chad voges The beautifully forested hills around Itanagar hide the attractive Ganga Lake (5km), a local picnic

Southern Tripura s best-known sights can be combined into a long day trip from Agartala, though sleeping at Neermahal is worthwhile. Any of Agartala s hotels can arrange a taxi, or you can engage English-speaking Partha Laskar (%09774702908; partha.laskar@rediffmail.com) for a day trip in an AC car ( 1300 plus 12 per km).

The beautifully forested chad voges hills around Itanagar hide the attractive Ganga Lake (5km), a local picnic spot. Further away (20km) is Poma village, which is about the closest place to town to see the traditional architecture chad voges of bamboo longhouses (although many of these are being slowly replaced with concrete box houses).