2 Nights / 3 Days
Majuli Island
Extension Tour
Majuli shifts with every monsoon. Three days on the world's largest river island, visiting living monasteries, mask-makers, Mising weavers, and hand-built pottery villages on the Brahmaputra.
Tour Overview
This 3-day extension takes you through the Majuli island's satras, Mising villages, mask-making workshops, and hand-built pottery traditions across one of the most culturally layered destinations in northeast India.
The satras are living monastic institutions preserving Sattriya dance, devotional music, and traditional crafts passed teacher-to-disciple across centuries. The Mising community's stilt houses and loom patterns carry migration histories that anthropologists still study. Majuli is unlike anywhere else in India.
- Majuli, the world's largest river island on the Brahmaputra
- Kamalabari and Auniati Satra, living museums of Sattriya dance and devotional art
- Samaguri Satra mask-makers using bamboo, cow dung, and clay techniques
- Mising stilt houses and loom weaving patterns linked to migration histories
- Hand-built pottery village using techniques mirroring prehistoric Indian styles
- Slow morning walk through colour-shifting paddy fields at different light angles
- Tea garden landscapes on the long drive through Jorhat district
A River Island's Living Culture
The world's largest river island on the Brahmaputra, satras, mask-makers, and Mising villages built around a landscape that reshapes itself every monsoon.
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Majuli Island
Assam
Living monasteries preserving Sattriya dance and devotional art, Samaguri Satra's mask-makers, Mising stilt houses and weaving traditions, and a hand-built pottery village on the braided Brahmaputra.
3 Days · 1 River Island
The route, stop by stop.
A long drive from Guwahati through Jorhat's tea gardens, a ferry crossing from Nimatighat into Majuli, and the same route back.
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Guwhati
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Jorhat
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Majuli Island
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Majuli Island
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Day 1
Guwahati to Majuli via Jorhat and Nimatighat Ferry
You leave Guwahati at dawn. The drive to Jorhat takes around six and a half to seven hours, passing tea gardens that roll in long orderly waves through the Assam plains. You reach Nimatighat by mid-afternoon and board the ferry to Majuli. The crossing takes around 45 minutes to one hour depending on river flow. The Brahmaputra here is wide enough to make you question whether it is a river at all. You check into a traditional bamboo cottage on arrival. In the evening you walk through a nearby village as birds settle into the reeds.
Day 2
Satras, Mask-Makers and Mising Culture
You visit Kamalabari and Auniati Satra in the morning. These are living monastic institutions where monks preserve Sattriya dance, one of India's classical dance forms codified centuries ago and passed teacher-to-disciple through medieval Assamese Vaishnavite tradition. You continue to Samaguri Satra, home of Majuli's famous mask-makers. Their techniques combine bamboo frames layered with cow dung and clay to create lightweight and expressive theatrical masks. In the afternoon you visit Mising families. Their stilt houses and weaving traditions reflect deep adaptation to riverine life, and their loom patterns carry migration histories that anthropologists still study. The day ends at a quiet riverbank sunset.
Day 3
Paddy Fields, Pottery Village and Ferry Back to Guwahati
A slow morning walk through paddy fields that shift colour dramatically with the angle of sunlight. You visit a pottery village where artisans shape clay entirely by hand with no potter's wheel, using techniques that mirror prehistoric Indian pottery styles. By late morning you take the ferry back to Nimatighat and drive to Guwahati, arriving by evening.
Inclusions and Exclusions
Included
- Lodging in Majuli for two nights in traditional bamboo cottages, including all meals.
- Guided visits to Kamalabari, Auniati, and Samaguri Satra.
- Mising village visit and weaving demonstration.
- Pottery village visit and morning paddy field walk.
- Ferry crossing from Nimatighat to Majuli and return.
- Air-conditioned vehicle for Guwahati to Nimatighat and return transfers.
- Local naturalist and cultural guide throughout the extension.
- Water bottles during all transfers and village walks.
Not Included
- Personal expenses like laundry, phone calls, liquor, à la carte food, etc.
- International or domestic airfares and rail tickets.
- Travel insurance.
- Tips and Gratuities
- Day 1 Meal
- Anything that is not mentioned in the inclusion section.
Booking & Terms.
Booking Procedure
To confirm your seat, a 50% advance amount along with a recognized Government Identity card (Aadhar, Pancard, Driver’s License, OCI, Passport, Voter’s ID, school/College ID) is to be sent to us.
For non Indian nationals, only Passport is allowed.
Id’s should be scanned and emailed at sa****@**********ia.com
Cancellation Policy
| Notice Given | Refund |
|---|---|
| 120 days or more before departure | Full refund |
| 60 days or more before departure | 80% refunded |
| 30–59 days before departure | 60% refunded |
| 21–30 days before departure | 40% refunded |
| 11–20 days before departure | 20% refunded |
| 10 days or less, or no-show | No refund |
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Frequently Asked Questions
How long is the Majuli Island Extension Tour?
2 nights and 3 days, covering satras, villages, and craft traditions on Majuli Island in Assam.
Is this a wildlife or safari tour?
No. This is a heritage and culture extension, built around Majuli's monastic institutions, craft villages, and riverine communities rather than wildlife safaris.
What are the main sights covered?
Kamalabari and Auniati Satra, Samaguri Satra's mask-making workshops, Mising stilt houses and weaving demonstrations, a hand-built pottery village, and a morning walk through paddy fields.
What is Majuli known for?
The world's largest river island, reshaped by the Brahmaputra's braided channels each monsoon, and home to living satras that preserve Sattriya dance and Vaishnavite tradition.