Base in
Things to do in Jorhat
The tea capital and the jumping-off point for Majuli.
The list
The short version: Tea estates, the Gibbon sanctuary and the Nimatighat ferry point.
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Tea estate mornings
Heritage bungalows and plucking lines.
02
Gibbons
India’s only ape, seen at Hoollongapar.
Know before you go
- Known for
- Tea, Tocklai research
- Access
- Airport + rail + Nimatighat ferry
- Nearby
- Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary
Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary, India’s only gibbons, is an easy morning trip.
Best time: October to April.
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.
Jorhat month by month
Places to visit near Jorhat
All of Jorhat, 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
- Delhi to Jorhatflight + road
- Kolkata to Jorhatflight + road
- 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