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Jorhat in January
The tea capital and the jumping-off point for Majuli.
Quick answer. Winter. Cool, dry and clear across the Brahmaputra valley, this is peak wildlife season. For Jorhat specifically, January is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.
The essentials
- Known for
- Tea, Tocklai research
- Access
- Airport + rail + Nimatighat ferry
- Nearby
- Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary
- Month
- January, Assam
- This month
- Winter.
Why January here
Tea estates, the Gibbon sanctuary and the Nimatighat ferry point.
Jorhat is Assam’s tea capital and the practical base for Majuli: the Nimatighat ferry ghat is 20km out, and the town has the region’s tea-research heritage (Tocklai), heritage bungalows and Gibbon sanctuary access.
Wildlife this month: Kaziranga and Manas are open and at their best: grass is short and sightings are easiest.
What to do
Tea estate mornings
Heritage bungalows and plucking lines.
Gibbons
India’s only ape, seen at Hoollongapar.
Elsewhere in Assam in January
The wider Assam calendar this month: Magh Bihu. Dates shift with harvests and moons; we confirm them when you plan.
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Jorhat in January, planned properly
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