Fly into
Dibrugarh
Upper Assam’s tea city and the east gate.
- Role
- Upper Assam hub
- Culture
- Namphake Tai-Phake village
- Gateways
- Roing, Miao-Mondapha (Arunachal), Mon (Nagaland)
Dibrugarh is Upper Assam’s hub: an airport and railhead wrapped in tea estates, with the Namphake Buddhist monastery village (Tai-Phake heritage) a short drive out and roads leading to Roing and Namdapha (Arunachal) and Mon country (Nagaland).
It is the practical launch for eastern Arunachal and the far corners of Assam.
Quick answers
Dibrugarh at a glance
What do I use Dibrugarh for?
As the east gate: Namdapha, Roing-Anini, and Longwa in Nagaland’s Mon district via Sapekhati.
Practicals
Permits & season
No entry permit: Assam is open to all travellers, Indian and foreign.
Best months run October to April; the monsoon (June to September) is intensely green but slows the hill roads.
When to go
Plan around these months
Nearby
Close enough to combine
Things to do
What you're here for
Namphake
A Theravada monastery village of the Tai-Phake community.
Tea estates
Working gardens with stay-in bungalows.
Journal
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Facts checked against the official Assam tourism portal · Last verified 2026-09-26