Here is The Land Of Wanderlust’s blueprint to a backpacking road trip around the North Eastern states of Assam and Meghalaya. In Assam, we will backpack to Majuli, the largest river island in the world and Kaziranga National Park – the home of the one horn rhino. While in Meghalaya, we will make Shillong our base and visit the cleanest village in Asia and the living root bridge.
This a rugged backpacking trip which has been on the tlow calendar since 2014
Guwahati International Airport, Assam
KFC Paltan Bazaar, Guwahati
The best tlow trip on the list. For multiple reasons first being this is the most you’ll possibly ever experience in seven days and we can bet on it. If you watch the video you’ll get a small glimpse into how many modes of transportation are used & how much the Geography & terrain has changed.
It’s a super fast trip with each day have a lot to do it kick starts with a bang in Assam & is the only tlow trip currency which includes a train journey along the way a complete backpacker experience with camping on the banks of the river Umngot in Dawki. But the best stay on this trip will without doubt be the bamboo hut at Majuli that island will definitely keep a part of your back the warmth of the place just makes you want to come back for more.
– Arrive in Guwahati by latest 12:00 HRS
– Reach Guwahati at Paltan Bazaar by 13:00 HRS.
– Board a bus to Kaziranga National Park. (193km = 4 hours)
– Reach by 19:00 HRS and check into a guest house.
– Spend the evening at leisure.
– Leave for an early morning jeep safari in Kaziranga National Park and spot the one horned rhino of Assam.
– Post breakfast, leave for Majuli- the largest river island in the world.
– Reach Jorhat by bus and take a two hour ferry ride from Nemati Ghat to Kamlabari at Majuli.
– Check in to a tribal bamboo hut home stay.
– Spend the rest of the day exploring the nearby villages.
– Post breakfast a day of self exploring.
– walk around or rent a cycle.
– Return back to our bamboo home stay by sunset.
– Rest of the evening spend time chilling with other travellers.
-After breakfast, visit the villages of the Missing tribe,
– Try the local rice beer first hand with the villagers.
– Visit the Mask making village
– Post lunch, leave for Jorhat
– Take overnight bus/train ride to Guwahati around 19:00 HRS.
– Arrive at Guwahati by 5:00 HRS in the morning
– Post breakfast hop onto a shared jeep to Shillong. (99km = 2.5 hours)
– Reach Shillong by 10:00 HRS and check into a guest house.
– Post lunch, leave for local site seeing and visit Wards Lake, Butterfly Museum.
– Visit Bara Bazaar, the local Kashi market.
-Post breakfast, head to the Indo-Bangladesh open border town of Dawki. (82km = 2.5 hours)
– First stop is the living root bridge in the village of Riwai.
– Lunch at Mowlynnong, the cleanest village in Asia.
– Post lunch drive to Dawki.
– Reach Dawki by 16:00 HRS.
– Take the boat across the river for our island camping.
– Spend the night by the bon fire watching the stars in the sky.
– Post breakfast, leave by jeep to Cherapunji.(84.6km = 2h 25min)
– Visit Nohkalikai falls & Mawsmai Caves.
– Post lunch check into our home stay for the night
– Last night in the North East.
– Write some post cards & make the most of the last few hours together.
– Post Breakfast by 08:00 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 and Rainbow waterfall.
– Return back to the parking lot before sun down.
– Drive back to our home stay for the night.
– Spend the evening at leisure.
– Post breakfast leave in the morning by 08:00 HRS
– Reach Paltan Bazaar Guwahati by 11:00 HRS.
– Book any return flight or train post 13:39 HRS
