Assam Despatch 7-Short Brahmaputra Cruise

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Assam Despatch 7-Short Brahmaputra Cruise

Duration: 5 Days / 4 Nights

Route:

Guwahati Ganesh Pahar Orang National Park

5 Days: Ex Guwahati - with R V Chairadev / Sukhapa

Arrive Guwahati and enjoy a short tour of the city before visiting the Tantric Kamakhaya Temple and the poignant Commonwealth War Cemetery. Boarding your riverboat, cruise upstream to Kurua and the idyllic village of Ganesh Pahar framed by jungle-clad hills. Leaving the hills behind the landscape flattens out as you cruise past sand islands, visiting a riverine village along the way. In the distance the snow-capped Himalayas offer a dramatic backdrop. At Orang National Park you can sight rhino, deer and other wildlife on elephant backs or jeep safaris. Cruise back to Guwahati where this tour ends.

GUWAHATI – ROUND TRIP

Day 1: Arrive Guwahati. Sightseeing and transfer to riverboat (D)
Day 2: Cruise to Ganesh Pahar (BLD)
Day 3: Sand islands and village visit (BLD)
Day 4: Orang National Park on elephant or jeep safari (BLD)
Day 5: Tour ends. Transfer to Guwahati airport (B)

Day 1:

You’ll be met at Guwahati airport and taken on a short sightseeing tour of the city. Drive up Nilachal Hill to see the holy Kamakhaya temple. With its tantric rites and animal sacrifice, the more squeamish may prefer to content themselves with the exterior. Visit the poignant Commonwealth War Graves cemetery. Finally walk through a local market before embarking on your cruise vessel. We set sail and cruise for about an hour and a half upstream to Kurua on the north bank.

Day 2:

The day is spent cruising upstream, with hills rising on either side. Battling against strong currents, we reach an idyllic stop at Ganesh Pahar, where we can explore a delightfully serene hinterland lying under jungle-covered slopes.

Day 3:

Leaving the hills behind, we enjoy our first taste of the wilderness experience, sand banks like icebergs on either side. We may make a short stop to visit a bankside village, creating a sensation as we do. We moor for the night in a lunar landscape of sand islands, with the Himalayas in view and providing a contrasting backdrop in the distance.

Day 4:

Rising early, we take to our country boat for another cruise up a side stream, this time into the Orang National Park. Here in this rarely visited park we mount elephants or take jeeps and ride through forest and grassland looking for rhino, deer and other wildlife. Those departing today are picked up from the park and driven on to Kaziranga. The rest return to the ship, head downstream again, and moor for the night close to Ganesh Pahar.

Day 5:

We make the scenic approach to Guwahati, with jungle-covered hills rising to either side. We dock at around 1000 hrs, and are transferred to the airport for an afternoon onward flight.

About the Vessel

Riverships RV Chairadew and RV Sukapha offer spacious cabin accommodation with locally-made soft furnishings and ensuite facilities. Built in British colonial style, the riverships offer cabin accommodation on the upper deck, along with the bar and saloon with French windows opening onto a front balcony deck. A dining room with full length opening glass doors on each side is on the lower deck, serving a delicious variety of Assamese and continental cuisine. A large top sundeck offers additional comfortable open-air seating in shade or sun.

Rivership specifications:
* Length: 38m * Beam: 8.5m * Cabins: 12 * Cabin size: 15.4sqm

Departure Dates

2009: 25 Oct, 27 Oct, 22 Nov, 08 Dec, 20 Dec
2010: 03 Jan, 10 Jan, 12 Jan, 09 Feb, 14 Feb, 09 Mar, 14 Mar, 11 April, 05 Oct, 02 Nov,30 Nov,28 Dec
2011: 25 Jan, 22 Feb, 22 Mar, 19 April