creekside steamboat Once you leave the outskirts of Shillong the road to Cherrapunjee passes through pretty scenery that

374 bird species have been recorded creekside steamboat in the park, including such rarities as the whiterumped vulture (which may now be extinct in the park), greater spotted eagle and the white-winged duck. Of the big mammals, wild elephants are present creekside steamboat as are numerous deer species and a few rarely seen tigers. However, for many mammal-spotting naturalists, the park s most exciting resident is the critically endangered dwarf hog, which, after many years of absence has recently been returned to the wild thanks to a successful captive breeding project run by the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (www.durrell.org). Park fees include the compulsory armed guard. Access is from Potasali, 2km off the Tezpur Bhalukpong road (turn east at one-house creekside steamboat hamlet creekside steamboat Gamani, 12km north of Balipara). creekside steamboat

Once you leave the outskirts of Shillong the road to Cherrapunjee passes through pretty creekside steamboat scenery that becomes dramatic at Dympep viewpoint, where a photogenic V-shape valley slits deeply creekside steamboat into the plateau. creekside steamboat

China has never formally recognised Indian sovereignty here and it took the surprise Chinese invasion of 1962 for Delhi to really start funding significant infrastructure. The Chinese voluntarily withdrew. These days border passes are heavily guarded by the Indian military and the atmosphere is extremely calm.