. VISIT GTAC TEA LOUNGE TO ENJOY A CUP OF FINEST ASSAM TEA AND ALSO CARRY SOME TEA BACK HOME. HERE YOU WILL FIND THE FINEST QUALITY OF ORGANIC, CTC, ORTHODOX, GREEN TEA, WHITE TEA, PURPLE TEA ETC. EVENING YOU MAY TAKE A RIVER CRUISE (DIRECT PAYMENT) ON THE MIGHTY RIVER BRAHMAPUTRA. YOU MAY ALSO VISIT THE LOCAL MARKET. ASSAM IS FAMOUS FOR ASSAM SILK PARTICULARLY GOLDEN MUGA SILK, ASSAM TEA, BAMBOO AND CANE PRODUCTS. CHECK IN TO HOTEL. OVERNIGHT STAY IN GUWAHATI.

DAY 9: GUWAHATI DEPARTURE

AFTER BREAKFAST CHECK OUT FROM HOTEL. AS TIME PERMITS WE MAY TAKE A TOUR OF THE KAMAKHYA TEMPLE AND WITH EVERLASTING MEMORIES TRANSFER TO GUWAHATI AIRPORT/RAILWAY STATION FOR ONWARD JOURNEY.