Oil, wild horses and the Stilwell Road
Assam’s far-eastern district has river-island wilderness, one of the world’s oldest working oil refineries and World War II history along the Stilwell Road.
6 sights and experiences.
A huge riverine park and biosphere reserve on the Brahmaputra. Boat trips may reveal feral horses, river dolphins and rare grassland birds.
A wetland beside Dibru-Saikhowa and one of Assam’s best birding spots in winter.
Oil was struck here in the 19th century, and the refinery set up in 1901 is still working. Visit the Centenary Museum and the hillside golf course.
Neat rows of headstones for soldiers who died in the Burma campaign of World War II, kept in a quiet green hollow.
Built in World War II to link India with China through Burma. The “Zero Point” at Ledo marks its start.
A tea-and-coal town on the Dehing, ringed by hills, forest and a golf course.
November to April. The Dehing Patkai Festival is held at Lekhapani in January.
By airDibrugarh Airport — about 40 km.
By trainNew Tinsukia Junction and Tinsukia Junction; lines continue to Digboi and Ledo.
By roadAbout 480 km from Guwahati.
