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Tigers & Tea Estates of Assam
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Dibrugarh - Digboi - Jorhat - Kaziranga - Guwahati |
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Day 01: Arrival Delhi/Kolkata. On arrival, transfer to
your hotel.
Day 02: Dibrugarh: Arrival, Welcome Ceremony, Tea-factory
Welcome on arrival in Dibrugarh. Transfer to a host
bunglow inside a tea-estate. Later, visit tea - factory.
In the evening enjoy the silence. Overnight stay at the
bunglow.
Day 03: Dibrugarh: Tea-plantation, Tea-workers Basti
Morning walk through the greens of tea- plantation. Meet a
tea expert to know and to see all things related to tea
plantation. In the evening, visit tea-workers colony.
Later, enjoy the rhythm of their 'Jhumur' dance. Overnight
at the bunglow.
Day 04: Digboi: The oil city
Drive to Digboi (57KM) after breakfast. Digboi, has the
second oldest oil field and the world's oldest operating
machinery, still producing in excess of its
capacity.Digboi is also known as "the oil-city of Assam".
Overnight at the refinery Guest house.
Day 05: Digboi: Oil well
Visit the oil field to see the oil wells. Digboi is not
only an oil field, but an oil museum with world's oldest
operating oil machinery. In the evening, drive-down the
meandering roads passing the hillocks to have a very
pleasant experience. Overnight at Digboi.
Day 06: Jorhat: Tea-capital, the Thengal Mansion, Assamese
village
Early morning, drive to Jorhat (207KM), the tea-capital of
Assam. On arrival, check in the Thengal Mansion, a
historic ancestral house of a Tea Planter amidst an
Asssamese village. It is 15 kms from Jorhat. After lunch,
take a walk in a nearby village to see the simplicity of
their lives.
Day 07: Kaziranga: Toklai Research Station
After breakfast, visit Toklai Research Station to know
everything and anything about tea-plantation. Lunch at
Jorhat. Leter, leave for Kaziranga (90KM), the home of the
one horned rhino. Overnight at tourist lodge.
Day 08: Kaziranga: Elephant Safari, Rhino
Full day rides through the wild reserve.
Day 09: Kaziranga: Jeep Safari, Rhino, Tea Estate
Full day rides through the wild reserve.
Day 10: Guwahati: Basista Ashram, Brahmaputra cruise
Drive to Guwahati (220KM) after breakfast. On arrival
check in to your hotel. Post lunch, visit Basista Ashram
Picturesque old shrine through which flow the three
legendary rocky streams-the Sandhya,Lalita and Kanta. In
the evening, go for a boat cruise on river Brahmaputra.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 11: Guwahati airport, farewell
Departure from Guwahati Airport for onward journey.
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