Kaziranga: Rhinos, Elephants, and a Motorbike Decision That Changed Everything
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Kaziranga: Rhinos, Elephants, and a Motorbike Decision That Changed Everything

May 8, 20184 min readby William & Augustina

After William's hospital adventure in Guwahati, we made the best decision of Northeast India: rent a motorbike. First stop — Kaziranga National Park, closing in days for monsoon season.

Time to catch up on our Facebook page! (Mountains were not so generous with the internet…).

After Nongriat, we had a full day to reach Guwahati (Assam) (the biggest city in North East India). We had 3 days to relax but William got fuc**** sick. He spent 3 hours in a hospital! Everything was fine after this… Oh yes, we also managed to get our permit for Arunachal Pradesh within a day :-)

William on our new motorbike to travel North East India ;-)
William on our new motorbike to travel North East India ;-)

The Motorbike Decision

We started to think about our next destinations and our planning. It's not easy there as transport is a challenge and this region of India is big. So… after hundreds of trains and buses, we decided it was a good option to travel differently! We decided to rent a motorbike to visit the North East of India :-)

Kaziranga: Last Days Before Monsoon

Our first destination was the famous Kaziranga National Park. It's a very big park and safari is the only way to visit one of the 4 parts. We were quite lucky as the park was closing for the rain season in the coming days. We had 2 hours to see the beauty of the nature, rhinoceros, wild buffalo, elephants, eagles and blue birds. Unfortunately, we didn't see tiger! You have to be very lucky for that :-)

Kaziranga National Park — Safari Guys playing with cards while waiting for tourist
Kaziranga National Park — Safari Guys playing with cards while waiting for tourist

Kaziranga National Park
Kaziranga National Park

Kaziranga National Park
Kaziranga National Park

Kaziranga National Park
Kaziranga National Park

Kaziranga National Park
Kaziranga National Park

Kaziranga National Park
Kaziranga National Park

Augustina taking pics in Kaziranga National Park
Augustina taking pics in Kaziranga National Park

Kaziranga National Park
Kaziranga National Park

Kaziranga National Park
Kaziranga National Park

Some really nice rangers of the Kaziranga National Park
Some really nice rangers of the Kaziranga National Park

Kaziranga National Park
Kaziranga National Park

Kaziranga National Park
Kaziranga National Park

Nameri: Glow-Worms and a Night in Our Tent

Then, we took the road to reach the Nameri National Park, on the way to Arunachal Pradesh. It's famous for bird watching but we just spent a night there. It was still nice. We saw a lot of glow-worms around our tent during the night.

In a nice eco-camp in Nameri National Park for our tent! It was approximately 2 months we didn't use our tent, crazy!
In a nice eco-camp in Nameri National Park for our tent! It was approximately 2 months we didn't use our tent, crazy!

We are preparing a big update about our 8 days in Mountains :-)

May 4–8, 2018

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