Assam Complete Guide 2026: Guwahati, Kaziranga, Majuli, Tea Estates, Sivasagar and the Brahmaputra
Browse more guides: India travel | Asia destinations TL;DR Assam packs two UNESCO sites (Kaziranga and Manas), Majuli (the world's largest river island), the 600 year Ahom dynasty around Sivasagar, the 2,900 km Brahmaputra, and over 1,000 tea estates producing about half of India's tea. I built this from fieldwork in Guwahati, Kaziranga, Majuli, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, and Sivasagar. Go November to April, book Kaziranga jeeps four to six months out, budget seven to ten days. Why Visit Assam in 2026 I came to Assam expecting one rhino park and left with notebooks full of tea factories, Vaishnavite monasteries, Mughal battle sites, and Ahom brick amphitheatres. The state earns its place on a 2026 itinerary on several counts. First, two UNESCO sites in one state. Kaziranga (1985, 859 km²) holds about 75 percent of the world's Indian one horned rhinos. Manas (1985, 950 km²) shares a border with Bhutan's Royal Manas and protects Royal Bengal tigers, Asian elephants, and wi...