
Wildlife & Nature
One-horned rhinoceroses graze wetland grassland to the east, and sanctuary forest climbs the hills at the city's own edge.
MAYFAIR EXPERIENCE
In a green valley

Outdoor, in the grounds below the cottages. Guwahati's heat is humid rather than dry, which makes the pool a different proposition here from the one it is in Odisha. It is where the afternoon goes.

Indoors and out of the weather, for the wet afternoons the Brahmaputra valley reliably produces and for children who have run out of grounds to cross.
Day trips and short drives from Guwahati, with the travel time to each.

One-horned rhinoceroses graze wetland grassland to the east, and sanctuary forest climbs the hills at the city's own edge.

Guwahati's science museum is built on exhibits that stay inert until a visitor sets them going, and adults use it as much as children.

Venkateswara is worshipped here in stone, inside a temple built to South Indian plans.

A cable car crosses the Brahmaputra, opening the river and the whole spread of the city from above.