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Chandrapur & Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary
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Chandrapur & Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary

Guwahati, Assam, India

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Overview

The forested elephant-corridor hills on Guwahati's eastern edge — Amchang's evergreen ridges of leopard, elephant and hoolock gibbon above the river.

Why visit: A wild elephant-corridor forest at the city's edge.

Things to do
  • ›Elephant corridors
  • ›Evergreen ridges
  • ›Gibbon forest
  • ›River viewpoints
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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Mar

Entry fee

Free–permits

Est. budget

₹200–600

Duration

Half day

Nearby attractions

Within
5.2 km
📍 Cultural
4.4

Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra

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A grand cultural complex honouring the saint-reformer Sankardev — a heritage museum, artists' village, open-air theatre and evening cultural shows.

Oct–Mar (closed Mon)Half dayExplore
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🛕 Religious
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Basistha Ashram & Waterfall

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A hermitage of sage Vasistha at the city's forested edge — a Shiva temple where three hill streams meet in rock pools and a small waterfall.

Jul–Mar1–2 hrsExplore
9.4 km
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4.2

Navagraha Temple, Guwahati

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The 'temple of nine planets' on Chitrachal hill — an ancient centre of astrology and astronomy that gave Guwahati its old name Pragjyotishpura.

Oct–Mar1 hrExplore
10.3 km
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Ugratara Temple, Guwahati

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An Ahom-era Shakti temple of the goddess Tara beside the Jor Pukhuri twin tanks — one of Guwahati's important tantric shrines, near the museum quarter.

Oct–Mar; Navaratri1 hrExplore
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📍 Museum
4.1

Assam State Museum, Guwahati

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The state's premier museum — Kamarupa and Ahom-era sculpture, manuscripts, tribal galleries and a recreated Assamese village on Dighalipukhuri's bank.

Oct–Mar (closed Mon)1–2 hrsExplore
10.8 km
🍲 Local Experience
4.0

Dighalipukhuri & Guwahati Ghats

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The historic rectangular tank of Kamarupa legend in the city heart — pedal boats, a promenade and the old ghats and museums around it.

Oct–Mar; evenings1–2 hrsExplore
10.9 km
📍 Family
4.0

Nehru Park & Guwahati Planetarium

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A city-centre park of dance-pose sculptures depicting Assam's folk forms, beside the domed Guwahati Planetarium's sky shows.

Oct–Mar1–2 hrsExplore
11.4 km
🍲 Local Experience
4.3

Brahmaputra River Cruise & Sunset, Guwahati

Guwahati, Assam

Sunset dinner cruises on the mighty Brahmaputra — dolphin sightings, the Umananda island silhouette and the city's ghats aglow from the water.

Oct–Mar; evenings2–3 hrsExplore
11.4 km
📍 Festival
4.7

Bihu Festival & Assamese Folk Culture

Guwahati, Assam

Assam's soul — the spring Rongali Bihu of husori dance and dhol, the harvest Bhogali Bihu of feasting and bonfires, and the autumn Kongali Bihu, statewide.

Apr (Rongali); Jan (Bhogali)1–3 daysExplore
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Nilachal Ropeway (Kamakhya–City)

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India's longest river ropeway across the Brahmaputra, linking the city to North Guwahati — aerial views of the great river, its islands and the temple hills.

Oct–Mar1 hrExplore
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Umananda Temple (Peacock Island)

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A Shiva temple on the world's smallest inhabited river island, mid-Brahmaputra — reached by ferry, home to the rare golden langur and Ahom-era carvings.

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12 km
🍲 Local Experience
4.5

Assamese Cuisine Trail (Thali, Fish & Pitha)

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The subtle Assamese table — khar and tenga fish curries, duck with ash gourd, bamboo-shoot dishes, pithas and the earthy flavours of the Brahmaputra valley.

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