Dibrugarh Sightseeing, Quick Facts, History, Packages, Tours & Excursions

Namdapha National Park, which is 160 km from Dibrugarh, spread over 1,985 sq km, is the largest national park of Arunachal Pradesh and one of the largest wildlife protected area in India. Namdapha is also known as a Botanist?s dream. It's a bird sanctuary as well as a Tiger reserve. You can find four big cats here: tiger, leopard, clouded leopard, and snow leopard. You can also see the rare white-winged wood duck and hoolock gibbon here.

History buffs can explore the four airfields, which were used by the British against Japanese forces in Myanmar during World II in the Dibrugarh area.

Dibrugarh is surrounded by tea plantations and has tea factories and rice and oilseed mills. You can take an interesting tour of the tea gardens which are located in and around the town. There are a large number of tea estates along NH-37 which can be explored along a picturesque road route.

Other Activities

The mighty river Brahmaputra is at its majestic best here; a cruise down the river is highly recommended.

About Dibrugarh The largest tea exporting town in India, Dibrugarh is the headquarters of Dibrugarh District in Assam and is at the northern-most tip of the state. Situated on the banks of the River Brahmaputra, it is the gateway to the three tea producing districts of Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, and Jorhat. These three areas account for approximately 50% of India s Assam tea crop and this gives Dibrugarh its rightly earned name as the ‘Tea city of India’. Dibrugarh is also the education hub of upper Assam. With Dibrugarh University, Assam Medical College and numerous other institutes of repute it is a major contributor to the education front in Assam. The historic John Berry White Medical School established in 1914 was the first centre for formal medical education in North East India.

Dibrugarh is also the gateway to some districts of Arunachal Pradesh.