Here is The Land Of Wanderlust’s blueprint to a backpacking road trip around the North Eastern states of-Assam & Meghalaya. A road trip which will start from Shillong and go all the way to the Indo Bangladesh village of Dawki. With a hike to the double-decker root bridge in Cherrapunji. These five days will be nothing but magical.
Guwahati International Airport, Assam
KFC Paltan Bazaar, Guwahati
Five days of mesmerising natural beauty things which will leave you spell bound. Whatever pictures & videos you have seen of the place nothing matches us to the real feel. The hike to the double decker root bridge along with camping at Dawki & the vibe in Shillong makes this for an entertaining trip when you add a bunch of random people mostly who enroll solo from different parts of the country.
The age category is usually between 25 to 55 years with 75% of the people following in the age bracket of 26-35. It’s a trip which takes you deep into one of the lesser known parts of India.
The trip is and end to end road trip which starts at Paltan Bazaar Guwahati & ends at the same place. From Shillong we will travel around in a private vehicle.
– Arrive in Guwahati by latest 12:00 HRS
– Reach Paltan Bazaar Guwahati by 13:00 HRS.
– Meet the driver at Paltan Bazaar Bus stand.
– Board a Sumo to Shillong. (102km = 3 hours)
– Reach Shillong by 17:00 HRS & check into a hotel at Police Bazaar.
– Spend the rest of the evening self exploring Shillong on foot.
– Post breakfast, by 8:30 HRS head to the Indo-Bangladesh open border town of Dawki. (82km = 2.5 hours)
– Take a boat ride in the crystal clear waters of the river.
– Second stop is the living root bridge in the village of Riwai.
– Lunch at Mowlynnong, the cleanest village in Asia.
– Post lunch hop on to the vehicle and leave for Cherrapunji (85 km=3.5 hrs)
– Reach Cherrapunji by 18:00 HRS & check into our homestay at Cherrapunji
– Post Breakfast by 07:00 HRS leave for the village of Tyrna.
– Reach the village and hike down the 3000 steps to the base village of Nongriat
– Explore the double decker root bridge.
– Return back to the parking lot by 2pm.
– After Lunch, Visit Nohkalikai falls & Mawsmai Caves.
– Post lunch check into our home stay at Sohra for the night
– Write some post cards or
– Spend the evening at leisure.
– After breakfast leave for Pobitora Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary. 165 km = 6-7 hours
– Reach Pobitora by 15:00 HRS.
– Check into our home stay for the night at Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary
– Rest of the evening at leisure.
– Leave in the morning by 7:00 HRS for jeep safari.
– Return back to the home stay by 9:30 HRS.
– After breakfast drive to Guwahati. 45 km = 1-2 hours
– Reach Paltan Bazaar Guwahati by 12:00 HRS.
– Book any return flight or train post 16:00 HRS
