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ARUNACHAL PRADESH Arunachal
Pradesh, unspoilt, green and safe lies in India's North East bordering
China (Tibet), Bhutan and Myanmar. Arunachal Pradesh offers a broad spectrum
of interests from snow-capped mountains, free flowing streams and rivers
to tribal people with their customs still living in their traditional
villages to rich flora and fauna that has started attracting tourists
from all over the world. Jungle
Travels offers exciting package tours covering Trekking to Gorichen base
and Banganjang wildlife viewing, jeep safaris through hill tracks and
tribal villages, angling and sightseeing of Tawang, Ziro and other places
of tourist interest. BEST TIME TO VlSlT Mid
September to mid December, then again, from mid March to mid June is considered
the best time to visit Arunachal for trekking when the sky is clear and
the cold weather is bearable. December, January and February months are
bitter cold months when upper regions of Arunachal are under heavy snow
and temperatures below minus zero degree. HOW
TO REACH
Guwahati is the gateway
to the North East including Arunachal Pradesh. Guwahati is well connected
by train and air both from Delhi and Calcutta. Jungle Travels head office
is located in Guwahati and Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh Jungle Travels
staff will meet you on arrival and arrange transfer to your destination. WHAT
TO BRlNG We suggest you travel
light. It is advisable to bring warm clothes like sweaters and jackets
as you may face single digit temperatures, which at times go below zero
degree. Walking shoes, binoculars, insect repellent, personal medical
requirement, and torchlight will come handy. ENTRY
FORMALlTlES Indian tourists wishing
to visit Arunachal Pradesh require an Inner Line Permit, which will be
arranged by Jungle Travels. Foreign Tourists require Protected Area Permit
valid for a maximum stay of 10 days. This must be obtained at the Indian
Missions/Embassy abroad if you are visiting the North East. Foreign tourists
are allowed to visit Arunachal Pradesh in groups of minimum 4 persons
on the recognised tour circuits and all travel arrangements should be
arranged by a recognised travel agency. ACCOMMODATlON Accommodation will
be in tented camps provided by Eco Camp (at Bhalukpong) and Jungle Travels
elsewhere. These tented accommodations are basic but clean. Toilets are
not attached. Wherever available we have also used government Tourist
lodges / Circuit houses in Arunachal. FlELD
GUlDES Experienced field
guides will accompany you from Guwahati. We have a team of experienced
guides and naturalists who know the area. TREKKING
IN ARUNACHAL Jungle Travels offers
exciting package tours covering trekking to Gorichen and Banganjag, nature
walks through hill tracts and tribal villages, sightseeing of Tawang,
Ziro and other places of tourist interest.
Itineraries 1.
EAST HIMALAYAN MONASTIC TOUR (6 Nights/7 Days) ITINERARY Guwahati - Bomdila - Tawang - Bomdila - Guwahati. Day 01 : ARRIVE GUWAHATI BY AIR Meet and assist by Jungle Travels staff at the airport. Transfer to your Hotel. Lunch upon arrival. Evening visit 'Kalakshetra', a place where Assamese history and culture is depicted in a sprawling enclosure. Return to hotel. Dinner and overnight. Day 02 : GUWAHATI - BOMDILA We will be driving up to Bomdila in Arunachal Pradesh today at an altitude of 8000 ft. Check into your hotel on arrival. Afternoon visit Gompas(monastery) market. Return to the hotel. Dinner and overnight. Day 03 : BOMDILA - TAWANG After breakfast we drive to Tawang at 10200 ft. On the way we will be crossing the Sela Pass at 14000 ft, the highest motorable pass in the Northeast. Check into Private Lodge. Evening walk around Tawang town. Dinner and overnight. Day 04 : TAWANG Today
we will visit the famous 400 year old Tawang Monastery of the Mahayana
sect of Buddhism. Intermingle with the lamas ( monks ). Other interesting
places are Nunneries, Kushinang - the birth place of the 6th Dalai Lama,
Art & Craft center. Afternoon visit a MONPA village, the local tribe
of this area. Evening visit market. Dinner and overnight. Day
05 : TAWANG - BOMDILA Day 06 : BOMDILA - GUWAHATI We come down from the lofty mountains to the plains of Assam as we drive down to Guwahati. Check into your Hotel. Evening visit emporiums to pick up souvenirs. Dinner and overnight. Day
07 : AIRPORT TRANSFER THE TOUR ENDS 2.
HILL TREKS & TRIBALS ITINERARY Guwahati-
Itanagar - Ziro - Daporijo - Along - Pasighat – Dibrugarh Day
01 : ARRIVE GUWAHATI BY AIR Meet and assist by Jungle Travels staff at the airport. Transfer
to your Hotel. Lunch upon arrival. Evening visit 'Kalakshetra', a place
where Assamese history and culture is depicted in a sprawling enclosure.
Return to hotel. Dinner and overnight. Day 02 : GUWAHATI - ITANAGAR After breakfast leave for Itanagar. Lunch on the way. On arrival check into your Hotel. Dinner and overnight. Day 03 : ITANAGAR - ZIRO Today after breakfast we will visit 'Itafort', (from which the city
has derived its name) ruins from the 15th century, then set off for Ziro.
Visit a village inhabited by NISHI tribes. Lunch on the way. Check into
your Hotel. Evening visit local market. Return to hotel. Dinner and overnight. Day 04 : ZIRO - DAPORIJO After
breakfast we will be visiting APATANI villages and then proceed to Daporijo.
Enroute we will visit TAGIN and HILL MIRI villages. On arrival check into
Government Lodge. Afternoon the Meghna Cave Temple, some distance from
Daporijo. Check into Circuit House/Lodge. Dinner and overnight. Day 05 : DAPORIJO - ALONG After
breakfast in the morning we drive to Along. The main tribe of this area
is ADI GALLONG. We will visit their villages on the way. On reaching Along
we will visit local market and museum. Check into hotel. Dinner and overnight.
Day 06 : ALONG - PASIGHAT We are going to Pasighat today. Visit more villages on the way. On arrival we check into hotel. Evening sight seeing of Pasighat town. Dinner and overnight. Day
07 : PASIGHAT - DIBRUGARH After
breakfast we start our journey to Dibrugarh. Along the way we will cross
the mighty Brahmaputra river by ferry. Check into a tea guest house. Evening
walk around Dibrugarh town. Dinner and overnight. Day 08 : AIRPORT TRANSFER After breakfast visit
a tea garden and then you will be transfered to Dibrugarh airport to your
catch outoing flight. THE TOUR ENDS 3.
HILL
TREKS & TRIBALS
(
Extended 13 Nights/ 14 Days) ITINERARY Guwahati- Itanagar - Ziro - Daporijo - Along - Pasighat - Dibrugarh
- Khonsa - Longding - Khonsa - Dibrugarh Day 01 : ARRIVE GUWAHATI BY AIR Meet and
assist by Jungle Travels staff at the airport. Transfer to your Hotel.
Lunch upon arrival. Evening visit 'Kalakshetra', a place where Assamese
history and culture is depicted in a sprawling enclosure. Return to hotel.
Dinner and overnight. Day 02 : GUWAHATI – ITANAGAR After
breakfast leave for Itanagar. Lunch on the way. On arrival check into
your Hotel. Dinner and overnight. Day 03 : ITANAGAR - ZIRO Today after breakfast we will visit 'Itafort', (from which the city has derived its name) ruins from the 15th century, then set off for Ziro. Visit a village inhabited by NISHI tribes. Lunch on the way. Check into your Hotel. Evening visit local market. Return to hotel. Dinner and overnight. Day 04 : ZIRO - DAPORIJO After
breakfast we will be visiting APATANI villages and then proceed to Daporijo.
Enroute we will visit TAGIN and HILL MIRI villages. On arrival check into
Government Lodge. Afternoon the Meghna Cave Temple, some distance from
Daporijo. Check into Circuit House/Lodge. Dinner and overnight. Day 05 : DAPORIJO - ALONG After breakfast in the morning we drive to Along. The main tribe
of this area is ADI GALLONG. We will visit their villages on the way.
On reaching Along we will visit local market and museum. Check into hotel.
Dinner and overnight. Day 06 : ALONG - PASIGHAT We are going to Pasighat
today. Visit more villages on the way. On arrival we check into hotel.
Evening sight seeing of Pasighat town. Dinner and overnight. Day
08 : DIBRUGARH - KHONSA Day 10 : KHONSA - LONGDING
After breakfast we
proceed to Longding. On the way drop in at Wakka village. On arrival check
into Circuit House. Dinner and overnight. Day 11 : LONGDING Drive to Dibrugarh and check into hotel or the tea garden bungalow once again. Evening walk around Dibrugarh town. Dinner and overnight. Day 14 : AIRPORT TRANSFER After breakfast visit nearby tea garden and see tea manufacture. After early lunch drive to Dibrugarh airport to catch out going flight. THE TOUR ENDS
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