Compact NE Circuit (7 Days)

09:00 AM – Arrive Guwahati Airport/Railway

10:00 AM – Kamakhya Temple — one of India's most sacred Shakti temples, hilltop complex

12:00 PM – Lunch at Paradise Restaurant (Assamese fish curry)

02:00 PM – Brahmaputra Riverfront (Fancy Bazaar Ghat)

04:00 PM – Evening Brahmaputra cruise (sunset recommended)

Overnight: Guwahati

08:00 AM – Depart for Shillong (100 km, ~3 hrs)

10:30 AM – Umiam Lake (Barapani) — boating on Meghalaya's largest lake

11:30 AM – Arrive Shillong, check-in & lunch

02:00 PM – Don Bosco Museum — 7-floor museum of NE India cultures (₹50)

04:00 PM – Ward's Lake & Police Bazaar evening walk

Overnight: Shillong

07:30 AM – Drive to Cherrapunji (54 km, ~1.5 hrs)

09:00 AM – Nohkalikai Falls — India's tallest plunge waterfall (340m)

10:30 AM – Seven Sisters Falls (Nohsngithiang) — 7-stream cascade

11:30 AM – Mawsmai Cave — limestone stalactite cave

01:30 PM – Lunch, Eco Park viewpoint over Bangladesh

04:00 PM – Return to Shillong

Overnight: Shillong

08:00 AM – Depart Shillong for Kaziranga (220 km, ~5–6 hrs via NH-6 & NH-27)

02:00 PM – Check-in resort, rest & lunch

03:30 PM – Afternoon jeep safari — Central Range (one-horned rhinos, elephants)

05:30 PM – Kaziranga Orchid Park

Overnight: Kohora, Kaziranga

05:30 AM – Morning elephant safari — Eastern Range (best sunrise wildlife views)

08:00 AM – Breakfast, check out

09:30 AM – Kaziranga Orchid & Biodiversity Park (briefly)

11:00 AM – Drive to Dimapur (200 km, ~5 hrs via NH-29)

04:00 PM – Arrive Dimapur, check-in & rest

Overnight: Dimapur (Nagaland)

08:00 AM – Drive to Kohima (74 km, ~2 hrs)

10:00 AM – Kohima War Cemetery — 14,000+ Commonwealth graves, WWII Battle of Kohima memorial

12:00 PM – Lunch at Kohima Market (try pork with smoked bamboo shoot — Naga specialty)

01:30 PM – Kisama Naga Heritage Village — traditional Naga morung (men's house), warrior statues

03:30 PM – Nagaland State Museum — tribal artifacts, war relics, Naga jewellery

05:00 PM – Kohima Market (hornbill crafts, tribal shawls)

Overnight: Kohima

09:00 AM – Kohima local bazaar — tribal shawls, local honey, handwoven bags

10:30 AM – Drive to Guwahati (310 km, ~7–8 hrs via NH-27)

En route stops at roadside dhabas

06:00 PM – Arrive Guwahati Airport/Railway for departure