Panoramic Eastern Tribes Tour | Visit to North East India | Holiday in North East India | Travel to North East India

Arrive at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, meet & greet with Traditional Indian welcome. Transfer to the hotel. Overnight stay.

After breakfast transfer to the airport to board the flight to Bagdogra. Upon arrival drive to Darjeeling. Upon arrival check into the hotel.

Darjeeling - Darjeeling is exhilarating, with highways running along the Teesta River for long stretches, passing through forest, fascinating view of the valley, Tea Gardens & Majestic Snow Clade Mountains of the Himalayan Range. Darjeeling is famous for Tea. Tea drinkers all over the world must be constantly blessing the memory of the person who dedicated around 1840 that the climate of the Darjeeling region was very conducive to the growth of tea. Overnight stay.

Early morning start for Tiger hill to watch the spectacular sunrise and its amaging effects on the Mt. Kangchenjunga (world 3rd highest peak), visit Ghoom monastery, Batasia Loop & Gorkha War memorial. Return to the hotel & have your breakfast followed by full day sightseeing covering Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park, Himalayan mountaineering institute, Tibetan Refugee self help centre. Also visit the Mall and Local market (city life).

Take Toy train ride upto Batasia Loop and return to Darjeeling. Overnight stay.

After breakfast fascinating drive to Pelling is exhilarating, with highways running along the Teesta River for long stretches, passing through forest, fascinating view of the valley, Tea Gardens & majestic snow clade mountains of the Himalayan range to Pelling. Pelling is situated at an altitude of 6,800 ft, including the Koktang, Kumbhakarna, Rathong glacier, Kabru, Khangchendzonga, Pandim, Jopuno, Narsing, Siniolchu and others.

Pelling gives a spectacular views of the Mount Khangchendzonga, the guardian deity of Sikkim and the world’s third highest mountain along with other sister mountains bowing before the Godly figure in reverence. Pelling is an ideal getaway for tourists as its vicinity has numerous waterfalls, soft trek routes, villages and soothing atmosphere. Upon arrival check into the hotel.

Afternoon visit Pemayangtse monastery, Changay waterfalls, Dentam valley and Singshore bridge. Overnight stay.

After breakfast drive to Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim state situated in the eastern Himalayas, along the Border of Bhutan (East), Tibet (North), Nepal (West) & West Bengal (South). This capital, Gangtok has a lot to see specially the Research Institute of Tibetology, World Centre for the Study of Buddhist Philosophy & Religion and has a rare collection of Thangkas, Statues and over 200 Buddhist Icons. Upon arrival check in at the hotel. Rest of the day is at leisure. Overnight stay at the hotel.

After breakfast city sightseeing of Gangtok i.e., Enchey Monastery, Chorten stupa, Institute of Tibetology, Institute of Handicrafts & Handlooms, Deer Park, Cottage industry and Rumtek monastery. Overnight stay at the hotel.

After breakfast drive to Kalimpong- once the headquarters of a Bhutanese Governor, the word 'kalim' means King's Minister and 'Pong' - the stronghold of the King's minister. It is also called 'Kalibong' or the black spur by the hill people. Kalimpong was originally part of Bhutan. In 1865, after the Anglo-Bhutan War, it was merged with Darjeeling, and became a sub-division of Darjeeling in 1916, and developed as a hill station. It flourished as a wool trading centre with Tibet till 1950, when the Chinese took over Tibet. Upon arrival check into the hotel.

Later, visit Durpin Dara, Zangdok Palri monastery and Orchids Nursery. Overnight stay at the hotel.

After breakfast drive to Bagdogra. Upon arrival transfer to the airport to board the flight for Kolkata. Upon arrival transfer to the hotel. Remaining day at leisure. Overnight stay.

After breakfast transfer to station to board the train for Bhubaneswar. Bhubaneshwar, the capital city of Orissa is better known as ‘the temple city of India’ for its hundreds of temples and hereditary oriyan temple building skills over one thousand years old.

The old town manifesting the cultural heritage of Orissa is harmonized with the modern times by the new Bhubaneswar with its tall buildings and extensive infrastructure, rendering it an ideal tourist destination over all upon arrival transfer to hotel. Rest of the day at leisure. Overnight stay.

After breakfast visit the Lingaraj temple, Udayagiri and Khandagiri caves, Raja Rani temple and after lunch visit Nandankanan zoo. Overnight stay at the hotel.

Morning drive to Gopalpur en route Olasingh weaving village.Upon arrival check into the hotel. Overnight stay.

After breakfast drive to Rayagada, en route visit Saura & Desia tribal village of Orissa and observe the lifestyle of the tribes of Orissa. The Orissan tribes enjoy a rich and varied cultural heritage, the most powerful instance of this being in their music and dance, which are as colourful as they are rhythmical. Upon arrival check into the hotel. Overnight stay.

After breakfast drive down to Chatikona to watch the interesting colourful weekly market of Dongria Kondh tribes. This tribe is one of most primitive tribe of the Kondh's. They live in the high slopes of the Niyamagiri hills. These people are horticulturists. They grow fruits like Orange. Pineapple, Banana etc. The male people carry earring, nose-ring and keep their hair like women. Later drive to Jeypore, en route visit some villages of Paraja tribes. Upon arrival check into the hotel.

After breakfast, drive to Ankadeli to visit the famous Bonda tribes (A sub race of Austromongoloids) who come once every week for their weekly market (Thursday only). It is a unique opportunity to see such a colourful concentration of ypical tribals at one place. Most interesting is to watch the Bonda woman in their colourful Jewelleries and marketing commodities.

Later continue drive to Lamtaput. The nearby villages are famous for other interesting and primitive tribes of Orissa (Gadaba). They are one of the early settlers of this country and trace their origin to the time of Ramayana. Return drive to Jeypore. Overnight at the hotel

After breakfast drive to Kunduli weekly market. It is the biggest market of the tribal area where you will find the main concentration of the beautiful Sana, Paraja & Mali tribes. Return to Jeypore. Overnight stay.

After breakfast drive to Gopalpur, en route visit Bada Paraja, Muniaka tribal village & Taptapani. Overnight stay.

After breakfast drive to Puri. En route visit Chilka Lake (Asia's largest Salt water Lake). Later visit Raghurajpur artist village - The artisan village, is a living Museum itself. Every household has a painter and can show you lavishly painted old tradition paintings on canvas, skil (tassar) and other varieties like papier mache, masks, stone idols, sculptures, wooden idols and toys and many more. One can contact any house in this village for the painting. The village ambience is also heart touching. This is a heritage craft village of Orissa. Upon arrival check into the hotel.

Also visit Jagannath temple, hindu temple dedicated to the god Jagannath, a form of Vishnu in Hinduism. Overnight stay.

After early breakfast drive to Bhubaneswar. En route visit Konark - The Sun Temple, often called as the Black Pagoda was constructed in mid thirteenth century by Raja Narasinghs Deva-I of the Ganga Dynasty. Intricate carvings on the walls of the main temple and the Natya Mandap (a separate structure just in front of the temple) are a sight to behold. It is often considered to be the most artistically superior among the other. Sun temple has lost its many of its original structures to time and disrepair but the remaining structures and the remainder of the structures confirm till today the infinite imaginative power of the artistes of the time and their inspiring contribution to Vaisnav culture.

Continue your drive to Bhubaneshwar. Transfer to the airport to board the flight to Delhi. Upon arrival transfer to the hotel for day use only. Later catch your flight for onward destination.

The above itinerary can be further customized as per your travel requirements.