ITINERARY 05: ASSAM TEA TOUR (3 Nights / 4 Days)
Best Time To visit: October to April

DAY 01. ASSAM
Arrive Dibrugarh airport and transferred to Mancotta Heritage Chang Bungalow (20 kms/30mins) in the midst of a rolling tea garden. Evening enjoy a dance performance by an ethnic dance group on the bungalow lawns. Overnight at the Chang Bungalow.
                               
DAY 02. ASSAM
After breakfast, we take you on a tour, around a tea estate to learn all about tea – its origin, how it is grown and all about tea tasting and its quality. Thereafter drive on to the river front and take a boat cruise on the mighty Brahmaputra River in a country boat. Cruise upto a beach island in the midst of the river. Enroute there is a possibility of your sighting flocks of migratory water birds and the elusive Gangetic River Dolphin. Enjoy the view of the Eastern Himalayas and take a nature walk in the vast expanse of grasslands surrounding the island and enjoy your picnic lunch.  Return to the mainland and visit a weaving centre to see traditional looms and the weaving of silk textiles of Assam, famous all over the world. Evening option to go for shopping. Overnight at the Chang Bungalow.

Please note that there is no tea plucking between December and mid March and hence the actual manufacturing process of tea cannot be demonstrated when one visits the factory during this period. Factory also remains closed on Monday’s of the week.

DAY 03. ASSAM
Excursion to Sivasagar and visit the Ahom monuments (80 kms / 2 hrs). Return to Dibrugarh in the evening. Dinner and overnight at the Chang Bungalow.

DAY 04. ASSAM
Transfer to Dibrugarh airport (20 kms/ 45 mins) to board flight for onward destination.