Rhinos and more
The Brahmaputra River, one of Asia's largest rivers, flows majestically through Assam and offers opportunities for river cruises and boat tours to explore the river past river islands and picturesque shores. This trip combines a visit to Kaziranga National Park with a few days of cruising on the mighty Brahmaputra River. Besides spotting rhinos in Kaziranga National Park and herds of wild elephants in Nameri National Park , there is the chance of seeing the very rare Ganges dolphin during the cruise. You will enjoy varied landscapes, sail past sandbanks and visit shoreline villages where you will meet the indigenous people. Beautiful temples and lush tea fields are also on the varied program.
Nameri and Kaziranga national parks
At the foot of the blue hills of Arunachal Pradesh, Nameri National Park unfolds, where you can admire unusual birds such as great hornbills. Kaziranga National Park is often compared to the Serengeti in Africa because of its abundance of wildlife and birds. With more than 500 different species of birds, it is a true bird paradise, and it is home to the world's largest population of one-horned Indian rhinos. The park has an incredibly rich biodiversity and is a hot spot for viewing the royal Bengal tiger. Animals such as the Indian wild water buffalo, Indian bison, swamp deer and Gibbon monkeys are regular residents.
Tips & tops from Cruise Brahmaputra river cruise:
- You will stay aboard one of two luxury cruise ships ABN Charaidew II or ABV Sukapha
- Kaziranga National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site famous for its population of one-horned rhinos
- Incredible numbers of Asian wild elephant herds were observed in 2024 and the number of rhinos in the park continued to increase
- Kaziranga has the highest density of tigers in the world (one per five square kilometers)
- Kaziranga N.P. is home to about 1,500 rhinos. Some of them have now been released into Dudwa N.P., a park that can be visited from Lucknow
- By traditional rickshaw, explore Tezpur
- In Sualkuchi, center is of Assamese silk production, you will visit a weaving workshop and witness the entire process of silk production, from cocooning and spinning, then dyeing to hand weaving to mekhela chadar, a two-piece saree and the traditional clothing of an Assamese woman
- You will have the chance to spot one of the last Ganges dolphins threatened with extinction! Currently there are about 1,800 left in India
- The Brahmaputra River rises in Tibet and joins the Ganges River in the Ganges Delta in Bangladesh, the largest river delta in the world!
- A visit to Assam can easily be combined with a tour of Bhutan, the tea fields in Darjeeling and the Buddhist monasteries in Sikkim and Gangtok
- The best time for this trip is from November through April
- This trip can be perfectly combined with the Nature Parks India Tour where the last part of the trip will then be replaced by this 8-day roundtrip including cruise
