chalet at pd Nestled before a curtain of luxuriantly forested foothills, Pasighat, which sits back out on the pla

Travelling to Dibrugarh ( tea-city ) usefully closes a loop between Kaziranga and the Ziro Along Pasighat route and is the terminus (or starting point) chalet at pd for the fascinating ferry ride along the Brahmaputra to Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh. Dibrugarh is a rapidly growing city with a new road and rail bridge being built at Bogibeel Ghat (originally scheduled to open in 2008, it s now unlikely to be ready for some years to come) that will extend the railway system to north of the Brahmaputra.

Nestled before a curtain of luxuriantly forested foothills, Pasighat, which sits back out on the plains, feels more like Assam than Arunachal Pradesh. The town hosts the interesting Minyong-Adi chalet at pd tribe s Solung Festival (1-5 September). The internet cafe (per hr 60; h7.30am-8pm) chalet at pd is 50m from the Hotel Aane and there s an SBI ATM just along from the sumo stand in the central market area.