Shillong Kaziranga Tour Packages

A combination of enthralling forests and chilly mountains are the best for enjoying the holidays. A Shillong-Kaziranga Tour Package offers you both, within budget and taking into consideration time constraints. Lakes, mountains, birds and animals, tribal food and culture, camping and safari, get everything together in this package and enjoy it to the fullest.

Places To Visit

Shillong and Kaziranga both are full of tourist attractions to visit and have a pleasurable vacation. While choosing from the best places can be tough, it is absolutely necessary to plan your trip right. Here are a few places you should definitely add to your itinerary of Shillong Kaziranga Tour package.

Kaziranga National Park

Home to the famous one horned Indian Rhinos, this 430sqkm area of biodiversity is a must visit for anyone nearby. Rather, this is the hotspot that attracts adventure seekers, wildlife lovers and tourists alike to experience the UNESCO world heritage site.

Umiam Lake

A man made reservoir located 15 kms from Shillong is one of the most pleasant and mesmerizing places to visit. The green east Khasi hills and adjacent picnic park attracts hundreds of people, tourists and locals alike, every day.

Tea Gardens

The tea gardens of Assam are world famous. Hathkhuli, Methoni, Difalu, Borchapori and Behora tea gardens are a common and compulsory tourist attracting spots. Spend some time among the huge blankets of tea plantations and take away memoirs for your friends and family.

Elephant Falls

One of the most popular tourist destinations in Shillong, Elephant falls is located about 12 kms away from the city centre. A combination of three waterfalls joining to form one, this rightly overrated tourist hotspot can be reached by shared, public and rented vehicles easily.

Panbari Reserve Forest

Located in the Golaghat district, this reserve is often underestimated than its counterparts. Although, this is the home for a variety of rare species of animals and birds including crested goshawk, rufous gorgeted flycat, great Indian hornbill, crow billed drongo.

Best Time To Visit

Summer (March - June)

Pleasantly cool, the summer months are favored by tourists for the trip to Shillong-Kaziranaga. The hill station of Shillong offers verdant greenery and crisp, fresh mountain air to lure the tourists. Kaziranga remains open till the end of April. It is the perfect time to spot wildlife.

Monsoon (July - September)

Due to heavy rains the Brahmaputra gets flooded and so Kaziranga remains closed in monsoon. Shillong also receives heavy downpour during the rainy season.

Winter (October - March)

This is the time for colourful festivals in Shillong like the Autumn Festival and the Nongkrem Dance Festival. Kaziranga National Park opens from 1st November every year. Winter is the perfect time to enjoy Jungle Safari.

Shillong

As it is a hill station, the preferable tourism months range from September to May as the stays extremely pleasant and comfortable. During these months, the roads are crowded by tourists from all over the country, trying to get away from the warm tropical climates.

Kaziranga

Kaziranga National Park should definitely be visited from November to April. It is important to choose your dates right on this one, as it is a protected national park, it remains closed for tourists from 15th June to 15th October for the animals’ breeding.

How To Reach

By Air

You can book a flight up to Guwahati, and take a cab to Shillong or Kaziranga. Direct flights till Shillong are also available, although they are less in number and cost more.

By Rail

There are numerous trains to Guwahati station from where cabs and shared vehicles till both Kaziranga and Shillong are readily available.

By Road

Although the journey is quite tiresome, many people often enjoy the long drives and curved roads while travelling all the way to Shillong, Kaziranga and other northeast tourist destinations.