3 SISTERS OF THE NORTH EAST

Day 01: Arrive Guwahati Shillong (110 kms / approx. 3 hours)

Transfer from Guwahati airport/railway station to Shillong en route visit Umium Lake. Shillong became the first capital

of the State of Meghalaya. Located in undulating pine covered hills, the city has a milder climate than tropical India. The

city centre is 1496m above sea level and currently has a population of around 270,000. Home to several waterfalls, it is

also known as the Scotland of the East. The British legacy is still visible in the architecture and food habits of the

population. Overnight at Shillong.

Day 02: Shillong Dawki & Mawlynnong Shillong (90 kms 3 hrs each way)

After breakfast drive from Shillong to Dawki(Indo-Bangladesh Border) and Myallynnong Village. Morning drive to

Dawki, visit Indo-Bangladesh border and Umngot River (one can enjoy country boat ride here on direct payment basis).

Later on proceed to the Mwallynnong village. Mawlynnong Village located in the East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, also

acclaim of being the cleanest village in Asia in 2003. The village known for

its cleanliness is located around 90 kms from Shillong and is a community based eco-tourism initiative. The community

has made collective effort to maintain the ambience of a clean village. The village offers picturesque natural beauty, a

trek to the living root bridge at a neighbouring village Riwai. The village also offers a sight of natural balancing rock, a

strange natural phenomenon of a boulder balancing on another rock. Evening return back to Shillong. Overnight at hotel.

Day 03: Shillong Cherrapunjee Shillong (60 kms / approx. 2 hours each way)

Breakfast at the hotel and drive to Cherrapunjee. Cherrapunji in Meghalaya is one of the wettest places on the planet and

the only place in India to receive rain throughout the year. The town of Cherrapunji is nestled in the East Khasi Hills

Shillong. Cherrapunji, also known as Sohra or Churra, means

Nahkhalikai Falls, Mwasmai Cave, Seven Sister Falls, Dainthlen Waterfalls and Eco Park and Rama Krishna Mission

Museum. Return back to Shillong en route visit Shillong peak and Elephant Falls. Overnight at Shillong.

Day 04: Shillong Tezpur (250 kms / approx. 5.5 hours

Breakfast at the hotel and drive to Tezpur. Little more than a utilitarian stopover for travellers journeying into Arunachal

Pradesh or Upper Assam, Tezpur is a charming town with some beautifully kept parks, attractive lakes and enchanting

Day 05: Tezpur Dirang (200 kms / approx. 7 hours)

After breakfast drive to Dirang. Dirang is an almost picture-perfect Tibetan Monpa stone village marred only by the

main road. Above the picturesque stone houses rises a steep rocky hill topped with Old Dirangs Gompa and several walls.

Overnight at Dirang.

Day 06: Dirang Tawang (150kms / approx. 5 hours)

After breakfast drive to Tawang. Enroute witness the snowcapped Sella Pass at 14000 ft and the Jaswant Garh War

Memorial. (Legend has it that Jaswant (Mahavir Chakra Awardee (Posthumous) of 4th Batallion Garhwal Rifles), fought

a lone battle against the invading Chinese during the 1962 war. His spirit is still believed to protect the place). Tawang

is situated at an altitude of 3500m. The natural beauty and solitude of Gudpi and Chong-Chugmi ranges, Tawang chu

River and Tawang Valley are mesmerizing. The inhabitants of the districts are all of Monpa tribes except Shyo village

which is dominated by people of Tibetan Origin. Overnight at hotel.

Day 07: Tawang

Breakfast at the hotel. Proceed for sightseeing of 400 years (17th century) old Tawang Monastery which is the second

largest monastery in the world after Potala Palace in Tibet. The building is about 113 feet long and 80 feet wide and

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houses valuable antiquities, books and manuscripts-handwritten and printed. Later visit Tawang War Memorial, a 40 foot

high multi-hued memorial, has a structure constructed in stupa design. Dedicated to the martyrs of Sino-Indo War held

in 1962, this memorial is nestled among beautiful peaks, which overlooks the Tawang-Chu valley. Rest of the day free

to stroll round the streets of the town. Overnight in Tawang..

Day 08: Tawang Kaziranga (180 kms / approx. 6 hours)

After breakfast drive to Bomdila.Bomdila is the headquarters of West Kameng district located at the height of 8500 ft

above the sea level. It has a lot of attractions for the tourists with its cool climate, Apple orchards, artistic people, snowcapped

Himalayan peaks and Buddhist Gompas. The Buddhist monastery of Bomdila is the repository of

culture. Explore the town in the afternoon. Overnight at the hotel

Day 09: Bomdila Guwahati (230 kms / approx. 4-5 hours)

After breakfast drive from Bomdila to Guwahati. The gateway to the northeast and the largest and most cosmopolitan

city in the region,

a prosaic heap of glass and concrete for the most part but there are a scattering of interesting temples to explore.

Walk its back alleys and old quarters, however, and you will be able to salvage a generous amount of local flavour that

lingers amid its suburban sprawl of ponds, palm trees, small single-storey traditional houses and old colonial-era

mansions. Overnight at hotel

Day 10: Guwahati Sightseeing

After breakfast visit Kamakhya temple - The temple is dedicated to goddess Kamakhya an incarnation of Sati. It is on

Nilachal hill, says the Shiva Purana, that the yoni or creative organ of Sati fell when Vishnu, in a bid to save the world

struction, cut her dead body into 51 pieces with his suddarshan chakra.

Also visit Navagraha temple, Umananda temple, Balaji Temple, state Zoo. Overnight in Guwahati.

Day 11: Departure Guwahati

After breakfast transfer to the airport/railway station in time for onward connection.