National Parks Manas, Orang and Kaziranga
During this trip, a visit to Kaziranga National Park is combined with a few days cruising the mighty Brahmaputra River and a visit to the lesser-known Manas National Park. In addition to spotting rhinos in Kaziranga National Park and herds of wild elephants in Manas National Park, there is the chance of seeing the very rare Ganges dolphin during the cruise. You will enjoy varied landscapes, cruise along sandbanks and visit villages on the shore. Also temples and tea fields are on the program and you will get to know the tribes that live in this region.
Tips & tops of Cruise through the wilderness of Assam:
- Safaris are carried out in a 4WD vehicle or on an elephant
- You will have the chance to spot one of the last endangered Ganges dolphins! There are currently about 1,800 in India
- Kaziranga N.P. is home to about 1,500 rhinos. A number of them have now been deported to Dudwa N.P., a park that can be visited from Lucknow
- The Brahmaputra River originates in Tibet and, together with the Ganges River, rises in the Ganges Delta in Bangladesh, the largest river delta in the world!
- Tea fields and temples are part of this journey
- This is also a very suitable trip for birdwatchers. In Mannas National Park, 380 different species are on the checklist
- 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 to April
- This trip can be perfectly combined with the Nature Parks India Tour where the last part of the trip is then replaced by this 8-day tour including cruise
