This 4-night cruise provides a
fascinating taster of Assam, with
visits to villages and to the rarely-visited
Orang National Park, where you will
ride on elephants through the jungle
in search of the Great Indian One
Horned Rhinoceros.
SUGGESTED
ITINERARIES:
Day
01 :
Met at Guwahati
airport and taken on a short sightseeing
tour of the city. Lunch will be
arranged in Guwahati hotel for those
arriving airport by morning flight.
Drive up Nilachal Hill to see the
holy Kamakhya temple. With its tantric
rites and animal sacrifice, the
more squeamish may prefer to content
themselves with the exterior. Visit
the poignant Commonwealth War Graves
cemetery. Finally walk through a
local market before embarking on
your cruise vessel. We set sail
and cruise for about an hour and
a half upstream to Kurua on the
north bank.
Day
02 :
The day is spent
cruising upstream, with hills rising
on either side. Battling against
strong currents, we reach an idyllic
stop at Ganesh Pahar, where we can
explore a delightfully serene hinterland
lying under jungle-covered slopes.
Day
03 :
Leaving the hills
behind, we enjoy our first taste
of the wilderness experience, sand
banks like icebergs on either side.
We may make a short stop to visit
a bankside village, creating a sensation
as we do. We moor for the night
in a lunar landscape of sand islands,
with hopefully the Himalayas in
view and providing a contrasting
backdrop in the distance.
Day
04 :
Rising early,
we take to our country boat for
another cruise up a side stream,
this time into the Orang National
Park. Here in this rarely visited
park we mount elephants or take
jeeps and ride through forest and
grassland looking for rhino, deer
and other wildlife. Returning to
our ship, we head downstream again,
and moor for the night close to
Ganesh Pahar.
Day
03 :
We make the scenic
approach to Guwahati, with jungle-covered
hills rising to either side. We
dock at around 1000 hrs, and are
transferred to the airport for an
afternoon onward flight.
Price covers cruise on full board,
all excursions, all airport transfers
within Assam. Excluded are drinks
at the bar, laundry, tips, and camera
fees in national parks.
Itinerary dependent on river conditions.
Elephant rides subject to availability.
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