How about a trip to India Himalayan Northeast

If you’re thinking Assam sounds familiar, it probably does, this is India’s tea-growing capital and they grow it in insane quantities! If you’ve ever seen a picture of women walking through verdant chest high fields with baskets slung over their shoulder and tea leaves spilling out, there is a strong chance it was almost certainly taken here in the rolling hills of Assam.
Bisecting the state is the vast Brahmaputra River, giving life-fulfilling waters to the people and array of wildlife along its shores. Several large national parks sit alongside the river and contain rhinos, elephants, monkeys, buffalo and tigers, as well as a large number of bird species.
Assam is a state that is primarily off mass-tourism lists, but given the greenery here, the wildlife and the increasing awareness of what this place has to offer, that will almost certainly change anytime soon.
Located in the northeast corner of India, sandwiched between the towering Himalayas, the wonderous Brahmaputra River and lowland Bangladesh is the Indian state of Meghalaya. While you may not be familiar with this name, one name might ring a bell, the town of Cherrapunji. Officially the wettest place on earth. This place gets biblical quantities of rain in the monsoon season, to the extent that from Apr to Sep it really is somewhere to avoid unless you’re an umbrella tester! From Nov to Feb though, it is a lush green, hilly and mountainous wonder, with more waterfalls than people (not a fact, but does feel like it), beautiful lakes and rivers slithering their way through thick vegetation and jungle and cave systems galore (yes they do flood during the monsoon!).
If you have an aversion to the colour green, or you’re looking for crystal clear blue skies, Meghalaya is seriously one to avoid, but for a real nature-filled adventure into a part of India tourists seldom visit, this place is simply incredible!
Located in a really peculiar position, almost isolated from the rest of India in the northeast corner bordering Myanmar and Bangladesh, Mizoram is a small, but highly hospitable Indian state, that lures you in with its stunning scenery and then tries to prevent you leaving with its friendly, often English speaking locals.
It feels very different to most Indian states and has clearly been influenced by its position, with a varied culture unlike most of India, they are one of the biggest meat-eaters within India and crime here is virtually non-existent.
If you fancy a trip to India, but want somewhere and something a little different, welcoming, aesthetically beautiful, with a good climate and array of festivals, flora, fauna and a culture much more akin to the western world… you have to try Mizoram!