Plan your trip

Assam · River & Island

Majuli River Island

An immersive cultural trip to Majuli, the world's largest river island, known for its Vaishnavite monasteries (satras) and mask-making tradition.

  • Duration3 days / 2 nights
  • StateAssam
  • Best timeOctober to March (island partially submerged in monsoon)

Highlights

  • Majuli - largest river island in the world
  • Kamalabari & Auniati Satras
  • Traditional mask-making village
  • Local Mishing tribal culture and cuisine

Day by day

  1. Day 1Guwahati - Jorhat - Majuli

    To Jorhat, then the ferry across the Brahmaputra to Majuli — one of the largest river islands there is, and shrinking each year as the river takes it back. The crossing is the moment the trip changes. Evening at leisure. Overnight in Majuli.

  2. Day 2Majuli Satra Tour

    A full day across the island. Kamalabari and Auniati Satras, monasteries where monks have kept Assamese Vaishnavite dance, music and manuscript alive for four centuries. The mask-making village at Samaguri, where gods and demons are built out of bamboo and clay for the satra dramas. And Mishing villages on stilts between them. Overnight in Majuli.

  3. Day 3Majuli - Jorhat - Guwahati Departure

    The morning ferry back to Jorhat, then on to Guwahati — or out from Jorhat airport if that suits you better.

What's included

  • Chauffeur-driven vehicle for the full circuit
  • Fuel, tolls, parking and interstate permits
  • Driver allowance and night halt charges
  • Accommodation on twin sharing
  • Daily breakfast
  • All transfers and sightseeing by road
  • Inner Line Permit processing where applicable

Not included

  • Flights and train fare to and from Guwahati
  • Lunch, dinner and anything ordered to the room
  • Monument, park, safari and activity entry fees
  • Travel insurance and medical costs
  • GST as per government norms
  • Anything not listed under inclusions

Gallery

Majuli ferry crossing / river island aerial or wide shot
The ornamented front of a satra prayer hall, Majuli
Masked dancers mid-leap in a bhaona performance, Majuli
A craftsman shaping a clay-and-bamboo mask, Majuli
Children at a handloom under a stilt house, Majuli
Women gathered at a stilt weaving hut in a Mishing village, Majuli
Thatched stilt cottages reflected in a pond, Majuli
Thatched stilt cottages lit at dusk, Majuli
A boatman poling across the shallows of the Brahmaputra at sunset, Majuli

More like this

Other routes in Northeast India.

All packages