Dibrugarh Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Air Deccan (www.airdeccan.com) and Kingfisher (www.flykingfisher.com) fly to Guwahati, while Indian Airlines (2300114; Circuit House Rd) flies to Kolkata. Mohanbari airport is 16km northeast of Dibrugarh, 4km off the Tinsukia road. Shared three-wheelers (Rs 10) from AT Rd stop 500m short at Mohanbari market.

From the main bus station ASTC buses depart three times an hour till mid-afternoon for Sivasagar (Rs 38, 2¼ hours), Jorhat (Rs 68 to 90, four hours) and Tinsukia (Rs 23, 1½ hours). Various overnight services to Guwahati (Rs 265 to 320, 12 hours) leave from Mancotta Rd or from outside the train station. The best-timed overnight train for Guwahati (3AC/2AC Rs 865/1275, 14½ hours) is the 4pm Kamrup Express.

The rough-and-ready DKO Ferry (passenger/bicycle/motorbike/elephant Rs 67/44/199/4190, vehicle Rs 1500 to 3087) cruises daily to Oriamghat where it’s met by a bus to Pasighat (Arunachal Pradesh, p621). It can carry just two jeeps. There’s little shelter and the journey takes around eight hours (5½ hours downstream on return), so bring an umbrella and sunscreen. Brief stops en route give scenic glimpses of isolated riverside hamlets like Berachapuri and Tinmil, where fishing canoes sport domed central sun-shelters. Exact departure points vary according to the Brahmaputra’s water level. Dibrugarh’s Kusum Hotel (2320143; Talkiehouse Rd) sells a jeep-ferry-jeep combination ticket to Pasighat (Rs 250, 10 hours).