Places here
DawkiA short river stop on the Bangladesh border. You come for dry-season boat rides on the Umngot.GuwahatiA busy Brahmaputra river city with one famous hill temple, and your main way into Northeast India.KazirangaTall grass, forest and rhinos, seen from a jeep. It's the best place in the region to find them.Kohima and HornbillNagaland's hill capital and the Hornbill Festival, ten days of Naga tribal culture each December. Permit required.MajuliA large Brahmaputra river island you can only reach by ferry, with villages, potters and Hindu monasteries called satras.ShillongA cool hill capital you'll use as a comfortable base for the waterfalls and rivers of Meghalaya.SohraTall waterfalls on a rain-soaked Khasi Hills ridge, and thousands of steps down to bridges grown from living roots.TawangA Tibetan Buddhist monastery town high in the Himalaya, over the Sela Pass on long mountain roads, and only with a permit.ZiroA quiet high valley in Arunachal Pradesh, with Apatani villages, pine groves and a lake. You'll need a permit.