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

There are no places of tourist interest in Lilabari as such. It is tourism destinations of Arunachal Pradesh, which are of interest to the traveler. Bomdila-Tawang area is the first choice of the tourist. Bomdila is a small town situated at a height of about 8500 ft. from where one can see the snow-clad mountains of the Himalayan Range. The Buddhist monastery of Bomdila is among the primary attractions of the area. Past Bomdila is a place called Tipi, famous for its Orchid Research Centre. From here the road climbs steeply towards the 400 year old Tawang Monastery. Established by the Gelgua sect, it is the largest Buddhist monastery in India. Tawang town has a handicrafts centre, which was started to promote the small-scale industries. You can buy a fine range of woolen carpets and shawls amongst other things, here.

Adventure tourism is another priority on the agenda of many tourists in this area. The most interesting as well as challenging trek in this region is around Tawang Chu. The picturesque Sela and Ganga Lake are significant tourist spots, with abundant scope for angling, boating, rafting, trekking and hiking.

The Namdapha National Park located on the banks of the Brahmaputra in the Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh, is another interesting tourism destination. This park is a tiger reserve and is home to three other types of wild cat: leopard,cClouded leopard and snow leopard. Apart from that you can see the majestic gaur or mithun, elephants, Himalayan black bear, takin ? a type of wild goat, musk deer, slow loris, and the rare red panda. The best time to visit here is from October to April.

About Lilabari Lilabari is situated in North Lakhimpur, in Assam, on the north bank of the mighty Brahmaputra river. It is of importance to tourism since it has the eastern-most airport in India, and services the state of Arunachal Pradesh. It is 67 km from Itanagar, the capital of Arunchal Pradesh and it takes around two hours to get there by bus or car. Lilabari is in Lakhimpur district, a rich and fertile area of Assam, which is covered with green paddy fields and agricultural land. In fact the name Lakhimpur is believed to have originated from the word Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity, since paddy is associated with Lakhimi and pur means full. Till the early 1950s there was practically no communication links to this district. In the year 1954, a temporary aerodrome was started, and gradually ASTC buses started plying, and the North East Frontier Railway started train services from this district. Now communications has developed considerably and the town of Lilabari has become a tourist hub with flights arriving from Kolkata, Guwahati and Tezpur.