North Eastern states of India are still a mystery and full of surprises for you on your trip here.

Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura are the original Seven Sisters.

220 languages are spoken into North East. Northeast is the only part of India that the Mughal Empire could not conquer. Except for Assam and Nagaland, Many of the north eastern states are not connected to railways. Just imagine a life without connecting to outer world.

Recommended Itinerary Circuits

MEGHALAYA

Guwahati - Shillong - Cherrapunjee

Guwahati - Shillong - Mawysnram - Mawlynnong – Cherrapunjee

Kaziranga

ARUNACHAL PRADESH

Majuli – Nameri - Sibasagar

Bhalukpong - Dirang - Tawang - Bomdila - Tezpur

Itanagar - Ziro - Doparjio

Aalo - Mechuka - Pasighat - Itanagar

NAGALAND

Kohima – Manipur

Imphal – Moreh Border

Visit

From October to April. The monsoon from May to September offers an exhilarating experience of getting drenched in Cherrapunjee, "the wettest place on earth".

Temperature

A few of Unknown facts about North East

Meghalaya

  • Majority of the state of Meghalaya is hilly and mountain. Altitude is so high that clouds enter the houses. Because of this Meghalaya is called “Abode of Clouds”.

  • Krem Liat Prah is the India’s longest cave system which is 22kms long, located in Jaintia Hills in the state of Meghalaya.

  • Meghalaya is famous for roots bridges of Cherrapunjee. They are made of living roots of tree to give the form of hanging suspension bridge. Some of these bridges have two storeys.

  • Mawlynnong in Meghalaya is the cleanest village in entire Asia.

Assam

  • Margherita is not just a pizza, but it is the name of the town where the only “Coal Museum” of India is situated.

  • Jatinga, a village near Haflong, Assam, is a mysterious place where birds are known to commit mass suicide.

  • Mayong, known for being a land of sorcery, witchcraft and black magic. People can actually vanish into air.

  • Muga, the Golden Silk of Assam, is not produced anywhere else in the World.

  • Brahmaputra is not only the largest river in India, but it is also the only 'male' river and passes through three countries. 

  • The world's largest river island, the Majuli and the world's smallest river island, Umananda both are in the Northeast.

Arunachal Pradesh

  • Dong, a very tiny village in the most eastern border of Arunachal Pradesh, is the village that receives the first ray of sunlight in India.

  • Sessa Orchid Sanctuary, is the only orchid sanctuary in India, and it has more than 200 orchid species.

  • Arunachal Pradesh have a lake named after Madhuri Dixit after she shooted there for koyla film. Its original name is Shungetsar lake.

Manipur

  • BHOOT JHOLOKIA, the hottest chilli.

  • IZZAT DHABI in Manipur, if you elope a girl on consent and if she changed her decision on next day. You will have to pay lakhs together to her family as IZZAT DHABI or either go jail, strange but true.

Mizoram

  • The Tropic of Cancer runs through Mizoram, nearly at the very middle of it.

  • Mizoram faces a unique problem of rats called 'Rat Floods'. At every 48 years, a particular species of bamboo flowers, after which the population of rats increase tremendously, enough to destroy entire villages, farmlands and farm yields.

Nagaland

  • Guinness book of world record on largest number of guitarist holds by Nagaland.

  • Tragopan bird is available only in Nagaland in the world.

Tripura

  • Tripura is geographically isolated, and is connected to the rest of India by only one road - NH44.

  • The only state in India with no cinema theatre.

Interested to Know More