Hornbill Festival Tour

Reach Guwahati airport, the gateway to the North East India, where you will be received by our representative and transferred to the Guest House. Rest of the evening relax. (D)
Accommodation: Umal Guest House

Guwahati – Kaziranga (170 km, 5 hrs.) – Early in the morning after breakfast, drive to Kaziranga National Park, a UNESCO world heritage site and a biodiversity hotspot. The one animal that Kaziranga is globally famous for is the one-horned rhinoceros, that finds two-thirds of its total population in the world right here. A flurried abundance of avifaunal species (more than 400 in total), unusually tall elephant grass, marshland, numerous water bodies and intimidating broadleaf forests pitch in to make Kaziranga a world renowned wildlife conservation site. Check in at your jungle lodge and go for an afternoon jeep safari. (B.L.D).
Accommodation: https://kazirangaborgos.com/ or similar (Jungle lodge with modern amenities)

Kaziranga – Early in the morning embark on an elephant safari, which gives you ample opportunity to see the varied wildlife found in the park, as elephants can approach very close to these wild animals. After your elephant safari, have your breakfast and then go for a boat safari. In the afternoon, after lunch, go on a jeep safari into the jungle.(B.L.D)
Accommodation: https://kazirangaborgos.com/ (Jungle lodge with modern amenities)

Kaziranga – Kohima (210 km. 5.30 hrs)- Start your journey into Nagaland right after breakfast. On the way you will stop at Dimapur, the commercial capital and go and see the medieval ruins, temples and baths of the Kachari Kingdom, who ruled the area around the 10th century AD. The ruins point out to a culture that is predominantly non-Aryan despite having traces of Hinduism. Thereafter, continue your drive to Kohima and reach by evening.(B.L.D)
Accommodation: Hotel Blue Bayou or similar (town hotel)

Kohima – The capital of Nagaland is home of the Angami Nagas and characterised by their unique cultural traditions. It is a town steeped in history, a place which changed the fate of world politics in the 2nd World War when British soldiers aided by Indian Sepoys and valiant Nagas stopped the invasion of Japanese forces. Here you will visit the Kohima World War Cemetery, a memorial in honour of those officers and soldiers killed during the war and maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the Kohima Cathedral, largest one in Asia and Kohima State Musuem, which houses a rare collection of artefacts of each of the 16 Naga tribes. (B.L.D)
Kisama- On the outskirts of Kohima, is Naga Heritage Complex of Kisama, the venue for Hornbill festival, a cultural extravaganza showcasing the stunning natural beauty and great cultural traditions of Nagaland. On both days, you will visit Kisama in the mornings and go for sightseeing around Kohima later in the day. Overnight stay at hotel in Kohima. (B.L.D)
Accommodation: Hotel Blue Bayou or similar (town hotel)

Kohima – Tuophema (40 km., 2 hrs) In the morning, drive to Tuophema, a tourist village, where you get to experience traditional Naga lifestyle. The most striking feature of Touphema is the assortment of wooden huts closely stacked up next to each other with a thematic character for every hut. Each of them is outlined with intricate woodwork, spears, machetes, wooden stars and just about anything that speaks of Naga culture and traditions. Here, you will stay in one of these huts. (B.L.D)
Accommodation: Tuophema Tourist village (traditional Naga styled huts built by the local community and care and upkeep of each hut is the responsibility of the Khels or clans of the village)

Tuophema – Mokokchung (150 km., 5 hrs)- After breakfast start your 4 hrs. journey to Mokokchung, home of the Ao tribe and the first place where the Baptist missionaries came into contact with the Naga headhunters and started making the fierce hunters embrace Christianity. On the way, visit tribal houses and interact with them. Stay at a hotel in Mokokchung. (B.L.D)
Accommodation: Whispering Winds (town hotel)

Today you will visit the villages of Mapungchuket, Impur and Longkhum and witness the way of life of the Ao tribe. Return to your hotel in Mokokchung and stay overnight. (B.L.D)
Accommodation: Whispering Winds (town hotel)

Mokochung – Sivasagar (130 km., 4 hrs)- Leave for Sivasagar, the seat of Ahom Kingdom, rulers of Assam. The town is replete with traces of history and mythology through its enigmatic palaces and temples. After reaching visit Rang Ghar, the dual-storied amphitheatre for the then Ahom royalty and the seven-storied palace of Kareng Ghar with Talatal Ghar being its below-ground level three-storied secret getaway through two exit tunnels, though in ruins now, speak a lot about the ingenuity of the royal architects. Overnight stay in a hotel. (B,L,D)
Accommodation: Hotel Shiva (town hotel)

Sivasagar – Mon (100 km., 5 hrs)- In the morning, you will start your journey to Mon, located along the India-Myanmar border and the home of Konyak Nagas is where you will experience real Naga fierceness and tradition as the last case of headhunting in Nagaland was reported in Mon in the later part of the 1980s. Here besides semi-traditional villages and tattooed warriors in loincloths you will find the densest landscape. Go for a trek and meet the villagers and witness the customs and traditions. Stay at a lodge. (B.L.D)
Accommodation: Helsa Morung (newly renovated slightly modernised traditional huts).

Lungwa – In the morning you will go to the village of Lungwa, situated on the Myanmar border. Here you will visit the chief’s house, which sits on the India- Myanmar border. The chief has dozens of wives and his house is decorated with trophies of various animal skulls. Here experience the traditions and hospitality of the Naga Konyak tribe. After lunch you can explore the villages around. Overnight in Mon. (B.L.D)
Accommodation: Helsa Morung (newly renovated slightly modernised traditional huts)

Mon – Majuli (140 km., 5 hrs. and 1 hr by ferry)- In the morning drive to Neamatighat, Jorhat, and catch your ferry to Majuli, the largest river island, much threatened by climate change and is estimated to have lost a third of its landmass to erosion in the later part of 20th century. The island is also seat of Neo- Vaishnavism and has many Assamese monasteries and is known for its crafts. Today explore the island and visit the monasteries and meet the monks, alongwith a Xatriya classical dance performance by the monks. Overnight at the traditional Mishing stilted thatched hut (B.L.D)
Accommodation: Mepo Okum

Majuli – Jorhat – After breakfast, explore the Mishing tribal villages in the island and witness the way of life of the people here. The threat of losing their lands to erosion and flooding looms large among the people here and how they prepare for it. A very rural setting and atmosphere, people’s main livelihood here is farming, fishing and weaving. You will meet weavers, visit the local haat/bazaar, visit a local house and see how they live, taste apong (the local beer) and how it is made. you will catch a ferry back to Jorhat and overnight in the hotel. (B,L,D)
Accommodation: https://kazirangagolfresort.in/

You will be dropped at Jorhat airport for your onward journey home. Tour ends. (B)