Assam
8 destinations scored for every month — sorted by this month's score
पूर्वोत्तर का प्रवेश द्वार — प्राचीन कामाख्या मंदिर, ब्रह्मपुत्र नदी क्रूज़, और सात बहनों का चौराहा।
Hot 20-32°C. Rongali Bihu (mid-April) — Assamese New Year. Biggest festival.
दुनिया का सबसे बड़ा बसा हुआ नदी द्वीप — वैष्णव मठ, मुखौटा बनाना, और ब्रह्मपुत्र से लड़ती संस्कृति।
Hot 18-32°C. Bihu celebrations. Pre-monsoon.
UNESCO World Heritage Project Tiger reserve — one-horned rhino, pygmy hog (world's smallest wild pig), golden langur
April is Manas before the curtain falls — the park stays open but the heat starts winning.
भारत का 43वाँ UNESCO विश्व धरोहर स्थल — असम के पिरामिड, अहोम वंश के 600 वर्षों के शाही समाधि टीले।
Pre-monsoon. 18-33°C. Hot, occasional rain.
Only hill station in Assam — Jatinga, the village where birds mysteriously crash-land at night during monsoon
April tests your heat tolerance — Haflong trades cool charm for sticky warmth.
Tea capital of the world — Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary (India's only hoolock gibbon habitat), gateway to Majuli island
April heats Jorhat up but Bihu keeps the energy higher than the temperature.
दुनिया की एक सींग वाले गैंडे की राजधानी — UNESCO स्थल, भारत में सबसे ज़्यादा बाघ घनत्व।
Hot 18-30°C. Grass tall. Sightings harder. Park closes late April or May.
600-year Ahom dynasty capital — Rang Ghar (Asia's oldest amphitheatre), Talatal Ghar (underground palace with escape tunnels), Sivadol (tallest Shiva temple in India)
April is Sivasagar sweating through its biggest party — Bihu is worth the heat if culture moves you.