About Assam

Assam is one of the 29 states in India located south of the eastern Himalayas, in the north eastern part of the country. The area of the state of Assam comprises of the Brahmaputra Valley and the Barak river valleys along with the Karbi Anglong and the North Cachar Hills.

Assam is one of the seven sister states located in the north eastern part of India the others being Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, and Meghalaya. Assam is surrounded by its sister states and has Bhutan, Myanmar and Bangladesh as its international borders.

Guwahati is the capital city of Assam and is considered to be one of the fastest growing cities in the world. The city is the gateway to the east. Silchar is the city for business, education and tourism while Dibrugarh, Nagaon and Jorhat are other important cities in the state.

Districts in Assam
Baksa, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Cachar, Chirang, Darreng, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Golpara, Golaghat, Hailakandi, Jorhat, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, Karbi Anglong, Karimganj, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Marigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari, North Cachar Hills, Sivasagar, Sonitpur, Tinsukhia and Udalguri.

National Parks in Assam
Kaziranga National Park
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
Nameri National Park
Dibru-Saikhowa National Park
Orang (Rajib Gandhi) National Park

Wildlife Sanctuaries in Assam
Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary
Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary
Bura-Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary
Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary
Pobha Or Milroy Sanctuary
Chakrashila Wildlife Sanctuary
Bornadi Wildlife Sanctuary
Gorampani Wildlife Sanctuary, Golaghat
Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary
Nambor Wildlife Sanctuary
East Karbi Anglong Wildlife Sanctuary
Karbi Anglong Wildlife Sanctuar
Panidihing Bird Sanctuary, Sibsagar
Deeporbeel Bird Sanctuary, Guwahati (Proposed),
Bordoibam Bilmukh Bird Sanctuary, Lakhimpur, Dhemaji (Proposed)

How to reach Assam?
If you are travelling by air, it would be easy for you to reach Kolkata the nearest international airport or Delhi the capital city of India. You can get connection flights to Assam easily.

Borjhar Airport is located at about 25 kilometers from Guwahati, thecapitalcity of Assam. Silchar, Dibrugarh, Tezpur, Jorhat and North Lakhimpur are the cities which can also be connected by air in the state of Assam.

If you are travelling by rail you can get connections from any part of India namely Calcutta, New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Cochin and Trivandrum to Guwahati

If you are travelling by road, you can see that all the neighbouring states in the north east and West Bengal in the west are connected by National Highways. Youcan drive through these enchanting highways all through the year except during the south west monsoon time which falls between June and September. The monsoon time is hazardous to drive.