Attractions

When it comes to the point of attractions North-eastern states will never disappoint you with the verity of experience.

National parks and Wildlife sanctuaries:

• National Parks:
  1. Kaziranga National Park, Assam – It is home to the largest population of one-horned rhinoceros along with Royal Bengal Tiger, wild Buffalos, wild elephants and Deers, which is called all together as Big five.
  2. Kanchendzonga National Park, Sikkim- It is the home to many endangered animal species like Snow Leopard, Himalaya Black Bear, Red Panda and Asiatic Wild Dog. There are more than 500 species of birds found in the biosphere of the park at different altitude level.
  3. Dibru-Saikhowa national Park, Assam – The park is a safe haven to animal species like water buffalos, wild horse, tiger, and Langur.
  4. Manas National Park, Assam – It shelters approximately 55 species of mammals, 400 species of birds and 50 species of reptiles. It is famous for Royal Bengal Tiger.
  5. Nameri National Park, Assam – It was established as an Elephant reserve, today it houses several other endangered animal species like Tigers, Leopards, Dholes and Himalayan black bears. Mostly it is a heaven for bird lovers.
  6. Orang National Park, Assam – The park has a rich vegetation of forest that is a safe haven to many mammals, reptiles, and birds.
  7. Balphakram National Park, Meghalaya – The national park is home to water buffalo, red panda, elephant and eight species of cats. The best time to visit the Balphakram National Park is between April and June when you can also check out the various species of colorful butterflies.
  8. Nokrek National Park, Meghalaya – Not just because of its diversified flora and fauna but the landscape comprising hills, forests, rivers and waterfalls makes it a haven for photographers and wildlife enthusiasts. Nokrek National Park has a sparse density of species like the red panda, Asian elephant, tiger and marbled cat BUT the rare stump-tailed macaque and pig-tailed macaque are often seen while trekking to Nokrek peak.
  9. Namdhapa National Park, Arunachal Pradesh – Namdhapa National Park is the largest national park in North East India and is the only national park in India that is home to four kinds of felines – the common Indian leopard, snow leopard, clouded leopard and tiger.
  10. Keibul Lamjao National Park, Manipur – One of the best features of Keibul Lamjao National Park, which is located amid the Loktak Lake in Bishnupur district in Manipur, is that it is the only floating park in the world.
  11. Shirui National Park, Manipur – Shirui National Park in Manipur is home to some of the rare species of birds and animals, including the tragopan, tiger and leopard
  12. Murlen National Park, Mizoram – The park majorly constitutes animals like sambar, barking deer, Malayan giant squirrel, black bear, serow, hoolock gibbon and rhesus macaque.
  13. Phawngpui National Park, Mizoram – It houses animal species like the mountain goat, tiger, leopard, leopard cat, serow, goral, Asiatic black bear, and langur AND bird species like Blyth’s tragopan, falcon, sunbird, dark-rumped swift, Hume’s pheasant, hornbills and grey sibia.
  14. Ntangki National Park, Nagaland- Among the creatures that inhabit the park are the rare hoolock gibbon, golden langur, tiger, monitor lizard, python, sloth bear, hornbill, palm civets and black stork.

• Wildlife Sanctuaries: Apart from the national parks, there are many wildlife life sanctuaries too.

2.   Festivals of Northeast:

Since this place has variety of tribes and culture you will find vibrant festivals also which reflects the life style of the people.

• Bihu Festivals of Assam: Assam is an agriculture base state so its main festival Bihu is a celebration that is related to the crop cycle. There are three Bihu, which are celebrated depending on the crop cycle timing. The Rongali/Bohag Bihu is an important festival of Assam, which marks as the beginning of an Assamese new year. The Bhogali/Magh Bihu is mainly related with food. The Kongali/ Kati Bihu is the third one, which has a different flavor as there is less merriment and the atmosphere has a sense of constrain and solemnity.
• Hornbill Festival, Nagaland – The Hornbill Festival is perhaps the most famous and largest of the North East India festivals. Named after the state’s most admired bird, the festival showcases the heritage of the 16 tribes there, which in addition to dancing show off their hunting and warring skills.
• Ziro Festival of Music, Arunachal Pradesh – An iconic outdoor music festival in one of India’s most remote and picturesque locations of green paddy fields and pine clad mountains, Ziro features a combination of 30 indie bands from across the world and top folk acts from across northeast India. It’s one of the greatest outdoor music festivals in the country. Camping facilities are provided.
• Myoko Festival, Arunachal Pradesh- For a traditional tribal festival off the beaten track, don’t miss the month-long Myoko festival of the Apatani Tribe. The festival is celebrated among three communities in Ziro —  Diibo-Hija, Hari-Bulla and Hong of Apatani plateau —  on rotational basis. It includes rituals for prosperity, fertility, purification and sacrifice performed by the village shaman or priest, and many interesting cultural elements such as folk performances and processions.
• Wangala Festival, Meghalaya – The Wangala Festival is the biggest harvest festival of the Garo tribe in Megalaya. Held in honor of the Sun God of fertility, the festival marks the end of the sowing season and agricultural year. It’s celebrated by the beating of drums, blowing horns, and traditional dancing. The highlight is the sound of 100 drums (nagaras) being beaten together. Hence, the alternative name for the festival — the 100 Drum Wangala Festival.
• Nongkrem Dance Festival, Meghalaya – The annual Nongkrem Dance Festival is a five day harvest thanksgiving festival of the Khasi tribe. The traditional dance is performed by young men and women dressed up in exquisite attire. If you’re a vegetarian or animal lover, be aware that an important feature of the festival is the ‘Pomblang’ or goat sacrifice, which you will most likely want to avoid. The Nongkrem dance is a part of the religious festival of Megalaya, where unmarried girls decked with gorgeous attire, gold and silver ornaments, and yellow flowers, dance forward and backward forming a circle.
• Chapchar Kut, Mizoram – Chapchar Kut is a harvest festival named after bamboo that has been cut, and is drying for burning and subsequent cultivation. The traditional bamboo dance performed by women (while men sit on the ground and beat bamboo sticks against each other), calledcheraw, is a big part of the festival. Different styles of tribal dance performances take place amidst symbol clashes and beats of drums. There’s art, handicrafts, concerts, flower shows, and food as well.

3. Kamakhya Temple, Assam: Kamakhya Temple is one of the main shaktipeeth of India. In the month of June every year millions of devotees used to come for the Ambubachi Mela in the Temple. Being the centre for Tantra worship this temple attracts thousands of tantra devotees every year.

4.    Majuli Island, Assam: Majuli is the world’s largest inhabited freshwater island.  The lush green, environment-friendly and pollution free wetland is unique and quite interesting and is one of the key reasons why people love this place so much.

5.    Living Root Bridge of Cherrapunjee, Meghalaya : Meghalaya’s most famous root bridge, the “double decker” root bridge, can be found in the locality of the wettest place on earth — Cherrapunji (also known as Sohra). Living root bridges are a form of tree shaping, they are handmade from the aerial roots of Rubber Trees. Trekking to the root bridge will fill you with a lifetime sensation.

6.    Caving in Meghalaya: Limestone Caves boosts the natural beauty of Meghalaya, located in most of the districts of the state. Krem Liat Prah cave in the Jaintia Hills is the longest cave of India. Undoubtedly Caving expedition can thrill you with the dark and murky interiors.

7.    Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh: Tawang, described as Switzerland of India is a town situated at an elevation of approximately 3,048 metres (10,000 ft) in the northwestern part of Arunachal Pradesh. The paradise for nature lovers will soothe your eye.

8.    Dzukho valley, Nagaland : Enchanting Dzukho valley trek of Nagaland will mesmerize you with beautiful plains with lush greenery and the loveliest flowers growing on them, encompassed by emerald green hills, the rapid passing streams of crystal clear water and surrounded by abundant forests.

9.    Tripa Sundari Temple, Tripura: To be considered as one of the 51 shakti peetha’s Tripura Sundari Temple is situated in the ancient Udaipur, about 55 km from Agartala.

10. Tawang monastery, Arunachal Pradesh: Tawang monastery of Arunachal Pradesh is the largest monastery of India. It is famous for its celestial beauty in the night of a full moon.

11. Nuranang Falls, Arunachal Pardesh: Nuranang Falls (also known as Bong Bong Falls), some 100 meters high, is located in the Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh, India. It is one of the most spectacular waterfalls in this part of the country, yet is unknown to many travelers.

12. Historical Town  Sibsagar, Assam: History of Sibsagar will take you to the era of Ahom Dynasty with the palaces, monuments and ancient temples. Ahom dynasty ruled in Assam for 600 years of time period which is considered as the longest period in Indian History. The Battle of Saraighat was fought in 1671 between the Mughal empire and the Ahom Kingdom (led by Lachit Borphukan, the most brave commander of Ahom Kingdom) on the Brahmaputra river at Saraighat, now in Guwahati. Although much weaker, the Ahom Army defeated the Mughal Army by brilliant uses of the terrain, clever diplomatic negotiations to buy time, guerrilla tactics, psychological warfare, military intelligence and by exploiting the sole weakness of the Mughal forces of navy.

13. Umrangso, Assam: In the Dima Hasao district of Assam Umrangso is located at the border of Assam and Meghalaya about 112 km from Haflong. This beautiful place is mainly an industrial town. It has Kopili Hydro Electric Project of NEPCO and some cement industries. Waterfalls of this place are awesome in view.

14. Jatinga, Assam: Jatinga is a village on a ridge, is located in Dima Hasao district, Assam. At the end of monsoon months especially on moonless and foggy dark nights between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m mysterious behaviour of birds takes place, birds get attracted to the light and die, it is the most famous fact of birds “committing suicide”. Although the birds do not commit suicide and are actually killed, the myth of the suicides has spread far and wide among common people.

15. Namphake Village, Assam: Namphake or Tai-phake village is in Dibrugarh District of Assam. With near about 150 families it is the largest Tai-phake village of Assam. The Monastery of the village is one of the oldest and most respected Budhist Monastery of Assam. All the people of the village are Budhist in religion. The village folks speaks a language called Tai which is similar to the language of Thailand and still follow the customs and dress code of great Tai race.

16. Singfo Villages, Assam: The Singpho are a tribe who inhabiting in India, China and Myanmar. In India these people reside in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in the district of Lohit and Changlang and in Assam inhabits in the district of Tinsukia and scattered in some other district like Sivasagar, Jorhat and Golaghat. The Singpho are the same people as those called the Kachin in Burma and the Jingpo in China. They speak the Singpho dialect of the Jingpo language. In Margherita few singfo people have set up a cute eco lodge in Ingthong village, are conducting packaged tours and showcasing the culture and way of life of their community. Their organic traditional tea and food is typically appetizing and unique.

17. Parshuram Kund, Arunachal Pradesh: It is a Hindu pilgrimage centre situated on the Brahmaputra plateau in the lower reaches of the Lohit River and 21 km north of Tezu in Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh. The legend behind the belief recorded in the Kalika Purana, is that the great sage Parashuram washed away the sins of killing kshatriyas as he was a Brahmin (because it is not correct of a Brahmin fighting a war or taking up sword), in the waters of Brahma kund. People belive especially on the Makar Sankranti day, a holy dip in the sacred kund will wash away one’s sins.

18. Mayodia Pass, Arunachal Pradesh:  Mayodia is located about 56 km away from Roing in Arunachal Pradesh, at the Indo-China border.  This extremely stunning place witnesses magical snowfall from November and continues till April.