cliff cove chalet The great muddy-brown Brahmaputra River s ever-shifting puzzle of sandbanks includes Majuli, which a

The great muddy-brown Brahmaputra River s ever-shifting puzzle of sandbanks includes Majuli, which at around 421 sq km (2001 figures) is India s largest river island (many locals will tell you that Majuli is the world s largest river island, but in fact this honour belongs to Brazil s Bananal Island). Size aside, what there is no doubting is Majuli s sheer beauty. The island is a relaxed, cliff cove chalet shimmering mat of glowing rice fields and water meadows bursting with flowers. cliff cove chalet Aside from relishing the laidback vibe that permeates island life, highlights of a visit include cliff cove chalet birdwatching and learning about neo- Vaishnavite philosophy at one of Majuli cliff cove chalet s 22 ancient satras (Hindu Vaishnavite monasteries and centres cliff cove chalet for art). If all this makes Majuli sounds like your kind of place then don t waste time getting there surveys indicate that at current levels of erosion the island will cease to exist within 20 years.

India s Northeast States, dangling way out on the edge of the map and the national perception, are strictly for explorers who want something different from their India experience. These remote frontier lands, where India, Southeast Asia and Tibet meet, are a collision zone of cultures, climates, landscapes and peoples and are one of Asia s last great unknowns. It s a place of rugged beauty where uncharted forests clamber up toward unnamed Himalayan peaks. It s a land of enormous variety where rhinoceros live in swampy grasslands and former head-hunters live in longhouses in the jungle. And it s an adventure in the truest sense of the word.