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Our Brahmaputra cruises focus on Assam and feature game viewing by jeep and on elephant back, village walks, tea estates, exploring country towns on cycle rickshaws, barbecues on deserted river islands, cultural dance performances and visits to craft workshops. Taken as independent journeys or as part of a longer tour, they are a unique experience of India’s less accessible wonders. Full itinerary details available on request.
Between October and April, we offer a series of 4 to 10 night cruises, named after the Assam Despatch service, the daily mail and passenger service that once plied from Kolkata up the Brahmaputra to Dibrugarh.
Cruises can be combined to create itineraries up to 14 nights.
Assam Despatch 2 (Rhinos And More)
Ship – Charaidew II / Sukapha (October To April)
A 7-night cruise from Guwahati to Silghat near Tezpur. Highlights are walk through the little town Sualkuchi the centre of Assamese silk production. Kaziranga National Park for close encounter with Rhino and Nameri for great birding, the beautifully carved 6th century Da Parbatia temples in Tezpur, Tea Garden and a local weekly market.
Ship – Charaidew II / Sukapha (October To April)
A 7-night cruise from Guwahati to Silghat near Tezpur. Highlights are walk through the little town Sualkuchi the centre of Assamese silk production. Kaziranga National Park for close encounter with Rhino and Nameri for great birding, the beautifully carved 6th century Da Parbatia temples in Tezpur, Tea Garden and a local weekly market.
Full itinerary details available on request.
Assam Despatch 3 (River Island Cruise)
Ship – Charaidew II / Sukapha (October To April)
A 7-night cruise from Silghat to Neamati. Highlights are Kaziranga National Park for Rhinos, the Hindu monasteries on Majuli Island, famed for their dance drama, and the palaces and temples of Sibsagar, the old capital of the Ahom kings and Vishnath to visit Ahom period Shiva Temple. Good chances of spotting Gangetic dolphin and Bengal Floricans.
Ship – Charaidew II / Sukapha (October To April)
A 7-night cruise from Silghat to Neamati. Highlights are Kaziranga National Park for Rhinos, the Hindu monasteries on Majuli Island, famed for their dance drama, and the palaces and temples of Sibsagar, the old capital of the Ahom kings and Vishnath to visit Ahom period Shiva Temple. Good chances of spotting Gangetic dolphin and Bengal Floricans.
Full itinerary details available on request.
Assam Despatch 4 (Brahmaputra Maximum)
Ship – II / Sukapha (October To April)
A 10-night cruise from Neamati to Guwahati, including Sibsagar, capital of the Ahom kings, Majuli Island with its Hindu monasteries, Kaziranga National Park, the the 6th century Da Parbatia temple with its exquisitely carved portal. Board cycle rickshaws to take us through the bazaars to Cole Park with its collection of medieval stone carvings in Tezpur, the silk weaving village of Sualkuchi the centre of Assamese silk production, The erotic carving temple Madan Kamdev outskirts of Guwahati.
Ship – II / Sukapha (October To April)
A 10-night cruise from Neamati to Guwahati, including Sibsagar, capital of the Ahom kings, Majuli Island with its Hindu monasteries, Kaziranga National Park, the the 6th century Da Parbatia temple with its exquisitely carved portal. Board cycle rickshaws to take us through the bazaars to Cole Park with its collection of medieval stone carvings in Tezpur, the silk weaving village of Sualkuchi the centre of Assamese silk production, The erotic carving temple Madan Kamdev outskirts of Guwahati.
Full itinerary details available on request.
Assam Despatch 7 (Brahmaputra Taster)
Ship – Charaidew II / Sukapha (October To April)
This 4 night out-and-back cruise provides a fascinating taster of Assam, with visits to the famous Kamakhaya Temple, villages and to the rarely visited Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, where you will venture through the jungle in search of the Great Indian One-Horned Rhinoceros. It is also available as a 3-night one-way cruise to Pobitora with road transfer onwards to Kaziranga.
Ship – Charaidew II / Sukapha (October To April)
This 4 night out-and-back cruise provides a fascinating taster of Assam, with visits to the famous Kamakhaya Temple, villages and to the rarely visited Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, where you will venture through the jungle in search of the Great Indian One-Horned Rhinoceros. It is also available as a 3-night one-way cruise to Pobitora with road transfer onwards to Kaziranga.
Full itinerary details available on request.
