Tour 15 Seven Sisters

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(20 Nights / 21 Days) Guwahati 1N - Shillong 2N - Bhalukpong 1N - Dirang 1N - Tawang 2N - Bomdila 1N - Kaziranga 2N - Kohima 2N - Imphal 2N - Silchar 2N - Aizawl 2N - Agartala 2N

Day 01: Guwahati Airport / Rly station – Hotel :Meet and greet on arrival at Guwahati Airport / Railway Station and transfer to Hotel. Evening visit 'Kalakshetra', a place where Assamese history and culture .Return to hotel. Overnight stay at Guwahati.

Day 02: Guwahati – Shillong (100 kms / 03 hrs.) :After breakfast visit Kamakhya Temple, etc. Afternoon transfer to Shillong (4,900 ft.), called 'Scotland of the East". Enroute visit Umium Lake, a majestic placid lake with its surrounding sylvan hills. On arrival at Shillong, check in at your hotel. Evening visit Don Bosco Museum & Ward’s Lake. Overnight stay at Shillong.

Day 03: Excursion to Cherrapunjee (60 kms / 2 hrs.) :After early breakfast drive to Cherrapunjee (4,400 ft.), the wettest place in the world. You will see the beautiful waterfall known as Nohkalikai. You can also explore the caves known as Mawsmai. Evening return to Shillong, enroute visit Elephanta falls and Shillong peak for some breathtaking views. Overnight stay at Shillong.

Day 04: Shillong – Tezpur/Bhalukpong (320 kms / 7 hrs.) :After breakfast visit Don Bosco Museum & Ward’s Lake. Later drive to Tezpur/Bhalukpong. On arrival check in to the hotel. Evening is free for leisure. Overnight stay at Tezpur/Bhalukpong.

Day 05: Tezpur/Bhalukpong – Dirang (138 kms / 5 hrs.) :After early breakfast drive to Dirang. On the way visit Tipi Orchidarium situated on the banks of the river Bharali, a place over 500 orchids, on display there are some rare species of orchid. Arunachal has largest range of orchids in the country then take a break to visit Nag Temple. Continue your drive and do not forget to keep your cameras handy as you cross beautiful waterfalls and get some spectacular views.

On arrival check in to the hotel. Afternoon visit Apple orchard & Kiwi Farm (depending upon season), Dirang Monastery and Kalachakra Monastery. Dirang is also famous for hot water springs where people take bath to cure skin ailments. Overnight stay at Dirang

Note: Every Indian tourist visiting Arunachal Pradesh has to obtain ILP (Inner Line Permit) at Bhalukpong border before entering the state against submission of photo identity card and two copies of passport size photographs.

Day 06: Dirang – Tawang (130 kms / 6 hrs.) :After early breakfast proceed to Tawang the Land of Hidden Paradise. On the way enjoy the beauty of Sela Pass (13700 Ft) a border line between two districts i.e Tawang & West KamengTawang, Sela Lake a small lake, which remains frozen for most of the year. Further drive to 10 kms visit Jaswantgarh War Memorial - a memorial to the brave soldier who single handily tried to hold of approaching Chinese from the pass during the 1962 Indo-Chinese war. Later visit majesty of Nuranng Falls where scenes from the SRK-Madhuri Dixit starrer “Koyla” were shot. Arrive & check in to the hotel. Evening is free for leisure. Overnight stay at Tawang.

Day 07: Tawang Sightseeing :After breakfast visit Tawang Monstery world famous seventeenth century Tawang Monastery, also known as Galden Namgyal Lhatse which overlooks the wide Tawang Valley at a height of 10,000 ft. The monastery is a vast complex of 65 buildings housing Lamas and antique scriptures written in gold letters and ancient scripture, images and has an eight meters high gilded Buddha statue. It is the largest monastery in the Himalayan region and the second oldest monastery in Asia. Five hundred lamas live in its residential buildings and it is rich in.

Later visit Urgeling Gompa, 6th Dalai Lama’s birth place who is the only Indian to have risen to such a high position in Gelupka Sect of Buddhism so far. Inside the monastery there are several Stupas (Vihar) and people from all walks of life visit this place during Buddhist new year to get the blessing for the coming year. Then proceed to the War Memorial which is dedicated to the martyrs of the 1962 Sino-Indian war. The memorial is 40-foot-high and like a stupa in design. It is locally called ‘Namgyal Chortan’. The names of 2420 martyrs imprinted in gold on 32 black granite plagues.

You can also visit the craft center in Tawang sells beautiful masks, hand woven carpets, jewellery in silver, coral and amber, ‘chubas’ the local dressand delightful affordable mementos. Evening at leisure. Overnight stay at Tawang.

Day 08: Tawang – Bomdila (170 kms / 8 hrs.) :After breakfast transfer to Bomdila (8,200 ft.) - the headquarter of West Kameng District of Arunachal Pradesh and also known for its Buddhist monasteries. It has a lot of attractions for the visitors for its cool climate. On arrival check in to the hotel. Evening visit Bomdila Monastery. Overnight stay at Bomdila.

Day 09: Bomdila – Kaziranga (210 kms / 8 hrs.) :After breakfast transfer to Kaziranga. On arrival check in the hotel. Evening free for leisure. Overnight stay at Kaziranga.

Day 10: Kaziranga National Park :Early morning explore any one zone of Kaziranga National Park on back of Elephant. Apart from the Rhino, other species found are Hog Deer, Swamp Deer, Wild Buffalo, Elephants and if you are lucky then tiger also. It is also home to pelicans, storks and darters as there are a number of water bodies inside the Park. Return to the resort for breakfast. In the afternoon enjoy jeep safari through the National Park. Return to the hotel. Overnight stay at Kaziranga.

Day 11: Kaziranga – Kohima (215 kms /08 hrs.) :After breakast transfer to Kohima via Dimapur. Enroute visit ruins of Kachari Kingdom and hotspring at Garampani. Check-in to hotel & rest of the day at leisure. Overnight stay at Kohima.

Day 12: Excursion to Khonoma Village and Kohima World War- II Cemetery : After breakfast visit The Kohima War Cemetery constructed in the memory of the officers and soldiers who made supreme sacrifices during World War II, the war cemetery attracts hundreds of visitors every year including the relatives of those martyrs. Maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the cemetery witnessed more than 2000 graves, on each grave there are beautiful epitaphs carved in bronze. “When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say, For Your Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today”. Later an excursion to Khonoma Village that lies 21 kms away from Kohima town the Khonoma village is the first "green village" of Nagaland. The village is well known for the legendary leader Angami Zapu Phizo who was the founder of the Naga movement. Later Evening free for leisure. Overnight stay at hotel.

Day 13: Kohima – Imphal (138 kms /06 hrs.) :After early breakfast drive to Imphal, Enroute visit Naga Heritage Village-the permanent site for Hornbill festival. You will pass through the border town of Mao which is the official border gate of Nagaland and Manipur. Check-in to hotel & rest of the day at leisure. Overnight stay at Imphal.

Day 14: Imphal Local Sightseeing :Today after breakfast excursion to Loktak Lake- the largest freshwater lake, 48 kms. from Imphal city. Later visit Keibul lamjao national park-The Only Floating National Park in the World and famous for Sangai- Brow Antlered deer of Manipur, better known as The Dancing Deer. Lunch at Moirang in a local restaurant. While driving back enroute visit INA (Indian National Army) Museum, where the first INA flag was unfurled on April 14th, 1944 in Indian Soil. Later you will visit Kangla Fort & Kangla Museum (Wednesday closed), Govindajee Temple, Second World War Cemeteries & IMA Market, an unique market run by the women only. Return to the hotel. Overnight stay at Imphal.

Day 15: Imphal - Silchar (260 kms /08 hrs.) :After early breakfast drive to Silchar.On arrival Check-in to hotel & rest of the day at leisure. Overnight stay at Silchar.

Day 16: Silchar - Aizawl (180 kms /07 hrs.) :After breakfast drive to Aizawl, the capital city of Mizoram.On arrival Check-in to hotel & rest of the day at leisure. Overnight stay at Aizawl.

Day 17: Aizawl Local Sightseeing :Start for full day city tour including Mini Zoo Garden, Solomons Temple, Mizoram State Museum (Sunday closed), Folkland Park, KV Paradise and Durtlang Hills, Evening is kept free for a shopping tour at Luangmual Handicraft Centre, Bara Bazar. Overnight stay at Aizawl.

Day 18: Aizawl - Silchar (180 kms /07 hrs.) :After breakfast drive back to Silchar.On arrival Check-in to hotel & rest of the day at leisure. Overnight stay at Silchar.

Day 19: Silchar-Agartala (310 kms /10 hrs.) :After breakfast drive to Agartala, the state capital of Tripura. On arrival Check-in to hotel & rest of the day at leisure. Overnight stay at Agartala.

Day 20: Agartala Local Sightseeing :After breakfast proceed for local city sightseeing of Agartala visit to the Ujjayanta Palace, in the heart of the town. Another main attraction in Udaipur are Tripura Sundari Temple, popularly known as Matabari, one of the 51 Pithas of Hindu Puran. Evening free for shopping. Overnight stay at Agartala.

Day 21: Agartala - Agartala Airport (IXA) :After breakfast check out from hotel and drop at Agartala Airport for your onward journey.

Inclusions :

  • Accommodation on twin Sharing Basis.
  • Complimentary Breakfast.
  • Exclusive A/c vehicle for transfers & sightseeing.
  • One elephant safari & one jeep safari at Kaziranga National Park.
  • Cruise in Dibru Soikhowa National Park .
  • All permit fees & hotel taxes (as per itinerary).
  • Rates are valid for INDIAN NATIONALS only.

Exclusions :

  • Air Fare / Train fare.
  • Personal Expenses such as Laundry, telephone calls, tips & gratuity, mineral water, soft & hard drinks, rafting, rock climbing, paragliding, porterage.
  • Additional sightseeing or extra usage of vehicle, other than mentioned in the itinerary.
  • VIP Darshan in Kamakhya Temple Entrance Fees & Guide charges.
  • Any cost arising due to natural calamities like, landslides, road blockage, political disturbances (strikes), etc (to be borne by the client, which is directly payable on the spot).
  • Any increase in taxes or fuel price, leading to increase in cost on surface transportation & land arrangements, which may come into effect prior to departure.
  • Room Heater Charges
  • GST.
  • Insurance.
  • Anything which is not included in the inclusion.

Terms and Conditions :

  • GST is not included in the price. The same will be charged on the total package cost payable.
  • Child Policy: 3 years old to 12 years old.
  • No refund for un-utilized tour or cancellations which may occur due to weather conditions.
  • All SIC rates are based on minimum guests traveling. Change in the number of guests could lead to a change in the cost of the package.
  • Above rates are not applicable during event/peak season surcharge periods. The rates for these periods would be advised at the time of booking.
  • All packages are subject to the Terms and Conditions of the Company.
  • Please read and understand all the terms and conditions before confirming.
  • In the event of non-availability of the quoted package, an alternate similar category hotel would be offered.
  • All above rates are based on special land combinational prices. No reduction or refund is applicable if one or all of the services are withdrawn.
  • Company reserves the right to furnish fresh quote for the package with additional or different inclusions from those offered in the above quote.

 Destination

 Standard

 Deluxe

 Luxury

 GUWAHATI

 

Siroy Lily (Dlx AC) / Hotel Fortune / Parashuram / Similar

Royal Heritage / D'Courtyard / Similar

 

Rajmahal (Veg) / Cygnett Inn Repose / Vishwaratna / Similar

 SHILLONG

 

Knight Inn / Lake View / Lily Guest House / Similar

 

Eee Cee / Best Holiday Inn (Dlx) / Orchid Annex / JKR Residency / Similar

Gateway / Landmark Victoria / Orchid Annex / Similar

 TEZPUR /   BHALUKPONG

 

Centre Point - Tezpur / Hotel Heritage - Tezpur / Druk - Bhalukpong / Similar

Waii International - Bhalukpong / KRC Home Stay - Tezpur / Similar

Greenwood Resort / KRC Palace - Tezpur (Elegant Exe) / Prashanti Cottage -Bhalukpong / Similar

 DIRANG

 

Samdup Khang / Snowlion / Gonpalok Homestay / Similar

Hotel Pemaling / Awoo Resort / Similar

 

Norphel Retreat (Perim Dlx) / Similar

 

 TAWANG

 

Dolma Khangsar Guest House / Zax Star / Similar

 

Norling / Tashi Gatsel / Gakyi Khang Zhang / Similar

 

Yangzom (Super Deluxe) / Taktsang (Super Deluxe) / Mon Paradise (Executive)/ Similar

 BOMDILA

 

Doegukhil Guest House / Dhe Dhen Gakhyil / Atisha Guest House / Similar

Tsepal Yangzom / Hotel Elysium / Lungta Residency (Exe) / Nambrog / Similar

Tsepal Yangzom / Hotel Elysium / Similar

 

 KAZIRANGA

Florican (Non Ac) / Shanti Lodge (Non Ac) / Rhino / Similar

 

JB Resort / Bonroja / Dhanshree Resort (Dlx Nac Cottage) / Similar

Landmark woods / Bon Villa / Dhanshree Resort (Ac Cottage) / D Courtyard / Similar

 KOHIMA

 

East Gate / Ariel / Similar

 

De Oriental Grand /Vivor (Premium) / Niraamaya Retrat (Classic)/ Similar

Vivor (Deluxe)

 

 IMPHAL

 

Yaiphaba (Deluxe) / Hotel Sangai (Premier) / Similar

Classic Grande (Standard Deluxe Room) / Sangai Continental (Deluxe King) / Similar

Classic Grande (Deluxe Room) / Sangai Continental (Executive King) / Similar

 SILCHAR

 

Ellora / Kalpataru / J C International / Borail View / Similar

Barak Continental / Riya Palace / Oishee / Holiday Inn / Similar

Cachar Club / Similar

 

 AIZAWL

 

The Grand / Arini / LBL / Similar

Hotel Floria / Hotel Regency / J.I.T / Similar

Hotel Floria / Hotel Regency / Similar

 AGARTALA

 

City Centre / Haven Intercontinental/ Welcome Palace / Similar

Sonar Tori / Ginger/ Similar

 

Sonar Tori / Ginger/ Similar

 

 No. of Pax ( Cost Per Person)

 Deluxe (CPAI)

 Superior (CPAI)

 Luxury (CPAI)

 02 Pax

 1,11,600

 1,21,300

 1,34,900

 04 Pax

 75,200

 84,900

 98,500

 06 Pax

 63,100

 72,800

 86,400

 08 Pax

 63,400

 73,200

 86,800

 Extra Person

 22,000

 29,000

 36,000

 Child No Bed

 14,600

 21,200

 26,400

Rates are valid till 01st April 2020 to 30th June 2020. (Except Long Weekend/Fairs & Festival Period).

Northeast India (officially North Eastern Region, NER) is the easternmost region of India representing both a geographic and political administrative division of the country. It comprises eight states – Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura. The Siliguri Corridor in West Bengal, with a width of 21 to 40 kilometres (13 to 25 mi), connects the North Eastern Region with East India. The region shares an international border of 5,182 kilometres (3,220 mi) (about 99 percent of its total geographical boundary) with several neighbouring countries – 1,395 kilometres (867 mi) with Tibet Autonomous Region, China in the north, 1,640 kilometres (1,020 mi) with Myanmar in the east, 1,596 kilometres (992 mi) with Bangladesh in the south-west, 97 kilometres (60 mi) with Nepal in the west, and 455 kilometres (283 mi) with Bhutan in the north-west. It comprises an area of 262,230 square kilometres (101,250 sq mi), almost 8 percent of that of India, and is one of the largest salients (panhandles) in the world.

The states of North Eastern Region are officially recognised under the North Eastern Council (NEC), constituted in 1971 as the acting agency for the development of the north eastern states. Long after induction of NEC, Sikkim formed part of the North Eastern Region as the eighth state in 2002. India's Look-East connectivity projects connect Northeast India to China and ASEAN.

The earliest settlers may have been Austroasiatic languages speakers from Southeast Asia, followed by Tibeto-Burmese from China and by 500 B.C. Indo-Aryans speakers from Gangetic Plains. Due to the bio- and crop diversity of the region, archaeological researchers believe that early settlers of Northeast India had domesticated several important plants. Writers believe that the 100 BC writings of Chinese explorer, Zhang Qian indicate an early trade route via Northeast India. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea mention a people called Sêsatai in the region, who produced malabathron, so prized in the old world.

In the early historical period (most of first millennium), Kamarupa straddled most of present-day Northeast India, besides Bhutan and Sylhet in Bangladesh. Xuanzang, a travelling Chinese Buddhist monk, visited Kamarupa in the 7th century. He described the people as "short in stature and black-looking", whose speech differed a little from mid-India and who were of simple but violent disposition. He wrote that the people in Kamarupa knew of Sichuan, which lay to the kingdom's east beyond a treacherous mountain.

The northeastern states were established during the British Raj of the 19th and early 20th centuries, when they became relatively isolated from traditional trading partners such as Bhutan and Myanmar. Many of the peoples in present-day Mizoram, Meghalaya and Nagaland converted to Christianity under the influence of British (Welsh) missionaries.

Formation of North Eastern states

Further information: First Anglo-Burmese War, Bhutan War, Anglo-Khasi_War, and Anglo-Manipur War. In the early 19th century, both the Ahom and the Manipur kingdoms fell to a Burmese invasion. The ensuing First Anglo-Burmese War resulted in the entire region coming under British control. In the colonial period (1826–1947), North East India was made a part of Bengal Province from 1839 to 1873, when Assam became its own province. In 1926,it became a part of Pakokku Hill Tracts Districts of British Burma except Assam, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh until 1948,January 4.

After Indian Independence from British Rule in 1947, the Northeastern region of British India consisted of Assam and the princely states of Manipur and Tripura. Subsequently, Nagaland in 1963, Meghalaya in 1972, Arunachal Pradesh in 1975 (capital changed to Itanagar) (formed on 20 February 1987) and Mizoram in 1987 were formed out of the large territory of Assam. Manipur and Tripura remained as Union Territories of India between 1956 until 1972, when they attained fully-fledged statehood. Sikkim was integrated as the eighth North Eastern Council state in 2002.

The city of Shillong served as the capital of the Assam province created during British Rule. It remained as the capital of undivided Assam until the formation of the state of Meghalaya in 1972. The capital of Assam was shifted to Dispur, a part of Guwahati, and Shillong was designated as the capital of Meghalaya.

Seven Sister States

The Seven Sister States is a popular term for the contiguous states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura prior to inclusion of the state of Sikkim into the North Eastern Region of India. The sobriquet 'Land of the Seven Sisters' was coined to coincide with the inauguration of the new states in January 1972 by Jyoti Prasad Saikia, a journalist in Tripura, in the course of a radio talk show. He later compiled a book on the interdependence and commonness of the Seven Sister States, and named it the Land of Seven Sisters. It has been primarily because of this publication that the nickname has caught on.