Located at Geetanagar in the heart of Guwahati and spread over more than 10,000 square feet it is an ideal destination for visitors seeking exclusive luxurious living in comfort and elegance. Perched on the hilltop, having a breathtaking view of the sprawling city of Guwahati, ensconced in the lap of hills and lined by the meandering Brahmaputra, its interiors reflect traditional Indian elegance influenced by colonial era with all modern amenities.

Built on four levels, the house has 3 exclusive rooms and a suite. The lowest level has, besides the kitchen complex, sprawling drawing and dining rooms. While the drawing room is large enough to receive even thirty guests at a time, it is decorated with antique furniture, chandeliers assembled with Belgian cut-glass, original art works of contemporary Indian artists and bric-a-brac collected from various corners of the world. The dining table can seat 10 guests and is adorned with Chippendale chairs. Meals are served in imported fine bone-china and silver-ware cutleries. A well-appointed cozy bar is stocked up with Indian and foreign liquors and liqueurs and can serve exotic cocktails.

The second level houses 3 exclusive rooms. Each room is furnished with double/twin beds, lace curtains and matched furnishings, antique furniture, an alcove with a desk with monogrammed stationeries, sitting area with a 29” television with satellite TV channels. Each room has an attached bath with running hot and cold water.

The Open Terrace graces the third level of the house. This has multifarious uses ranging from open-air breakfast overlooking the mist and cloud covered hills and the city to evening parties or candle-lit cozy dinners under the cool starry night sky overlooking the millions of city lights of Guwahati.

The fourth level houses the suite consisting of the master bedroom, a sitting room, a study and a private dining room. The bedroom is fit for kings and is furnished with a king sized bed and antique furniture. The adjoining study has well appointed sitting area facing a decorative fireplace. The wall-to-wall glass window permits the view of the city of Guwahati in the lap of the hills all around. The guests may decide to use the private dining room in case they are keen on exclusivity.

Hacienda offers dedicated valet service to the guests and also arranges sight-seeing tours including visits to the Kamakshya Temple.

lorem the typically Assamese village of Jalukonibari stands the 72 year old Thengal Manor in Jorhat.

Thengal offers you the unique pleasure of gracious living in the lap of nature. Plush suites of single and double bedrooms with baths and dressing rooms attached. In addition there is a sitting room, dining room, lounge. kitchen and pantry. Feel the ambience of colonial days as you relax in the period furniture and decor. A sense of de-javu pervades when you realise that this was the lifestyle of pioneering Assam planters.

1. Round the clock room service
2. Suite with personal Dining and Kitchen space, plus staff accommodation
3. Office Room with Computer and Internet facility
4. Newspaper
5. Telephone
6. Color TV in all Rooms with DTH service
7. Hot & Cold Water - Running Hot & Cold Water/Shower for 24 hours
8. AC Rooms.
9. Information about Tour Plans and personal Tour Guide
10. Indoor games- Carrom, Chess
11. Children's Corner - Indoor video games
12. Drawing-Dining Hall, large enough to have a party of 40-50 persons

1. Conference Facility with LCD Projector, OHP, white board, screen etc.
2. Laundry
3. Airport Pick-up & Drop
4. Doctor on Call
5. Indian, Continental and Chinese cuisine served. Also specially prepared traditional North-Eastern cuisine

Burra Sahib’s Bungalow, situated in Sangsua Tea Estate, is known for its quaint colonial architecture and associated with a unique and graceful lifestyle of an age gone by.

"Burra Sahib" in a tea estate is an institution by itself. He is the final and ultimate authority in a tea community, which he presides over. He is not only a Manager of the garden; he is a judge, a mentor, a guardian and a friend.

Heritage North East will take you back in time when you visit ‘Burra Sahib’s Bungalow’ built during 1900-1905. Starting with the British colonial exterior, soak in the sprawling interiors of carpeted floors, four bedrooms, high ceilings, verandahs with sloping roofs and a panoramic view of acres of flower-bedecked garden.

Experience the luxuries that the British Manager and his memsahib enjoyed. The retinue of uniformed servants, the traditional, continental meals and ‘in-betweens’, the elaborate baths and sporting pastimes -- a game of croquet with spouses in tow, or even angling in the burra sahib’s personal lake.

The Burra Sahib’s Bungalow came with Sangsua Tea Estate, which was purchased by the Barooahs from M/s. George Williamson & Co. Ltd., in the year 1974. This particular bungalow at Sangsua was originally used as a Visiting Agent’s bungalow by George Williamson. After the Barooah’s purchased it, the Chief Executive Officer of the Barooah Group was using this bungalow. The bungalow is about 125 years old and the steel structure was imported from the U.K. The total floor area is about 10,000 sq.ft. It has four bed-rooms, a large sitting room, and verandahs all around to suit the climate. This house was renovated and refurbished in the original style, -- the life style of the tea-planters in the 19th and 20th century. This bungalow was also converted into a guest-house for renting it out to tourists and visitors that came to see Kaziranga Game Sanctuary or the Majuli Islands (the biggest river island in the world). This house also retains the old furniture and furnishings with fire places in most rooms.

1. Round the clock room service
2. Information on Tour Plans and personal Tour Guide
3. Swimming Pool and a Baby Pool
4. Color TV in all Rooms with DTH service
5. Indoor games- Carrom, Chess, Chinese Checkers, Scrabble, Solitaire, Computer video games
6. Croquet
7. Fishing on request
8. Hot & Cold Water - Running Hot & Cold Water/Shower for 24 hours
9. AC Rooms
10. Parking Space available

1. Airport Pick-up & Drop
2. Tea Tour - Witness plucking of tea leave and tea manufacture in the factory followed by tips on tea tasting.
3. Cycling
4. Services of a Tour Guide.
5. Conference Facility with LCD Projector, OHP, white board, screen etc.
6. Telephone – at cost for STD and ISD calls
7. Laundry
8. Doctor on Call
9. Indian, Continental and Chinese cuisine served. Also specially prepared traditional North-Eastern cuisine

KAZIRANGA GOLF RESORT is conceived as a premium, futuristic abode for spending a holiday in a colonial tea environment, learning the game of golf at one of the largest Golf Academy and 18 hole championship golf course and enjoying life in a natural setting.

The site selected for creating such an existence was finally put together after a lot of searching. The objective was to locate a resort style retirement retreat in a peaceful, serene yet accessible location in Assam and at the same time have an abundance of Natural Resources around it. The B&A owned Sangsua and Gatoonga Tea Estates provide the opportunity as desired.

The golf course, a first of its kind of tea and golf resort in the world amongst a natural landscape, is nearing completion. This 18 hole championship golf course is being developed on a 150 acre site, with attendant infrastructure and social services – Resort Hotel, Health Farm, 18 Hole Championship Golf Course, Driving Range & Golf Academy, Homes furnished with all up-market brands in the apartment, Fine Dining Restaurant, DTH, Coffee Bar, Swimming Pool with main Clubhouse, Tennis Courts, Landscaped Walking Trails amongst the Tea Estates, Library, Billiards Lounge for NRI and Indian Business Clients.

Oh, to live in a tea estate! Amidst early morning mist, trilling songbirds and rolling, verdant hills --- yes, it is indeed a world apart, if you happen to staying in ‘Banyan Grove’, situated in the heart of Gatoonga Tea Estate.

Take a peek into the life of the Tea Estate Manager as he begins his day at 5.30 am. Walk with him as he makes his rounds of the garden.

See the colourful women pluckers as they chatter and sing while meticulously plucking the freshest two leaves-and-a-bud from the bushes. Enter the factory and get a first-hand knowledge of how tea is made. Learn the art of tea-tasting from the masters. A fascinating story that begins from the bush and ends in your cup!

Built more than 100 years ago, it had been the abode of the ‘Factory Assistant Manager’ – lovingly called "Mistry Sahib" for his all-pervading technical skills. His nocturnal visits to the factory are familiar, since best teas are made during the cool early hours.

The floor area is over 9000 sq. ft. and compound area spread over 2 hectares. This bungalow has seven spacious bed rooms, with fire places in all bed rooms, a large sitting room and a large dining room, with an attached kitchen. This bungalow offers a unique and graceful lifestyle of an era gone by. This bungalow is for use to tourists who come to see the resort bungalows of the tea gardens for their holidays. This bungalow is owned by B & A Limited, the parent Company, but is being managed by Heritage North East.

1. Round the clock room service
2. Information Center with Tour Plans and personal Tour Guide
3. Swimming Pool and a Baby Pool
4. Color TV in all Rooms with DTH service
5. Indoor games- Carrom, Chess, Chinese Checkers, Scrabble, Solitaire, Computer video games
6. Croquet
7. Fishing on request
8. Hot & Cold Water - Running Hot & Cold Water/Shower for 24 hours
9. AC Rooms
10. Parking Space available

1. Airport Pick-up & Drop
2. Tea Tour - Witness plucking of tea leave and tea manufacture in the factory followed by tips on tea tasting.
3. Cycling
4. Services of a Tour Guide.
5. Conference Facility with LCD Projector, OHP, white board, screen etc.
6. Telephone – at cost for STD and ISD calls
7. Laundry
8. Doctor on Call
9. Indian, Continental and Chinese cuisine served. Also specially prepared traditional North-Eastern cuisine

Welcome to Assam – the tea capital of the world ! Over 800 gardens. Some of them extending to over 2000 acres surrounded by nature’s bounty. They offer the most breathtaking views of lush green, while producing the largest volume of tea from a single region in the world. The backdrop of Assam’s tea gardens are the rainforests and grasslands of North-Eastern India – home to the world’s rarest flora and fauna. In fact, credit for the discovery of Kaziranga, the most sought after destination today for the Great Indian One Horned Rhino, goes to early tea planters! They brought it to the attention of conservationists and thence, to today’s inveterate wildlife globe-trotters! In addition to this natural splendour there is the many hued engaging folk culture of the indigenous people of Assam. Their everyday life, intrinsically linked to the tea gardens, offers a cameo of colours not just in sights but in sounds as well!

Just 20 km off Jorhat, Assam, lies the largest riverine islands in the world and the largest freshwater island in South Asia. Snuggling in the bosom of the mighty Brahmaputra, Majuli is a treasure island of culture & natural heritage. This exotic place is also the spiritual destination for many as Lord Krishna is reported to have played on this island. Majuli is a heavenly abode of different kinds of flora and fauna, covering more than 100 species of birds and more than 20 reptiles, 20 mammals, 1000 insects and lesser forms, nearly 100 types of local fish.

The uniqueness of Majuli has to be felt and enjoyed in its idyllic atmosphere. Being the Cradle of Assamese culture, Majuli is the storehouse of a large number of centuries old manuscripts, antiquities, crafts and paintings. Hand beaten pottery and water weed and bamboo-cane art works are quite sort after items for visitors coming to Majuli. Majuli is also the treasure house of traditional medicines.

One must not miss the twenty-one Satras on the island, several of them still very active in the tradition and training of dance, drama, music, art and craft. The best way to experience the secrets of Majuli is through its culture. A cruise down the river in the early morning will greet the visitors to the chirping of hundreds of migrating birds.

The best time to visit Majuli is during the Rasleela festival, at the time of the full moon in the month of November.

Kamakhya Temple

Situated atop the Nilachal Hill in Guwahati, Kamakhya temple is the foremost shrine of Assam for more than a century. Being the centre of the ancient seat of Tantric and Shakti Cults of Hinduism, Kamakhya attracts thousands of tantra devotees in an annual festival known as the Ambubachi Mela in the month of June.

The shrine is also famous for the flight of steps going down to the bowels of the earth, to a dark mysterious chamber, were draped in a silk sari and covered with flowers is kept the matra yoni.

Rising to a modest height of 562 feet above the Brahmaputra, several other smaller shrines and temples are also located in its vicinity. The ideal time to visit the temple is during the month of April, as it also coincides with the Bihu festival. Since Guwahati has its own airport, reaching Kamakhya Temple by air is not a problem.

Kaziranga National Park

For the adventure lovers, Kaziranga National Park is the place to be. Covering an area of approximately 430-sq-kms with its swamps, rugged reeds, and tall thickets of elephant grass, Kaziranga National Park is located on the banks of the mighty Brahmaputra River in the far North East of India, Assam. A world heritage site, its famous for the Great Indian One-Horned Rhino.

The best time to visit Kaziranga National Park from mid-November to early April months. That is also the time when the park is open. Visitors can ride on the elephants to move around the park or cruise in a boat on the Brahmaputra along the park. The park also conducts Jeep Safaris for those interested.

The park is well connected by road, were one can take the bus or hired cars. The nearest airport is situated at Jorhat, 97-km from the park. The other airport is located at Guwahati, which is 217-km from Kaziranga. The Tezpur airport is also quite close to the park.

Sibsagar

One hundred and fifty km east of the famous Kaziranga National Park, lies the town of Sibsagar with its picturesque postcard scenery. A historical and heritage place in Assam, Sibsagar is famous for the monuments of the Ahom kingdom which reigned supremacy for 600 years over the town. The name 'Sibsagar' comes from the city's main feature, the 129-acre artificial tank called the Sibsagar Lake.

Rising on the periphery of the lake are the archaeological remains, palaces, and temples of the Ahoms, now being preserved as national protected monuments. Devotees from all over throng out here for a visit to the temples, where as migratory ducks from Siberia and various other birds come over during the winter months adorning the lake.

Sibsagar may be visited throughout the year. Sibsagar is well connected to the National Highway 37, which runs right through the state of Assam, connecting Sibsagar with Guwahati and Kaziranga on one side and Dibrugarh on the other. It is also quite close to some of the airports, the nearest being Jorhat just 55 km away. The Dibrugarh, Dimapur, and Tezpur are the other airports.

Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary

Hollongapar Gibbon Wildlife sanctuary, more popularly known as the Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary is located at the Jorhat district of Assam. Covering a total area of 20.98 sq km, the sanctuary was first establishment in the year 1997. Playing a major role in the research and conservation of the primate community of the animal kingdom, this sanctuary is the only place in India conserving the Western Hoolock Gibbon. Some of the other protected species of primates includes the Capped langur, Bengal slow loris, Stump tailed macaque, Northern pig tailed macaque, Rhesus macaque and last, but not the least, the Assamese macaque. Besides all these, many other mammals, birds and reptiles are also common here.

Just 19 km from the town of Jorhat, the Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary with its rich biodiversity have attracted tourist attention from all over the world. One can visit the Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary throughout the year but the ideal time is during the months of June to July & February to March.

Namphake Buddhist Monastery

Established in 1850, the Namphake Buddhist Monastery is one of the oldest and most respected Buddhist Monasteries in Assam. In and around the Monastery premises, amidst its green landscape is a Pagoda built in 1937, a symbolic Ashoka pillar and the Nong Mungchiringta (Musulinda tank).

Various ancient manuscripts and religious scriptures, some hand-made, hand-written pages with fascinating hand-dyed paintings to illustrate the texts takes the visitors to a different era. There is also a manuscript made of gold, but that is forbidden to the visitors. Tourists can even look at the pictures of Princess Sirindhorn of Thailand from the time from when she visited the monastery.

Bihu

One of the most important festivals of Assam, Bihu is celebrated by all Assamese people irrespective of caste, creed, religion, faith and belief. There are three Bihu festivals in Assam in a year, in the months of Bohaag (Baisakh, the middle of April), Maagh (the middle of January), and Kaati (Kartik, the middle of October). Each of the Bihu festivals are said to coincide with the farming calender of Assam.

The most popular and also the most colourful of the three Bihus is the Bohag Bihu or Rongali Bihu celebrated in the middle of April. Dol or Holi as is popularly known is celebrated during this time, with a majestic full moon in the sky. This is also the time when the agricultural season begins. The most popular Bihu dance, which is the folk dance of Assam is performed in conjunction with the traditional Bihu folk music. There are also Bihu dance competition held during this time, attracting large number of tourists from all over the country and abroad.

Panidihing Bird Sanctuary

Covering a total area of 33.93 sq. km, Panidihing Bird Sanctuary is a dream come true for birdwatchers and ornithologists alike. The sanctuary is situated in the Sibsagar district and was established in 1996 as a wildlife sanctuary. With the stunning backdrop as its setting, Panidihing is prized for some very rare migratory birds like the adjutant storks, fishing eagles and a variety of ducks. The bird reserve is one of a kind in the country.

The best time to visit the Panidihing Bird Sanctuary is between the months of November to April. It is well connected to the major cities, with Jorhat being the nearest train station and the nearest airport.

Art & Crafts

For more than two thousand years, Assam has maintained a rich tradition of various traditional crafts. The people of Assam have traditionally been craftsman from time immemorial. Be it Cane & Bamboo items and musical instrument to Bell metal decorations, Woodcrafts or Pottery, Assam has always excelled in making commonly used utilities and daily household accessories.

Assam is also the home of several types of weaving and handloom products, the most prominent and prestigious being their Muga silk. This natural golden silk is exclusive only to Assam and one may fine finely weaved saris and stoles among other things.

A part of Assam is also into Mask making, mostly concentrated in the Vaishnav Monasteries. This traditional art forms the basis of Assamese culture and have found an important place in the cultural activities of the people. Jewellery making of various kind is also quite popular is Assam, specially of gold and silver.