Brahmaputra River Cruise Destinations

The Brahmaputra threads through Assam’s wildlife, island monasteries and tea country. Here are the highlights.

Kaziranga National Park

A UNESCO World Heritage site and the beating heart of the cruise — home to the world’s largest population of one-horned rhinos, plus tigers and elephants, explored by jeep safari.

Majuli Island

The world’s largest inhabited river island and the center of Assam’s neo-Vaishnavite culture — satra monasteries, mask-makers, dance and pottery villages.

Tea gardens & Tezpur

The emerald tea estates that made Assam famous, plus the ancient town of Tezpur with its legends and riverside parks.

Sivasagar

Capital of the six-century Ahom kingdom — grand temples, palaces and the vast Sivasagar tank, a window into a little-known Indian dynasty.

Guwahati

The gateway city — the hilltop Kamakhya Temple, the Brahmaputra’s island shrine of Umananda and bustling riverfront markets.

Flights to Assam land in Guwahati, where most voyages begin; for the night before, try Guwahati hotels.

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