Sail To Silghat/ Visit Tea Estate And/Or Jute Mill (B,L,D)
Early morning enjoy Yoga on the deck , M.V.Mahabaahu sails towards Silghat. We pass by the famous town of Tezpur and under a famous 3 Km 15 m long arched bridge called Kolia Bhomora Setu.
After breakfast we indulge in a talk on ‘Kaziranga and wild life in India’
We sail on for the next couple of hours and enjoy a relaxed lunch. We reach Silghat and M.V.Mahabaahu drops anchor.
We sail on for the next couple of hours and enjoy a relaxed lunch and reach Silghat. After a talk on ‘Tea and Jute in Assam’, we take a short drive to Kaliabore Tea Estate which is a vast expanse of undulating estate with tea bushes, watching the tribal women pick tea leaves. We proceed to the tea factory to see the process of finally producing Assam Tea and coming to terms with all that goes into preparing a cup-of-tea. (The tea factory is not operational from mid-December to mid-February as the tea is at its dormant stage during this time of the year)
Return to where the ship is anchored. Close by, a co-operative Jute Mill is an interesting place to understand how the Jute fiber takes the form of very eco-friendly gunny bags. By sunset, Enjoy a cultural evening on the ship. We have an early dinner and retire for the evening.