Calcutta, Darjeeling, Assam (overview)
  • All these make for a lovely combination of colonial history, tea estates and walking in the mountains. Bengali culture.
  • Kaziranga National Park for Great one-horned rhinos and Manas National Park bordering Bhutan.
  • Take a tour of Calcutta (Kolkata) at dawn and watch this fascinating city wake up. Slums yes, but also fascinating history as the former capital under the Raj. Classical architecture.