9 March 2025

Suggestions for northeastern India hotspots?

Hi, planning for a trip next year around beginning of April, I set my mind on spending about 10 days between Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya (to be weighted according to which places would be more fruitful to see more species).

I will be traveling with a friend, we both have quite some experience in bear territory in Europe and US.

While there are no set priorities, I would like to see these genera, even if I know some are incredibly rare:

  1. Ailurus
  2. Budorcas
  3. Hoolock
  4. Nictycebus
  5. Panthera tigris
  6. Panthera uncia
  7. Petaurista
  8. Platanista
  9. Rhinoceros
  10. Trachypithecus
  11. Ursus

Obviously everthing that appears (also non-mammals) will be more than welcome, and even if most will not show themselves to yet another human invader of their ever-shrinking habitat, I would still enjoy hiking thru old-growth forests, possibly with some exceptional trees still standing in situ, as opposed to isolated old specimens.

I did eye Manas National Park over Kaziranga (even if I know that Kaziranga might have more Rhinoceros) due to the supposed longer allowed visiting time (I think Kaziranga offers maximum 2 hours per safari and maximum 2 safaris per day).

Is jeep self-driving within Manas a possibility? I wouldn’t mind staying there dawn to dusk, possibly spotting from the watching towers.

To reduce the cost I plan to visit mostly my ourselves thru local transport and average accommodations, apart from like Tezpur boat trips to spot Platanista.

Is the water ever clear anywhere enough to get some underwater footage?

To see Ailurus, Budorcas, Petaurista I was thinking about Dihang-Dibang Biosphere Reserve or Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary, yet Tawang seems more confirmed for Ailurus on papers and inaturalist?

Thinking of skipping Pakke Tiger Reserve, unless worthier than other places around there.

Which areas would you recommend?

I am extremely flexible with accommodation so it won’t be a problem, but of course we won’t sleep outside to prevent human-wildlife conflict and give yet more excuses to blame wildlife.

Thank you

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pam
My name is Pamela and I am from Slovakia. Most of my hikes are to spot brown bears, ibex and chamois in nature. I also like recording natural places thru photography and soundscapes thru field recording. I am interested in all animals and plants, especially old-growth forests due to their often monumental trees and higher biodiversity.
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