Guwahati Weekend Tour | Short Trip To Guwahati

OVERVIEW- Guwahati is the Gateway to Northeast as it is the major cultural, political, educational, transportation, and commercial hub of North East India. Guwahati is known for its rich culture and tradition, celebration of festivals, cuisine, people and cosmopolitan nature. The largest city of Assam and Northeast, Guwahati is the fast developing cities in India. Popularly also known as City of Temples as many ancient temples exist here. Guwahati weekend tour offers the right combination of pleasures for travelers in the north east frontiers of India. An absolute tourist gem known for history, heritage, culture, new experiences, the metropolis, in the state of Assam is not left aloof with the modern city culture.

GUWAHATI- Considered to be the gateway to North East India, Guwahati is the largest city in the region. It is situated between the southern bank of Brahmaputra River and the foothills of the Shillong plateau. Dispur, a part of Guwahati, serves as the capital of Assam. The hill ringed, green wooded, river bordered urban centre was also known as Light of East in the ancient times. Popularly also known as City of Temples as the temples are perched on hills or on hillsides which offer panoramic view of the vast Brahmaputra as well as the bustling city.

Tour Destination: Guwahati

Travel Duration: 02 Nights/03 Days

DAY 1: GUWAHATI

Welcome at Guwahati Airport. Transfer to the hotel. Later in the afternoon visit the temple.

KAMAKHYA TEMPLE- The Kamakhya temple is one of the most revered shrines of Shakti in India, in the form of Kamakhya. Located on the Nilachal Hills just 7km from Guwahati, the Kamakhaya temple is of great religious importance. It also holds tremendous historic and archeological significance. The shrine is one of the 51 Shakti Peethas in the country and is a part of the four most important Shakti Peethas. Kamakhya temple is the Goddess of Desire, and celebratory for the Tantrik sect of Hinduism. Followers of the Tantra Sect place their belief in Kamakshi or Kamakhya and hence this shrine holds tremendous religious, historic and archaeological significance.

Evening at leisure or you can go for a leisure walk around the place.

Overnight at Hotel

DAY 2: GUWAHATI

After breakfast visit City of Temples- Guwahati

UMANANDA TEMPLE- The temple is located in the small Peacock Island amidst the mighty Brahmaputra. This quiet place of worship is named after and dedicated to Lord Shiva. The Peacock Island is the smallest inhabited riverine in the world and possibly one of the most beautiful too. The Umananda temple is nestled in the laps of this serene island whose shores are washed by the mighty Brahmaputras.

BHUVANESHWARI TEMPLE- Dedicated to Goddess Bhuvaneshwari, this white shrine perched atop a hill adjacent to the city is a major draw amongst the religious pilgrims. The temple itself provides visitors with a magnificent panoramic view of the city of Guwahati.

NAVAGRAHA TEMPLE- There is a temple on Chitrachal Hill dedicated to the nine planets, since there is a great significance attached to the nine planets in the country. The planets are believed to rule the destiny of people, hence they are regarded as gods and worshipped.

SRIMANTA SHANKARDEVA KALAKSHETRA- It is the largest repository of Northeast India's culture. Built in the 1990s, the artistic excellence of Assam and rest of the north-eastern region is displayed here. It includes a cultural museum, library and various facilities for preserving, demonstrating and performing cultural items, besides a children's park.

ASSAM ZOO- The proud possessors of some rare and endangered species, the Assam Zoo spread over 130 acres of land is a major tourist attraction. The whiter tigers, one horned rhinos, Swamp tapirs and leopards to name a few, are usually the tourists' favorites.

EVENING CRUISE ON BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER- The Brahmaputra, also called Tsangpo-Brahmaputra, is a trans-boundary river and one of the major rivers of Asia. From its origin in southwestern Tibet as the Yarlung Zangbo River, it flows across southern Tibet to break through the Himalayas in great gorges and into Arunachal Pradesh where it is known as Dihang.

Overnight at Hotel.

DAY 3: GUWAHATI

Day free for leisure and later depart at airport/station to catch your flight/train towards onward destination.

Guwahati at a Glance