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Assam

Capital: Dispur

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“Where rhinos roam free and rivers run wider than roads”

Kaziranga one-horned rhinos, Majuli river island, and tea gardens stretching to the horizon — the gateway to Northeast India.

What Assam is known for

Kaziranga — one-horned rhino capital of the world (UNESCO)

Majuli — world's largest river island

Tea gardens — produces over half of India's tea

Charaideo Moidams — "Pyramids of Assam" (UNESCO 2024)

Kamakhya Temple — powerful Shakti Peeth on Nilachal Hill

Must visit in Assam

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Kaziranga

UNESCO park — elephant safari to see one-horned rhinos

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Majuli

World's largest river island — satras, mask-making, cycling

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Guwahati

Kamakhya Temple, Brahmaputra cruise, gateway to Northeast

Regions within Assam

Kaziranga & Karbi

Guwahati & Kamakhya

Majuli & Upper Assam

Tezpur & Nameri

wildlife nature spiritual tea river

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All 8 Destinations in Assam

8 destinations

Guwahati

4/5

Gateway to the Northeast — ancient Kamakhya Temple, Brahmaputra river cruises, and the crossroads of seven sisters.

easy·55m·👶 4/5

Majuli

4/5

World's largest inhabited river island — Vaishnavite monasteries, mask-making, and a culture fighting the Brahmaputra.

easy·85m·👶 2/5

Manas National Park

4/5

UNESCO World Heritage Project Tiger reserve — one-horned rhino, pygmy hog (world's smallest wild pig), golden langur

easy·70m·👶 4/5

Charaideo Moidams

3/5

India's 43rd UNESCO World Heritage Site — the Pyramids of Assam, royal burial mounds of 600 years of Ahom Dynasty rule.

easy·120m·👶 3/5

Haflong

3/5

Only hill station in Assam — Jatinga, the village where birds mysteriously crash-land at night during monsoon

easy·680m·👶 4/5

Jorhat

3/5

Tea capital of the world — Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary (India's only hoolock gibbon habitat), gateway to Majuli island

easy·116m·👶 4/5

Kaziranga

3/5

One-horned rhino capital of the world — UNESCO site with the highest density of tigers in India.

easy·80m·👶 4/5

Sivasagar

3/5

600-year Ahom dynasty capital — Rang Ghar (Asia's oldest amphitheatre), Talatal Ghar (underground palace with escape tunnels), Sivadol (tallest Shiva temple in India)

easy·95m·👶 4/5

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