India’s Northeast is green, mountainous and culturally distinct, and still blissfully uncrowded. Some areas need permits; plan ahead.
Tea estates, the UNESCO toy train and sunrise over Kanchenjunga, the world’s third-highest mountain.
Oct-Nov, Mar-May 2-3 days
A clean, green Himalayan state of monasteries, high lakes and snow peaks.
Oct-Dec, Mar-May 4-6 days
The “abode of clouds”: living root bridges, crystal-clear rivers, waterfalls and some of the wettest places on earth.
Jun-Apr 4-6 days
Home to most of the world’s greater one-horned rhinos, plus wild elephants, water buffalo and tigers.
Nov-Apr 2 days
India’s largest Buddhist monastery, above 3,000 m near the Bhutan and Tibet borders, reached over the dramatic Sela Pass.
Sep-Nov, Mar-Jun 5-6 days
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