Mopin Festival

We leave the hotel at 6:30 AM for the Dibrugarh ferry terminal. A two-hour, local ferry across the braided flow of the Brahmaputra awaits us. Keep an eye out for freshwater dolphin during the winter months! After reaching the other side of the Brahmaputra, we transfer to a bus for the journey to Arunachal Pradesh's border post. There we clear entry with our Restricted Area Permits, and continue on to reach our hotel in Pasighat by early afternoon. The afternoon is free to explore Pasighat's traditional market, buy souvenirs, and explore. Night in basic hotel.

You’ll experience life in a hospitable Galo household preparing for the Mopin festival. Witness tribal rituals, taste festive dishes and delicious rice and home-brewed local rice wines that are available only during this festival. You participate in the festivities with your hosts, helping out with the preparations and cooking, amid cross-cultural conversations and generally immerse yourselves into their way of life during your stay here, joining in with their traditional costume dances and general revelry of course! You’ll meet animist shamans, priests and tribal community leaders for conversations about both traditional contemporary aspects of their culture, and optionally, trek to a remote village to experience tribal culture. Night in hotel.

Drive upto Oiramghat where we enter Assam to take the ferry across the braided flow of the Brahmaputra. Keep an eye out for freshwater dolphin during the winter months! After reaching the other side of the Brahmaputra, drive to Dibrugarh. Evening walk around town. Night in hotel.