Gateway to Northeast India

Arrive in Guwahati, the principal gateway to Northeast India. After meeting your representative and completing the arrival formalities, begin exploring the city and its cultural surroundings.

Visit the revered Kamakhya Temple, one of Assam's most important pilgrimage sites and a significant centre of Shakti worship. Depending on arrival time, continue towards the Brahmaputra waterfront and explore some of Guwahati's important local landmarks.

The day provides a gentle introduction to Assam before you begin your journey into the hills of Meghalaya. If time permits, enjoy the atmosphere around the Brahmaputra River towards evening.

Places we visit: Kamakhya Temple • Brahmaputra Riverfront • Selected Guwahati landmarks, subject to arrival time.

Overnight: Guwahati

Experience: Assam Culture • Heritage • Spirituality • Brahmaputra

Approx. 100 km | 3–4 hours

After breakfast, leave Guwahati and travel towards Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya.

The journey gradually leaves the plains of Assam behind as the road climbs into the Khasi Hills. The scenery changes dramatically, with forested slopes, winding mountain roads and picturesque settlements creating an excellent introduction to Meghalaya.

Depending on the arrival time, explore some of Shillong's principal attractions and enjoy the relaxed atmosphere of this hill city.

Shillong is an ideal base for discovering the surrounding Khasi Hills and the natural and cultural attractions of Meghalaya.

Places we visit: Umiam Lake • Shillong Peak • Elephant Falls • Shillong local area, subject to time and weather.

Overnight: Shillong

Experience: Khasi Hills • Hill Landscapes • Umiam Lake • Shillong

Today the journey continues deeper into the Khasi Hills towards Sohra, popularly known as Cherrapunjee.

The landscape becomes increasingly dramatic as you travel through mist-covered hills, deep valleys and forested slopes. Along the way, explore some of Meghalaya's most spectacular viewpoints and waterfalls.

Visit Mawkdok Dympep Valley, where the mountains open into an impressive deep gorge. Continue towards Sohra and experience the dramatic landscapes around Nohkalikai Falls and Seven Sisters Falls, with visibility depending on weather and season. The journey also provides opportunities to experience traditional Khasi villages and the distinctive landscape of the Sohra plateau.

Places we visit: Mawkdok Dympep Valley • Nohkalikai Falls • Seven Sisters Falls • Khasi villages and viewpoints.

Overnight: Cherrapunjee / Sohra 

Experience: Waterfalls • Valleys • Khasi Culture • Mountain Landscapes

Full-day nature and cultural experience

Today is devoted to one of Meghalaya's most distinctive experiences — exploring its remarkable Living Root Bridges.

Accompanied by a local guide, walk through the forest and village landscapes to experience these extraordinary natural bridges, created by generations of Khasi communities by carefully training the roots of living trees.

The experience is not simply a sightseeing excursion. It offers an opportunity to understand the traditional relationship between the Khasi people, their forests and their environment.

Depending on fitness level, weather and available time, the day can also include Mawsmai Cave or Arwah Cave, together with forest trails, village walks and additional waterfalls. The route can be adapted according to the traveller's interests and physical ability.

Places we visit: Living Root Bridge • Mawsmai Cave / Arwah Cave • Khasi forest trails • Local villages • Waterfalls and streams.

Overnight: Cherrapunjee / Sohra

Experience: Living Root Bridges • Trekking • Caves • Khasi Villages • Nature

After breakfast, begin one of the most scenic journeys of the Meghalaya tour towards Dawki, close to the India–Bangladesh border.

The landscape changes from the dramatic plateau and waterfalls of Sohra to rolling hills, forested valleys and the beautiful Umngot River.

Dawki is particularly famous for the exceptionally clear waters of the Umngot, whose appearance varies according to season, sunlight and river conditions. Enjoy time beside the river and, when conditions permit, experience boating on the Umngot.

Continue towards the border area and explore the surroundings before beginning the return journey to Shillong. Arrive in Shillong by evening.

Places we visit: Dawki • Umngot River • Dawki–Bangladesh border area • Scenic Meghalaya villages and landscapes.

Overnight: Shillong

Experience: Crystal-Clear River • Dawki • Umngot • Border Landscapes • Khasi Hills

After breakfast, leave Shillong and begin the journey back towards Assam.

The road descends from the Khasi Hills into the plains before continuing towards Kaziranga National Park, one of Northeast India's most celebrated wildlife destinations.

The journey provides another fascinating change of landscape — from Meghalaya's mountains and forests to Assam's broad plains, wetlands and tea-growing countryside.

Depending on the arrival time, you may have an opportunity for a Jeep safari in the Central Range in Kaziranga.

Places we visit: Scenic Meghalaya–Assam route • Assam countryside • Tea-growing landscapes • Jeep Safari in Kaziranga.

Overnight: Kaziranga

Experience: Scenic Drive • Assam Tea Country • Wildlife Gateway

Begin the journey towards Nagaland, travelling through Assam before gradually entering the Naga Hills.

The transition is striking. The broad plains slowly give way to forested hills and winding mountain roads as you approach Kohima, the capital of Nagaland.

On arrival, check into your accommodation and relax.

If time permits, enjoy an evening walk or explore Kohima's local surroundings.

Places we visit: World War II Cemetry • Kohima town and Kisama Village

Overnight: Kohima

Experience: Assam–Nagaland Journey • Naga Hills • Mountain Landscapes 

Full-day Naga cultural and village experience

Today is dedicated to discovering the distinctive cultural heritage of Nagaland.

Travel to Khonoma, one of the best-known traditional villages of the Angami Naga people. Surrounded by forested hills and terraced agricultural landscapes, Khonoma provides an opportunity to experience a very different side of Northeast India.

Walk through the traditional village lanes and explore its architecture, community spaces, agricultural landscapes and local way of life.

With a local guide, travellers can learn about Angami Naga traditions, village organisation, indigenous practices and the relationship between the community and its surrounding landscape.

Return to Kohima later in the day.

Places we visit: Khonoma Village • Traditional Angami houses • Terraced fields • Village trails • Local market / Naga crafts, subject to time.

fter breakfast, descend from the Naga Hills towards Dimapur, the principal transport gateway of Nagaland.

The journey provides a final opportunity to enjoy the changing landscape as the mountains gradually give way to the plains. On arrival in Dimapur, transfer to Dimapur Airport or Railway Station for your onward journey.

Your Assam, Meghalaya and Nagaland tour concludes after an extraordinary journey through wildlife, mountains, waterfalls, rivers, indigenous villages and the cultural landscapes of Northeast India.

Places we visit: Naga Hills–Dimapur scenic route • Dimapur local area, subject to departure timing.

Bid Adieu to Northeast India — Until Your Next Journey.