Boribooth Festival Tour

Package Overview

Tucked away in the far north-east of India, wedged between the borders of Bhutan, Burma and Tibet, Arunachal Pradesh is India’s newest and least-known state. Before the region was elevated to statehood in 1986, Arunachal Pradesh, along with Assam, Nagaland and 4 other states was known as the North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA). Except for occasional forays by administrators and anthropologists during the time of the British, nothing much was known about this area for most of the 20th century. The isolation of the North East Frontier Agency was legally safeguarded by India's own government; before laws permitting limited tourism were passed in 1995, even Indian citizens were not allowed to visit.

The North East Frontier Agency lands never belonged to ancient India. They were, and still are, peopled by Mongoloid and Mon-Khmer austere stock, far removed from Aryan-Dravidian blood of the mainstream. The people here are animists (except the area of Tawang where they accepted Buddhism); in the Highlands, wild Burmese tribes enthusiastically practiced indiscriminate headhunting until as late as the fifties. To the north, Mongoloid tribals, bare-bodied in breech-clouts, are today still encountering “civilization".

Nagaland is almost entirely inhabited by 16 groups of Tibeto-Burmese tribes. Among them are Angamis, Aos, Konyaks, Kukis, Lothas, Semas and Wanchus.

The Nagas, who were once head hunters, have been known for their fierceness and the regular raids they made on Assam and Burma. The warring tribes believed that since the enemy’s animated soul, waha, was to be found at the nape of the neck, it could only be set free once beheaded. However, since the spritual soul, mio, resided in the head and brought good fortune, enemy heads (and those of dead comrades) were prized as they could add to a community’s own store of dead ancestors.

The hilltop villages are protected by stone walls. The morung, a meeting house, acts as a boy’s dormitory, and is used for storing weapons and once displayed the prizes of war i.e. the enemy heads. The huge sacred drum, which stands by each morung is hallowed out tree trunk carved to resemble a buffalo head.

Day wise Itinerary

• Day 1 : Arrive Guwahati- ECO CAMP (By surface approx. 260 Kms/6 Hrs)

  you will be welcomed by our accompanying local guide at Guwahati airport and Visit Kamkaya temple and Shulkuch village famous for silk drive back to eco camp Namari
  
  On arrival, check-in to the Namari eco camp

  • Themes Wildlife Sanctuaries & National Parks
• Day 2 : Eco Camp to Ziro (By surface approx. 36Kms/07-08Hrs)

  Enroute visit Buddhist monastery and measum local market Later drive to Ziro. On arrival, check-in to the hotel.
  One of the most beautiful hill station of Arunachal Pradesh, located at about 1500 metres above mean sea level in the midst of the pine clad mountains. Ziro is the headquarter of Lower Subansiri District inhabited by more than have 50,000 friendly Apatani’s people. The land of Apatani’s is a valley, uneven and dotted with a number of hillocks beneath the lust paddy field.
  Overnight in the Hotel Blue Pine /Ziro valley resort

  • Themes Wildlife Sanctuaries & National Parks
• Day 3 : Early morning drive to Raga 60km

  Early morning drive to Raga 60km 2 hrs drive visit Festival and Back to ZiroThere is no Accommodation in Raga Village. the have only government guest house difficulties to get Accommodation if client want to stay local house I will arrange or tented Accommodation
  
  VISIT BORI BOOTH FESTIVAL AT RAGA VILLAGE Dated of bori Booth Festival .
  
  During these 03 days, we will also take a excursion to visit Hill Miri Tribal villagesand Festival towards Raga.
  Early morning drive to Raga 60km 2 hrs drive visit Festival and Back to Ziro
  There is no Accommodation in Raga Village. the have only government guest house difficulties to get Accommodation if client want to stay local house I will arrange or tented Accommodation

  • Themes Wildlife Sanctuaries & National Parks
• Day 4 : Early morning drive to Raga 60km

  Early morning drive to Raga 60km 2 hrs drive visit Festival and Back to Ziro There is no Accommodation in Raga Village. the have only government guest house difficulties to get Accommodation if client want to stay local house I will arrange or tented Accommodation
  
  VISIT BORI BOOTH FESTIVAL AT RAGA VILLAGE Dated of bori Booth Festival .
  
  During these 03 days, we will also take a excursion to visit Hill Miri Tribal villagesand Festival towards Raga.
  Early morning drive to Raga 60km 2 hrs drive visit Festival and Back to Ziro
  There is no Accommodation in Raga Village. the have only government guest house difficulties to get Accommodation if client want to stay local house I will arrange or tented Accommodation

  • Themes Wildlife Sanctuaries & National Parks
• Day 5 : Early morning drive to Raga 60km

  Early morning drive to Raga 60km 2 hrs drive visit Festival and Back to ZiroThere is no Accommodation in Raga Village. the have only government guest house difficulties to get Accommodation if client want to stay local house I will arrange or tented Accommodation
  
  VISIT BORI BOOTH FESTIVAL AT RAGA VILLAGE Dated of bori Booth Festival .
  
  During these 03 days, we will also take a excursion to visit Hill Miri Tribal villages and Festival towards Raga.
  Early morning drive to Raga 60km 2 hrs drive visit Festival and Back to Ziro
  There is no Accommodation in Raga Village. the have only government guest house difficulties to get Accommodation if client want to stay local house I will arrange or tented Accommodation

  • Themes Wildlife Sanctuaries & National Parks
• Day 6 : Ziro

  Using Ziro as a base, the entire 02 days are spent visiting the Hong and other Apatani Villages. Everywhere we go we are warmly welcomed. As E.T. Dalton noted in 1845, “The men do not rejoice in much drapery, they wear a girdle of canework painted red which hangs behind in long bushy tail.” Just as the tail is the distinctive part of the male dress, so is the nose plug peculiar to the Apatani women. It is the ambition of each woman to wear the largest possible nose plugs, which are made of wood. Both sexes extensively tattoo their faces. Each sect has distinctive features. Their hats, clothes, ornaments, language and even physical features are totally different.

  • Themes Wildlife Sanctuaries & National Parks
• Day 7 : Ziro – Doporijo to

  Departing early in the morning, we descend from the Ziro plateau and drive along the Kamla River valley through dense jungle country, passing picturesque villages of Nishis and the Hill Miris tribes. We’ll visit MuriMugli, a Hill Miris tribe, and if road conditions are good we will continue another eight miles on a mountain dirt road to Noori, a small traditional village of the same people. The Ghansi sect of the Miris that we encounter here are of short stature, scantily dressed with a sleeveless jacket and loincloths.  They will usually carry woven cane knapsacks and a dao (broad sword) along with bow and arrows.  The Panibotias, another sect of the Miris that we will meet, are just the opposite: tall, well-built people.  Continue driving to Daporijo on the banks of the SubansiriRiver . Daporijo is the junction of three important tribes; Hill Miris, Tagins and Adi-Gallongs. 

  • Themes Wildlife Sanctuaries & National Parks
• Day 8 : Doporijo – Along

  Early morning visit Lida village of Adi-Gallong tribes. A short twelve-mile drive  brings us to Tajipara, another Adi-Gallong tribal village. Adis are ery accomplished weavers of cane goods.  They make baskets, hats, breastplates, shield, but the excellence of their cane work shines supreme in the famous cane suspension bridges of Arunachal Pradesh.  “Marvels of untutored engineering skills,” was how a 19th-century British explorer described the bridges.  The Adis also excel at weaving intricate patterns for their clothing, and we may see examples of their pottery today.  

  • Themes Wildlife Sanctuaries & National Parks
• Day 9 : Al00

  Drive to Lower and Upper Bari village.  On the way cross the river Yamgo.  From here  hike for one hour to Mobuk village which sits pretty on a saddle.  Also visit Monku village.  We will also organize cultural evening in the village here. 

  • Themes Wildlife Sanctuaries & National Parks
• Day 10 : Aloo – Pasighat

  We drive back towards Along before heading east to reach the Brahmaputra River Valley.  We continue to drive on a military road downriver to Pasighat.  Pasighat is a fairly big town on the banks of the Brahmaputra.  Here the mighty river exits the mountains to empty onto the Assam plains.  From being a few hundred feet wide, it suddenly grows to six miles across.  In the evening visit the local market here.

  • Hotspots Brahmaputra River
  • Themes Wildlife Sanctuaries & National Parks
• Day 11 : Pasighat – Dibrugarh

  Morning drive 2 Drive to the ferry point and board our ferry for about 2 hours as we cross the mighty Brahmaputra. As there are no bridges close by on Brahmaputra, the ferry becomes the life line of trade between northern and southern banks of the river. Check in hotel afternoon visit Local Market

  • Themes Wildlife Sanctuaries & National Parks
• Day 12 : Drive to Mon for 7 hrs

  After going through checking formalities at the border of Nagaland, we enter the state.Visit first village at Phuktong village. It has two great Morungs (men’s dormitories).  Also visit Angh’s (chief’s) residence. Overnight in the Helsa Resort or Helsa Cottage

  • Themes Wildlife Sanctuaries & National Parks
• Day 13 : Mon After breakfast

  visit Longwa Village bordering India and Burma, situated about 50 km from the district headquarters of Mon. Longwa is one of the biggest villages in the district, some portions of this village lie in India& some in Myanmar. However, it is controlled by a chief known as Angh. Half of the house of the chief falls in India and the other half in Myanmar. The lucky villagers enjoy two citizenships, one of India and the other of Burma. It is the place where coal mine was discovered in 1907. A visit to the village will acquaint you with the culture of the tribe. They are skilled in making exquisite handicrafts. Afternoon visitMon Village, here also you will find tattooed Konyaks.  Overnight in Mon

  • Themes Wildlife Sanctuaries & National Parks
• Day 14 : Mon To Majuliisland over/ night DonyAgam Bamboo Guest House

  Enroute visit sibsagerSivadol / KarangerGhar / Rang Ghar After breakfast drive to Majuli Island, En route cross the local tributaries of Brahmaputra River by local made ferry.
  
  The world’s largest River Island is famous for its twenty-two 15th Century "satras". These are Hindu Vaishnev (followers of Lord Vishnu) monasteries functioning as centers of Assamese arts. The worship of Lord Vishnu is through dance, music and poetry. The satras take in young boys and groom them. The daily routine includes working in the fields, tending cattle, prayer, discussion and study. The satras have also nurtured certain art and craft traditions, which can now be found only here. In NatunSamugrisatra for instance, one can still find the craft of mask-making; Kamlabarisatra still makes the finest boats.
  
  On arrival in Majuli, check in to the lodge for overnight stay.We will also explore the villages of Miri tribes who live on this island.Overnight in the Denny’s Lodge /DonyAgom Bamboo house

  • Hotspots Brahmaputra River
  • Themes Wildlife Sanctuaries & National Parks
• Day 15 : Majuli to Kaziranga 160km 3 hrs drive over/ night Hotel

  Majuli to Kaziranga 160km 3 hrs drive over/ night Hotel

  • Themes Wildlife Sanctuaries & National Parks
• Day 16 : Departure

  Kaziranga to Guwahati Airport and fly to kolkata/ delhi

  • Themes Wildlife Sanctuaries & National Parks

Inclusions

• EP (No Meal)
• Hotel
• Sightseeing

Package Start From

• Guwahati, Assam, India, Asia

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