Step back at
Things to do in Digboi
The century-old oil town.
The list
The short version: Asia’s oldest working refinery (commissioned 1901), a golf course from the oil era and war memorials.
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Oil museum
The story of the region’s oil rush.
Know before you go
- Refinery
- Commissioned 1901
- Sights
- Oil museum, war cemetery, old golf course
Digboi grew around one of the world’s oldest working oil refineries, commissioned in 1901: refinery-era bungalows, an old golf course, an oil museum and war cemetery give it a period atmosphere unlike anywhere else in the region.
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.
Digboi month by month
Places to visit near Digboi
All of Digboi, 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
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