Choose Your Cruise On River Brahmaputra....
You will fall in love.all over again.
You will fall in love.all over again.
You will wake up in a different place every day.
You are constantly moving from one place to the other without lifting a finger.
You can laze laze laze all you want.
You will visit some far-flung and fascinating places.
You will be surprised by the most unexpected natural elements.
And if you care you will also steer a ship on the river.
Welcome to River-Cruising on the Brahmaputra the floating-hotel-ride of a lifetime!
Not to take away the element of surprise from it but let me whet your appetite and warn you of what you could be missing.
Worlds largest river-island Majuli; pink playful Dolphins; Wildlife Safari in the Kaziranga National Park and Manas National Park and tons more all aboard a river-cruise-liner- ship!
Pick a month between October and March, pack light and pack right with imperatives and prepare to set sail aboard a ship for a few days with these pointers in mind:
Set your expectations right know what to expect:
o There would be 15-30 other passengers on the Ship. You can expect foreigners too.
o Most ships would be double deck with living quarters below and a canopied open deck above with reclined beach chairs for lazing around and for sightseeing. For photographing some great sights along the way, you must park yourself here. Its a great place to hang out at sunset with a bottle of chill beer or wine or both!
o The ship would stop at few prime places where youre expected to get off and explore the locale on foot or on elephant-back. You would have few opportunities to shop. Keep cash handy.
o As you would be going into thick forests of the National Parks and even do shore-excursions of walk-throughs of villages, you must carry mosquito and snake repellent, and carry two pairs of footwear one for the ship and the other for trekking on land in villages or in forests. Umbrellas, caps, sunshades, sun block, first-aid kit are imperatives.
o River waterways are calmer than ocean cruisers. These river-ships being smaller than ocean-liners wont have casinos but most ships have in-house cultural programs. You have the liberty and choice to do whatever you please. Bring board-games or a juicy book. Or just park yourself on the deck and soak in the cruise, the ambience, the river and the scenery and mingle with your co-cruisers.
o Food menu would be limited to a pre-set list of dishes. Obviously as Assam is tourism-centric, you can count on food being good. Some cruise-lines offer barbeque dinners on islands.Most river-cruise-ship stock a good bar onboard.
o There would be insightful information given by the tour-guide atop the deck when he addresses the whole tour-group.
Carry a camera with wide angle lens and zoom lens on a tripod stand and remote clicker to plant your camera firm and click pictures without having to look through the eye-piece each time. Also find a way to connect the camera to your laptop so you can see your images on the big screen right away as theyre being clicked. Dont forget your binoculars.
Take domestic travel insurance. What if you need it on the trip but you dont have it?
Know the terrain youre about to tread:
o Its river all the way people with occasional stopovers on land. So motion-sickness folks please excuse.
o Explore the worlds largest river-island Majuli Island.
o Thick riverine forests of Kaziranga National Park and Manas National Park inhabited by wildlife such as the single-horned Rhino, Tiger and Elephants.
o Historically religious sites of Hajo and Vishnath.
o Tribal Village tourism of Assam.
o Tea garden-treks.
by: hoparoundindia
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