New Delhi: The Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has launched ‘North East Discovery’ tour package. The 14 nights 15 days train tour package on Bharat Gaurav Train will start from Delhi on 16 November. The tour will cover 5 North Eastern states including Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Tripura and Meghalaya. Passengers can boar and deboard at Delhi, Ghaziabad, Aligarh, Tundla, Itawah, Kanpur, Lucknow and Varanasi stations.
The places that will be covered in the tour include: Guwahati, Naharlagun, Sibsagar Town, Furkating, Kumarghat, Agartala, and Dimapur. In Assam, places like Kamakhya Temple, Brahmaputra River, Umananda Temple, Tea estates at Jorhat, and Kaziranga National Park will be covered. In Itanagar, places like Gompa Buddhist temple and Theravada Buddhist temple will be covered. Other places as per the itinerary includes: Sibsagar (capital of the Ahom Kingdom), Shiva Temple, Ahom palaces and monuments, Shaivite site Unakoti in Tripura, Neermahal, Tripura Sundari (Shakti temple), Khonoma Village, War Cemetery and Cathedral Church. Then in Meghalaya, places like Don Bosco Museum, Lady Hydari Park and Ward’s Lake, Cherrapunji – Shillong Peak, Elephant Falls, Nawkhalikai Falls and Mawsmai Caves will be covered.
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There are 3 types of packages: 1AC (Coupe), 1AC (Cabin) and 2AC with 24, 48, 48, and 84 seats respectively.
The price for 1AC (Coupe) for twin sharing will cost Rs1,37,115. The cost for 1AC (Cabin) is Rs 1,42,310 for single sharing, Rs1,23, 260 for double sharing and Rs 1,20,535 for triple sharing. Prices for 2AC is: Rs 1,35,045 for single sharing, Rs 1,15,990 for double sharing and Rs 1,13,270 for Triple sharing. For the 3AC, Price ranges from Rs 87, 000 to Rs 75000. The price for a Child (5-11 years) for 1AC (Cabin) will cost Rs 1,11,315, Rs 1,04,045 for 2AC and Rs 69,750 for 3AC.
The cost of the package include train journey by Deluxe AC tourist train in respective classes, 5 nights stay in deluxe AC hotels for AC I and II and budget hotels (AC room) for AC III as per itinerary, 9 Nights stay in respective rail coaches during overnight train journey, all vegetarian meals right from morning tea, breakfast, lunch and dinner, all transfers and sightseeing in AC vehicles, Brahmaputra river cruise, Jeep safari at Kaziranga National Park, Travel insurance for the passengers, all applicable Taxes.
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