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Assam & Kaziranga Wildlife

Two-thirds of the world's one-horned rhinoceroses live in one place on earth — Kaziranga National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, on the banks of the Brahmaputra in Assam. Add the world's largest river island, 15th-century monastery arts, a working tea estate where the world's finest breakfast tea is grown, and a cultural tradition so distinctive UNESCO has designated it intangible heritage. Ten days into India's most extraordinary and least-visited region.

10 Days / 9 Nights
2 Elephant + 4 Jeep Safaris
Kaziranga UNESCO
Majuli River Island
Tea Bungalow Stay
Brahmaputra Cruise
From $2,890 pp
Duration
10 Days / 9 Nights
Route
Guwahati → Kaziranga → Majuli Island → Dibrugarh → Guwahati
Wildlife
One-Horned Rhino · Bengal Tiger · Wild Elephant · River Dolphin
Best Time
November to May (park closes June–October)
Signature Stay
Mancotta Heritage Tea Bungalow, Dibrugarh
Starting Price
$2,890 per person
📅 Day-by-Day Itinerary
Day
1
Guwahati, Assam
Arrival in Guwahati — Gateway to the Northeast
Arrive at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwahati — the main hub for Northeast India. Transfer to your hotel in the city. After freshening up, visit the Kamakhya Temple — one of India's most important Shakti Peethas (goddess temples), perched dramatically on the Nilachal Hill above the Brahmaputra River. The temple is ancient, the energy here is extraordinary, and the views across the Brahmaputra from the hilltop are exceptional. Evening: sunset cruise on the Brahmaputra — India's mightiest river, a kilometre and a half wide here, with the Meghalaya hills visible on the far bank.
Airport TransferKamakhya TempleBrahmaputra Sunset CruiseNilachal Hill Views
Day
2
Guwahati → Kaziranga
Drive to Kaziranga — One-Horned Rhino Country
After breakfast, drive to Kaziranga National Park (approximately 4.5 hours along NH27). En route, stop at the Hajo pilgrimage town — an extraordinary confluence of Hindu, Muslim, and Buddhist sacred sites within a few kilometres of each other, reflecting the religious plurality of Assam. Arrive at your jungle lodge inside or adjacent to the park boundary by early afternoon. Orientation briefing from your naturalist. If timing permits, an evening nature walk in the buffer zone to get your eye calibrated for tomorrow's safari.
Drive along Brahmaputra PlainsHajo Multi-Faith Pilgrimage TownKaziranga Jungle LodgeEvening Nature Walk
Day
3
Kaziranga National Park
Elephant Safari at Dawn — Jeep Safari in the Western Range
The pre-dawn alarm at 5am. Elephant safari — the traditional Kaziranga experience — riding on elephant-back through the tall elephant grass (over 3 metres high in parts) in the cool darkness before sunrise. This is how you approach rhinos safely and at very close range: the elephant masks your human scent and navigates the grass that would be impenetrable on foot. One-horned rhinos, wild water buffaloes, and swamp deer are regularly encountered at arm's length from elephant-back. Return for breakfast at the lodge. Afternoon: jeep safari in the Western Range (Bimali Range) — where tiger sightings are most frequent. Your naturalist knows the terrain intimately.
5am Elephant SafariOne-Horned Rhinos at Close RangeGiant Elephant Grass LandscapeAfternoon Jeep SafariWestern Range Tiger Territory
🚨 Kaziranga has the world's highest density of Bengal tigers per square kilometre — though they are difficult to spot through the tall grass, pug marks are commonly found.
Day
4
Kaziranga National Park
Central Range Jeep Safari — Brahmaputra Floodplain Views
Full safari day. Morning jeep safari in the Central Range (Kohora) — the most biodiverse zone of the park, with the best views across the Brahmaputra floodplain. Kaziranga has over 2,400 one-horned rhinoceroses — two-thirds of the world's entire population. Seeing one (or many) is essentially guaranteed. The park also supports 35+ tigers, 1,300+ elephants, the world's largest concentration of genetically pure wild water buffalo, and over 500 bird species including the endangered Bengal florican. Between safaris: naturalist presentation on Kaziranga's extraordinary 1985 UNESCO World Heritage designation and the remarkable conservation story behind it. Afternoon safari in the Eastern Range (Agoratoli) for elephants and rare birds.
Central Range Jeep SafariWorld's Largest Rhino PopulationWild Water Buffalo HerdsElephant Herds500+ Bird Species
🚀 Over 2,400 one-horned rhinos call Kaziranga home — the single most successful large mammal conservation story in Asia.
Day
5
Kaziranga → Majuli Island
Drive to Jorhat — Ferry to Majuli, World's Largest River Island
Drive from Kaziranga to Jorhat (approximately 2 hours). Take the public ferry across the Brahmaputra to Majuli Island — at 880 square kilometres, the world's largest inhabited river island, formed by the constantly shifting braids of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries. Majuli is the cultural heartland of Assam, home to 22 Vaishnavite satras (monasteries) that have preserved the art forms, music, mask-making, and religious traditions of 15th-century Assamese culture. Check in to your riverside eco-stay.
Drive to JorhatBrahmaputra River FerryMajuli Island ArrivalRiverside Eco-LodgeVaishnavite Cultural Heartland
Day
6
Majuli Island
Satra Monasteries — Mask Making — Mishing Tribal Village
Full day on Majuli. Morning visit to the Kamalabari and Auniati satras — two of Majuli's most important Vaishnavite monasteries, where monks preserve and perform the Sattriya classical dance form (listed by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity). The Auniati Satra museum holds an extraordinary collection of Assamese royal artefacts, jewellery, and utensils. Afternoon: a traditional mask-making workshop — Majuli is the centre of Assam's extraordinary papier-mache and bamboo mask tradition. These masks, some over a metre tall, are used in the annual Raas Mahotsav festival performances. Visit a Mishing tribal village — the Mishing are one of Assam's major indigenous communities, living in traditional bamboo stilt houses along the river bank.
Kamalabari Satra MonasteryAuniati Satra MuseumUNESCO Sattriya DanceMask Making WorkshopMishing Tribal VillageBamboo Stilt Houses
Day
7
Majuli → Jorhat → Dibrugarh
Ferry Back — Tea Plantation Country — Dibrugarh
Morning ferry back to the mainland. Drive to Dibrugarh (approximately 2.5 hours) — the tea capital of the world, where the rolling hills are covered with the finest Assam tea estates producing the strong, malty black tea that goes into every breakfast cup in Britain and many an American household. Afternoon: a guided tour of a working tea estate — walk through the tea bushes with a plucking demonstration, visit the processing factory (withering, rolling, fermentation, drying), and finish with a curated tasting of 6 different Assam teas. Dinner at your heritage tea bungalow.
Brahmaputra Ferry ReturnDrive to DibrugarhTea Estate Guided TourTea Plucking DemonstrationTea Factory Visit6-Tea Tasting SessionHeritage Bungalow Stay
Day
8
Dibrugarh — Tea Bungalow Day
More Tea Country — Dibru-Saikhowa National Park
Second full day in Assam's tea country. Morning at leisure on the tea estate — the sunrise over the tea gardens is extraordinary, and the bungalows where British estate managers once lived are extraordinary pieces of colonial history. Afternoon excursion to Dibru-Saikhowa National Park — a lesser-known reserve that is one of the few places in the world where feral horses roam freely through a riverine forest and grassland ecosystem. The park also has tigers, elephants, Gangetic river dolphins, and the Hoolock gibbon — India's only ape.
Sunrise on Tea EstateColonial Tea Bungalow MorningDibru-Saikhowa National ParkFeral HorsesGangetic River DolphinsHoolock Gibbon
Day
9
Dibrugarh → Guwahati (Flight)
Fly to Guwahati — Vaishnavite Temple — Assam Silk
Morning domestic flight from Dibrugarh back to Guwahati (1 hour). Visit the Umananda Temple on Peacock Island — a tiny island in the middle of the Brahmaputra reached by ferry, with a Shiva temple and a colony of the rare golden langur. Afternoon: the Sualkuchi silk weaving village (30km from Guwahati) — the centre of Assam's famous muga (golden silk) and pat silk weaving tradition. Watch weavers work elaborate handlooms to produce the distinctive golden silk that has been woven here for centuries and is GI-tagged as one of Assam's great handicraft traditions. Farewell dinner in Guwahati with Assamese cuisine.
Dibrugarh–Guwahati FlightUmananda Island TemplePeacock Island FerryGolden LangurSualkuchi Silk VillageAssam Muga Silk WeavingAssamese Farewell Dinner
Day
10
Guwahati
Departure Day
Breakfast at the hotel. Depending on your departure flight timing: optional morning visit to the Assam State Museum for context on the extraordinary cultural and natural heritage you have experienced over the past nine days. Transfer to Guwahati Airport for your onward journey. Tour concludes.
Hotel CheckoutOptional State MuseumAirport TransferTour Concludes
🏨 Accommodation
Guwahati — 2 Nights (Days 1 & 9)
Vivanta Guwahati
★★★★☆
A comfortable 4-star property in the heart of Guwahati, 30 minutes from the airport and close to the Kamakhya Temple corridor. Good restaurant serving Assamese cuisine alongside continental options.
Kaziranga — 2 Nights (Days 2 & 3)
Diphlu River Lodge
★★★★★
The finest eco-luxury lodge at Kaziranga — 12 thatched cottages on the bank of the Diphlu River with the national park as backdrop. Each cottage has a private verandah facing the river and the forest. Expert naturalists, excellent food, and a genuine commitment to conservation.
Majuli Island — 2 Nights (Days 5 & 6)
La Maison de Ananda (Riverside Eco-Lodge)
★★★☆☆
A boutique eco-lodge on the Majuli riverbank — traditional Assamese bamboo and timber construction with simple but comfortable rooms, a beautiful riverside garden, and a kitchen specialising in Assamese and Mishing tribal cooking. The most atmospheric accommodation on Majuli.
Dibrugarh — 2 Nights (Days 7 & 8)
Mancotta Heritage Bungalow
★★★★☆
A fully restored British-era tea planter's bungalow on a working tea estate — the most extraordinary accommodation in Assam. Wide verandahs, chintz interiors, a billiards room, a drawing room with original furniture, and morning tea served on a silver tray as the tea garden mist lifts.
🚗 Transportation
✈️
International Arrival
Guwahati Airport to hotel. Private AC vehicle.
🚙
Guwahati–Kaziranga
Private AC vehicle. ~4.5 hours along NH27.
🐘
Elephant Safaris
2 elephant safaris at Kaziranga included.
🚙
Jeep Safaris
4 jeep safaris across 3 Kaziranga zones.
⛵
Brahmaputra Ferries
Jorhat–Majuli–Jorhat public ferry (part of the experience).
✈️
Dibrugarh–Guwahati
Domestic flight included. ~1 hour. Book 8 weeks ahead.
✅ Inclusions & Exclusions
Included in Your Package
  • 9 nights at handpicked properties: Guwahati (2), Kaziranga Lodge (2), Majuli Eco-Stay (2), Dibrugarh Tea Bungalow (2), Guwahati (1)
  • Daily breakfast at all properties; all meals at Kaziranga lodge (full board)
  • Dibrugarh–Guwahati domestic flight (economy)
  • 2 elephant safaris at Kaziranga National Park
  • 4 jeep safaris across 3 zones of Kaziranga
  • Private English-speaking guide and naturalist throughout
  • All road transfers in private AC vehicle
  • Brahmaputra sunset cruise, Guwahati
  • Majuli island satra (monastery) guided visits
  • Majuli mask-making workshop
  • Mishing tribal village visit
  • Tea estate guided tour, plucking demonstration, and 6-tea tasting
  • Dibru-Saikhowa National Park safari
  • Sualkuchi silk weaving village tour
  • e-Visa assistance and 24/7 WhatsApp support
  • All safari permits and park entry fees
Not Included
  • International flights to/from Guwahati
  • Indian e-Visa fee (~$25–$80)
  • Lunches and dinners (except Kaziranga full board)
  • Travel insurance
  • Personal expenses, shopping, and gratuities
  • Alcoholic beverages
💰 Pricing 2025/2026
TravelersPer Person (USD)Season / Notes
Couple (2 pax)$2,890Oct–Apr, eco-luxury lodges
Family (4 pax)$2,490Per person, Oct–Apr
Group (6–8 pax)$2,190Per person, best value
Solo Traveler$3,490Includes single supplement
Low Season (May–Sep)$2,090Couple per person; note: park closes Jun 1 – Oct 31
All prices per person USD, double occupancy. Dibrugarh–Guwahati domestic flight included. International flights to Guwahati not included. Kaziranga is open November to May only — park closes during monsoon.
🌟 TripRoutes India Insider Tips
  • Kaziranga is open only from November to May — plan accordingly. October to April is ideal for both wildlife and weather
  • Diphlu River Lodge is the finest property at Kaziranga and genuinely exceptional — the conservation ethos of the owners translates into the quality of the naturalist experience
  • The elephant safari gives rhino encounters impossible from a jeep — the elephant's scent masks yours and allows approach to within 10 metres
  • Majuli is unlike anywhere else in India — the Vaishnavite monasteries have preserved performance traditions from the 15th century that exist nowhere else on earth
  • The Mancotta Heritage Bungalow in Dibrugarh is an extraordinary piece of living colonial history — the experience of sleeping in a British tea planter's home surrounded by his estate is irreplaceable
  • The Brahmaputra at Guwahati is 1.5km wide — the sunset cruise gives perspective on why this river was called a sea by the medieval travellers who first described it
  • This package combines beautifully with the Meghalaya Living Roots package — add Shillong and Cherrapunji for a complete Northeast India circuit
Starting From
$2,890
per person · eco-luxury lodges · 10 days
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