Brahmaputra cruises feature visits and attractions such as wildlife viewing (both by jeep and on elephant back), village walks, visits to tea gardens, exploring country towns in cycle rickshaws, barbecues on deserted river islands, dance performances, and visits to craft workshops.

Between October and April we offer a combination of 7-night, 10-night and 4-night cruises, named for the Assam Despatch service, the daily mail-cum-passenger service that once plied from Calcutta up the Brahmaputra to Dibrugarh. Cruises can be combined to give durations up to 14 nights. The cruises are as follows:

ASSAM DESPATCH 2 - RHINOS AND MORE
This 7-night cruise starts at Guwahati and terminates at Silghat near Tezpur and Kaziranga. Highlights are the Orang and Kaziranga National Parks, and temples in Tezpur. See more

ASSAM DESPATCH 3 - RIVER ISLAND CRUISE
This cruise on the highest reaches of the Brahmaputra still navigable highlights the unique culture of the area, fusing Indian and S.E. Asian influences, with a visit to Sibsagar, the old capital of the Ahom kings, as well as to Majuli Island with its unique Hindu monastic communities famous for their dance drama. Wildlife is not forgotten, and the cruise also visits Kaziranga, where sightings of rhino are virtually guaranteed. See more

ASSAM DESPATCH 7 - BRAHMAPUTRA TASTER
This 4 night out-and-back cruise provides a fascinating taster of Assam, with visits to villages and to the rarely visited Orang National Park, where you will venture through the jungle in search of the Great Indian One-Horned Rhinoceros. It is also available as a 3-night one-way cruise to Orang with road transfer onwards to Kaziranga. See more

WILD ASSAM
Wild Assam combines stays in both our Manas and our Kaziranga lodges with a 3-night river cruise, to make a perfect one-week introduction to Assam’s National Parks and wilderness areas. See More