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Things to do in Dehing Patkai
Upper Assam’s rainforest, coal towns and the old war road.
The list
The short version: A large lowland rainforest patch near the Myanmar border, with elephants, hornbills and the heritage of Margherita and Ledo.
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Jeypore forest walks
Rainforest birding with a local guide.
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The war road
Ledo, where the Stilwell Road to Myanmar began.
Know before you go
- Type
- Lowland rainforest belt
- Wildlife
- Elephant, hornbill, gibbon
- Heritage
- Coal towns, Ledo-Stilwell road
- Gateway
- Dibrugarh / Tinsukia
Pair it with Margherita’s coal museum, Namphake’s Tai-Phake Buddhist village and Digboi’s oil heritage for a full Upper Assam loop.
Best time: November to March.
Practicals
Permits & season for Assam
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.
Dehing Patkai month by month
Places to visit near Dehing Patkai
All of Dehing Patkai, none of the guesswork
Fixed departures you can join solo, or a private plan around your dates. Prices on the page, real people on WhatsApp.
Keep planning
- Assam travel guide
- Flying into Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwahati: flights, cabs and onward connections
- Flying into Dibrugarh Airport: flights, cabs and onward connections
- Kaziranga one-horned rhino numbers, and where to see themfrom the journal
- Is Assam Safe for Tourists? The Honest 2026 Answerfrom the journal
- Kaziranga in December: weatherfrom the journal