Wildlife & Nature
Rhinos, rivers and rain.
Two-thirds of the world's greater one-horned rhinos live in Kaziranga's grass. Add the Nameri river, Meghalaya's gorges and some of the best birding in the country, and the North East is India's most underrated wildlife region.
12 across the North East
12 experiences in wildlife & nature
01 - 3-7 nights - Assam
Brahmaputra Luxury Cruise
The premium anchor of the region - days on the river, with villages, satras and Kaziranga along the way.
02 - 2-3 nights - Assam
Kaziranga - Rhino Country
Two-thirds of the world's one-horned rhinos, plus tigers, elephants and some serious birding.
03 - Full day - Assam
Rafting at Nameri
A gentle raft down the Jia Bhoroli through Nameri's forest - and the best birding in Assam.
04 - Full day, or one night - Assam
Chandubi - The Lake the Earthquake Made
An hour and a half from Guwahati, a lake formed by the 1897 earthquake - Rabha fishing villages, dugout canoes and almost no visitors.
05 - Half day - Meghalaya
Mawsynram - The Wettest Place on Earth
The village that out-rains Cherrapunji, and the cave with a stalagmite shaped like a Shiva linga.
06 - 1-2 days - Meghalaya
Sohra - Waterfall Country
Nohkalikai, Seven Sisters, Wei Sawdong and the limestone caves - the Scotland of the East.
07 - Half day - Meghalaya
Mawphlang Sacred Grove
A forest the Khasi have protected for centuries, where you may not remove so much as a leaf.
08 - Half day from Shillong - Meghalaya
Laitlum - Where the Hills End
An hour from Shillong the grassland simply stops and drops into a gorge - and a stone staircase goes down it to a village with no road.
09 - Full day - Meghalaya
Phe Phe Falls Trek
A short, steep walk in the Jaintia Hills to a fall that drops into a pool the colour of bottle glass.
10 - Full day - Meghalaya
The Caves of Meghalaya
Limestone and sandstone caverns under the plateau - including the longest sandstone cave on earth, and the one that named a geological age.
11 - 3 nights - Arunachal Pradesh
Namdapha - Four Big Cats, One Forest
The only park on earth with tiger, leopard, clouded leopard and snow leopard - and almost no visitors at all.
12 - 2 days - Meghalaya
Wari Chora - The Canyon in the Garo Hills
A gorge of vertical rock and impossibly clear green water in the far west of Meghalaya, reached by boat.
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