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Vertical Caving at Cherrapunjee

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Day 1: Arrived in Guwahati : On arrival meet and greed with our representative at Airport/Railway station and transfer to Cherrapunjee .On the way sightseeing of Famous Umiam Lake , Shillong peak & Elephenta Water Falls .On reaching at Cherrapunjee check in at Hotel and Over Night stay at Cherrapunjee . Day 2: Caving at Cherrapunjee :   After breakfast go for Krem Mawmluh, Sohra (Cherrapunjee), Khasi Hills. Horizontal Caving .( With a total length of over 7kms of cave passages, Krem Mawmluh  is situated approximately half a kilometre west of Cherrapunjee adjacent to the small hamlet of Mawmluh from which the cave takes its name. The cave’s 7kms contain of passages much of which are fine river passages of impressive proportions, calcite formations of various kinds, massive avens, waist deep pools, few metres of belly crawl and fewclimbs. This cave will take 4  to 5 hrs to and  fro. After caving Back to Resort .Evening free for Leisure .Over...

Majuli River Island, Assam

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Majuli River Island, Assam “Majuli” India’s largest river island and world heritage site. It is situated in the upper reaches of the river Brahmaputra in Assam. Total area of land in majuli is  421.65 square kilometers (163 sq mi) in 2001 census. The island is formed by the   Brahmaputra   river in south and the Kherkutia Xuti, an   anabranch   of the Brahmaputra, joined by the  Subansiri River   in the north. Majuli is famous for its vibrant culture and Satras .Some of the prominent Satras are---- (A)     Auniati Satra  Founded by Niranjan Pathakdeva, the Satra is famous for "Paalnaam" and Apsara dances. Also remarkable is it's extensive assortment of ancient artefacts, Assamese old utensils, jewellery and handicrafts. (B)  Dakhinpat Satra Founded by Banamalidev, an exponent of Raasleela, which is now observed as one of the main festivals of Assam. During Rasotsava several thousand devote...

Nongkhnum river island Motor bike trip

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Nongstoin a beautiful small town of East Khasi Hill District of Meghalaya .Situated approximately 120 K.m from shillong,state capital of Meghalaya .This panoramic small town is famous for Nongknum river islanad.Nongknum river island is Asia 's second largest river island after Majuli river island of Assam. Nongknum river island located about 14km from Nongstoin.This river island is famous by the bifurcation of Kynshi river into the Phanliang and Namliang river . As a adventure tour company we organised a motor bike trip to Nongkhnum,last year .It was a beautiful & memorable journey .We feel like we were in Europe,landscape,weather & surroundings all are similar with country side of Europe.We add some of our snap during the journey .If any one interested to visit Nongstoin you can contact us at climbride@gmail.com.