Route: Dibrugarh – Aalo – Daporizo – Ziro – Itanagar – Kaziranga National Park – Majuli – Mon – Dibrugarh
Itinerary¬ (20 Nights/ 21 days)
Day 01: Dibrugarh Airport
Arrive Dibrugarh Airport and get transferred to hotel. Spend the evening at leisure. Overnight.
Day 02: Dibrugarh – Aalo (210 kms/ 6-7 hrs)
Today we will be heading to the land of the Adi tribes – one of the largest tribes of Arunachal Pradesh, a very prosperous tribe who still prefer to live in traditional broad huge houses made of wood and palm leaves with detailed architecture and designs. On arrival check into hotel. Evening time permitting visit local market. Overnight.
Aalo is set amid a brilliant surrounding laced with impenetrable forests, wide rivers, deep gorges and a wonderful plantation. Along provides a blissful ambiance. Along the headquarter of West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh located at an altitude of 300 m from the sea level. Sitting amidst abundant natural surroundings, Along in Arunachal Pradesh is a small town with beautiful villages.
The Adi tribes trace their origin from Pedong Nane. Pedong Nane was the great granddaughter of Sedi Melo the creator. The Adi is one of the important tribes of the Siang Frontier Division. The Siang Frontier Division is the home of the Adis. Racially the Adi tribes belong to the Mongoloid stock with well-built features.
Day 03: Aalo
After breakfast walk around the villages of the Adi – galong tribe. Explore the full day – the village life, local market and tribal culture and get a more in depth exposure to their culture and lifestyle. Later drive back to your hotel by dusk. Overnight.
Day 04: Aalo – Daporijo (175 kms/ 6 hrs)
After breakfast drive to Daporijo, enroute visit Hillmiri and Tagin tribes’ villages. These are the main tribes of this area. We will be spending the night in a typical Hillmiri tribal village. Overnight.
Tagin refers to a tribe of Arunachal Pradesh, which is a member of the larger designation of Tani Tribes. Most Tagins are concentrated in Daporijo, Upper Subansiri district. Tagins are generally adherents of Donyi Polo although two groups of Tagin–the Nga and Mara have come under the influence of Tibetan Buddhism. Tibetan Buddhist influence among these sections of the Tagin was a result of migration of Tibetans from the north in the 18th century as well as visits by Buddhist missionaries of the Nyingma sect who paid tribute to the chiefs as a result of Tibetan settlement in their land.
Day 05: Daporijo – Ziro (170 kms/ 6-7 hrs)
After breakfast drive to Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh, inhabited by the Apatani tribes. Check into hotel/lodge on arrival. Evening at leisure. Overnight.
Ziro is home to the Apatani tribes and is located in an extremely picturesque valley called Apatani Plateau surrounded by pine-covered mountains. The Apatani tribes themselves are Ziro’s greatest attraction. The older men-folk tie the hair in top-knots and tattoo their faces. Apatani women wear wooden nose plugs and tattooed faces. However, new generation of Apatani men and women have stopped this practice of tying hair knot, nose plugs and face tattooing since early 1970s. The Apatani are good cultivators and practice both wet and terrace cultivation. Paddy cum fish culture is very popular among them.
Day 06: Ziro
After breakfast, visit villages of the Apatani tribe, to experience their way of life. Ziro is one of the most traditional areas in Arunachal Pradesh. Evening visit local market, where Apatani women bring their locally produce vegetable for sale. Overnight.
Day 07: Ziro – Itanagar
After breakfast get transferred to Itanagar. Later visit the local market and spend the evening with leisure. Overnight.
Day 08: Itanagar – Kaziranga National Park
Today after breakfast transfer to Kaziranga National Park – a World Heritage Site and home to Greater Indian One-horned Rhinoceros. Check in hotel on arrival. Evening free at leisure. Overnight.
Day 09: Kaziranga National Park
Early morning go for a jeep safari inside the park. Rich in birdlife, these wetlands are among the most productive habitats around. With packed breakfast go for a jeep safari in the park. Return to your resort for lunch. Post lunch take another jeep safari inside another range of the park. Return to your lodge by dusk. Evening at leisure. Overnight.
This World Heritage site hosts two-thirds of the world’s Great One-horned rhinoceros also known for the highest density of tigers among the protected areas in the world and of course swamp deer (barasingha), Elephant and wild water buffalos too. The rhinos generally mind their own business and munch absentmindedly on the grass, only moving off when you come in for a closer look. They are prone to doing funny and inexplicable things. Even showier are the birds, Kaziranga harbors several large, easily-visible species, Adjutant storks, bar-headed geese and eagles of all varieties stand elegantly in shallow ponds, posture regally upon bare branches and circles above with languorous ease. You find committees of vultures feasting on carcasses, a few among them standing with bored or stated expressions. You might find an otter doing a very bad job of fishing, plunging in and out of the water until a tormented fish jumps out, only to land in the waiting beak of a fishing pond heron. Elsewhere, you hear bands of Alexandrian parakeets go pop-crackle-crunch on richly –endowed berry trees.
Day 10: Kaziranga National Park – Majuli (150 km/ 2.5 hrs + 01 hr in ferry)
After breakfast drive to Majuli Island, take a ferry to Majuli Island by crossing the mighty Brahmaputra River. This Island is the largest inhabited river island in the world and the seat of Vaishnavite culture in Assam. The great 15th century Assamese reformer and saint, Shankardeva had come down here and set up ‘satras’ or Vaishnavite monasteries to make the people motivated towards culture and religion. Check in lodge on arrival. Evening free at leisure. Overnight.
Majuli is the World’s Biggest River Island and India’s first island district holding the heart core culture of the Assamese people the “Neo-Vaishnavite” religion and culture preserved in the Monasteries (Satras), the Auni-ati, Kamalabari, Dakhinpat, Garmur, Samaguri, Bengena-ati and the Natun-Kamalabari satras. The Satras are safe-keeping the culture and the ideology of the Great Assamese medieval Vaishnavaite Saint Srimanta Sankardeva and Madhavdeva, it is also an institute that is preaching and imparting knowledge to students of their age-old customs, rituals, culture and many more. You may also get the chance to interact with the monks, their culture, their traditional and ceremony, masks those are used in the drama describing the Hindu mythological stories known as the “Vawna”. There are antiques like the potteries, utensils, jewellery, weapons and other items that hold the cultural significance of Assam.
Day 11: Majuli
After a leisurely breakfast, visit the Vaishnavite Satras (Monastery). Interact with the Monk, walk around the village, see and experience the lifestyle of villager to learn more about the local people and their unique ways of life. Later visit nearby another village of Mising Tribe – this tribe, indigenous to Assam, has a rich culture of textile, handloom and music. Walk through the villages where you can see Mising women weaving their traditional fabrics and observe village lifestyle at close quarters. You might come across open grassland where a shepherd is tending his cows and goats, villagers working in their paddy fields and vast greenery as far as you can see. Return to your lodge by dusk. Overnight.
Day 12: Majuli – Mon (180 kms/ 6-7 hrs + 1 hr ferry)
After breakfast transfer to Mon. On arrival, check in at your hotel. Evening at leisure. Dinner & overnight.
Day 13: Mon – Day trip to Longwa Village. (42 kms/ 1 hr – one way)
After breakfast drive to Longwa village with packed lunch. True tradition is seen here where people are still not touched by modern ways. Meet village folk, see their way of life. This is one of the big Konyak villages and on the border ridge between India and Myanmar (Burma). The Angh (king) of Longwa commands about 50 villages from both the side. Evening drive back to Mon. Overnight.
Day 14: Mon Day trip to Hongphui. (15 kms/ 40 mins – one way)
Today after breakfast drive to the Hongphui village to meet the former tattooed headhunters and to listen to their glorious past. Later drive back to your lodge. Overnight.
This district is inhabited by the Konyak tribe, who are seen as the most traditional of the sixteen Naga tribes. They have given up their head-hunting ways, but still lives in a very traditional lifestyle. Konyaks are adapt artisan and skilled craftsman; here you can find excellent woodcarvings, guns and gunpowder, head brushes, necklaces and other bead ornaments, bone carvings, and tribal weapons such as decorated machete, muzzleloader guns and spears.
Day 15: Mon – Dibrugarh (180 kms/ 8 hrs)
After breakfast drive to Dibrugarh. Check into hotels on arrival. Evening at leisure. Overnight.
En-route visit the old capital of the Tai Ahom in Sibsagar district who ruled Assam for 600 years before the arrival of the British into these parts. There are a number of old monuments built by them; the most significant being the huge man made tank ‘Sibsagar’ from which the town got its name. There is a two -storied pavilion built by the rulers to enjoy games and sports and dance and music
Day 16: Dibrugarh airport
After breakfast proceed towards the airport for onward journey.
Inclusion:
• For SUV package (Aria/Scorpio/Innova)
• For Groups Package (Tempo traveller)
• Mountain cycles
• Stay for entire trip on double Sharing Basis as per the itinerary in 3*hotel /4*Hotel /Homestay
• River cruise (evening fun, ferry service, Safari)
• Permit (PAP- Protected Area Permit- for foreigners)
• Permit (ILP- Inner Line permit- for Indian Nationals)
• Daily Breakfast (From Day 2nd to the last Day) Daily Dinner (From Day 1 to the Day before checkout)
• Tour manager
• All monument entry fee, safari (Elephant/ Jeep) (wildlife tours)
• Video/Still camera fee.
• Cylinder with First Aid KIT
• Royal Enfield 350cc (Himalayan) or other vehicles on special requests.
• Fuel for entire trip
• Backup vehicle
• Tour Captain (Educated and experienced and fully trained for any kind of emergencies)
• Road Captain (journey with an uncommon guide who has experience more than 10yrs) Oxygen Cylinder with First Aid KIT
Exclusion
• Lunch for entire trip
• Any personal expenses
• Anything not mentioned in the inclusion part
• Alcohol beverages
• Riding Gears (can be added in the inclusion with actual paid amount)
• Bike transportation charge if someone leaving bike on the way due to any reason.
• 10000 deposit (fully refundable if nothing got damaged in the bike)
Important information
• The check in time is 11 noon/early check in subject to availability of room.
• We require minimum strength of 8 person to operate one group.
• If there are any additional expenses due to bad weather or any other reason beyond the control of the tour operator on account of hotel stay, transportation, and meals etc. extra bill will be raised. Neither Advtravel nor the participating partners/hotels will be responsible for the additional expenses.
• Advtravel is not responsible for any change in itinerary due to reasons beyond our control like change in flight and train schedule, cancellation of flights/trains, political disturbances, natural phenomenon, etc
• All guests will be responsible for safety and security of their own luggage.
• Advtravel team member not be at all responsible for the damage/missing / lost luggage.
• Compensation for any damage/accident done by you during tour to others property/person would be directly payable by you.
• For any dispute or any legal formalities would be as per Delhi jurisdiction.
Payment Policy:
For tour confirmation 10000/- Per person
Best Rates
No. of person:
Cost person: on the request.
(3 * property)
(4* property)
Bank Details:
5% GST applicable for Account Pay
Account Details: Punjab National Bank (Mayur Vihar 1, Delhi)
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Account No: 1741102100000317
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Cancellation Policy
Before 30 Days from Tour Start Date – Full Refund
30 – 21 Days from Tour Start Date – 70% refund
21- 14 Days from Tour Start Date – 50% refund
14- 7 from Tour Start Date – Days 20% refund
Within 7 days from Tour Start Date – No Refund
Please note: We charge 2.5% of the total amount of booking as our service fee in case of any cancellation over and above the above cancellation charges.
Payment Terms
50% of the total Tour Cost within 3 Days after Confirmation.
50% of the total Tour Cost 7 Days before the Tour Starts.
Child Policy
Child below 5 yrs. complimentary | Child 5 -12 yrs. with or without extra bed rates as per hotel policy | Child above 12 Years is considered as adult |
Notes on Transportation Used in Our Package.
Vehicles used are exclusively at the disposal of the guest for the entire tour for 10 Hours every day | There is no change in the vehicle during the entire tour | Our drivers are very well trained with the entire region and would ensure that they take the guest to all the places mentioned in the itinerary | Maximum guests allowed in Innova is 5 including children above 4 years. If the no of guest is more than 6 then they will have to take 1 more vehicle at an extra cost | Maximum group guest or family are considered tempo traveller which is 10-seater. If there are 5 or more guests then they are advised to travel with very minimum baggage in case if the number of baggage is more than normal then the guest will have to take 1 more vehicle at an extra cost |
Important Information about the Package.
We allot exclusive tour coordinator for the entire tour. The Guest may contact him / her over phone at any time in case of any emergency, changes in itinerary or any inconvenience which may have happened on account of hotels or
transportation | In case the guest requires a tour guide please let us know in advance. The same can be arranged at an extra cost | Package can be extended on Pro-Rata basis | All our packages are inclusive of Breakfast | There will be no refund for any unutilized services |
Additional Information:
(the mentioned places are only for your familiarity, some of the places are not mentioned in this Itinerary. There is some point in the Inclusion and exclusion irrelevant in many itineraries. It is a combined (Inclusion/Exclusion) of all the itineraries that we have mentioned, we can always customise after the finalise the tour from the guest side.)
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