Northeast India 2026 Complete Guide: Assam Kaziranga, Meghalaya Living Root Bridges, Arunachal Tawang and the Seven Sister States
Browse more guides: India travel | Asia destinations Northeast India 2026 Complete Guide: Assam Kaziranga, Meghalaya Living Root Bridges, Arunachal Tawang and the Seven Sister States TL;DR Northeast India is the country's most undertapped region, and after spending months planning trips here for readers I keep coming back to one practical reality: if you carry a foreign passport, the paperwork comes before the packing. Three of the eight states require an Inner Line Permit (ILP) for non-Indian visitors. Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram each issue their own permit through their own state portal, and you cannot enter without it. Manipur's separate Protected Area Permit regime was eased for most nationalities in January 2025, but the rules shift, so I verify on the Ministry of Home Affairs page within a week of every trip. Indian citizens need ILP for Arunachal, Nagaland and Mizoram too, though approval is faster and cheaper. Geographically, the region covers about 26...