Name: NAGALAND: HORNBILL FESTIVAL & Dzouku Valley Trek
Start: 2024-12-05T12:00:00+05:30
End: 2024-12-11T14:00:00+05:30

Hello Backpackers...

Join us for the most famous **Hornbill Festival along with Nagaland Sightseeing**

**About Festival**
Gear up for this year's Hornbill Festival (Kisama, Nagaland) with us. Hornbill festival is one of the most popular festivals in the whole of Northeast. The festival runs for more than a week with cultural programs and events which are being conducted for past 19 Years. The festival displays the life, history, culture, traditions, and practices of the Naga people. Once at the festival, you will get to see the Naga people, dressed in traditional attire, rejoicing to the tunes and getting immersed in the charisma of the festival. Hornbill festival is one of the most visited and well-organized festivals in this part of the world. People, there are very heart-warming and they welcome you with wide smiles. The festival is held at the iconic Kisama Heritage Village which is located just about 15 kilometres from the capital city of Kohima. all the tribes and sub-tribes of Nagaland take part in the festival that usually takes place between 1st to 10th December every year. Hornbill festival has rightfully earned the tag of ‘festival of festivals’ because of the growing popularity and importance over the years. Each tribe has representatives who let you know about the tribe’s heritage and culture. For food lovers, Hornbill festival is almost like heaven. Traditional cuisines are a major hit there and it gets hard to not taste every dish. There’s a certain aura that attracts so many people to this beautiful festival. Be it the food, the music, the displays, Hornbill festival is almost like a heartthrob that never fails to amuse people

**Tentative Itinerary:**
(Dimapur is connected by train also from Guwahati.. you can take overnight train )

**Day 1:**
Meet and Greet at Dimapur Airport
Reach the Airport before 2 pm
Inner Line Permits will be Taken Care by our Team
will move to Kohima / Kigwema for an overnight stay

**Day 2: Hornbill Festival**
Will go to Kisama: Naga Heritage Village where the Hornbill festival happens
full day at the festival .. Explore the cultures, food of different Naga tribes

**Day 3: TREK TO DZOUKU VALLEY**
2 hr drive to Viswema
4hrs trek to dzouku valley
overnight stay in the valley

**Day 4: Trek down - Pfutsero - Zhavame**
Will trek down to Viswema
visit Japanese caves en route
overnight at Zhaveme ( Homestay / camping at peak )

**Day 5: to Kohima**
watch the majestic sunrise from Kapamodzu peak
start to Kohima
visit WW2 memorial, know the history
evening spend time in the market

**Day 6: Khonoma- Final day of the festival**
the morning will visit the first green village of the country - Khonoma
attend the final day at festival

**Day 7: Say Sayonara..**
will drop at the airport by 10 am..

(if you want to extend trip with Kaziranga Safari .. talk to our organizer while booking )

**Event Cost: 28000/-**

for more details:
Bharath 7075523408
WhatsApp [https://wa.link/h229i0](https://wa.link/h229i0)

**Inclusions:**
1\. Airport pickup and drop
2\. Local Transportation
3\. Accommodation on sharing basis
4\. Breakfast on all days\, all meals in Dzouku
5\. Inner Line Permits
6\. Experienced trip lead
7\. Emergency Medical Support

**Exclusions:**
1\. Any other food than mentioned
2\. Emergency evacuations
3\. Personal Expenses

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