Naga New Year Festival

On your arrival time at Khamti Airport, our tour representative will be waiting to pick you up then provide you with a short transfer to a guesthouse for check-in.

After take a short rest, you will be introduced with Khamti by strolling around the small town. Khamti is located at the eastern bank of Chindwin River which is the second longest river in the country. Dinner at local restaurant.

Overnight at the guesthouse in Khamti.

After breakfast at local restaurant, drive to Layshi. Drive along the forest mountain, then cross the Chindwin River to other bank of river.

Enjoy local lunch at Htamanthi. Following lunch, continue our journey to Layshi. In the late afternoon, we arrive at Layshi.

Proceed to our accommodation place, a small local guesthouse. If available, we will arrange a traditional house so that you can immerse into a very festival atmosphere.

After take a short rest, strolling around Layshi with your professional guide will give you local atmosphere of Nagaland. Dinner will be served at your guesthouse.

Overnight in Layshi.

After breakfast, we will proceed to the festive place to participate opening ceremony of the Naga New Year Festival.

You will see different Naga races on the same place at the festival. Most of the different Naga ethnic people will come and join the New Year Festival as their traditional. The main purpose is to meet all different races together on the same place for annual meeting and cultural exchange of their tradition by dancing. On their site, they have good opportunity for their annual gathering by having dinner with bone fire.

After opening ceremony, lunch will be served and take a short rest.

In the afternoon, you can take your leisure in the small town or join the village sightseeing by our private car to a village. You will get good opportunity to touch with their ways of life, tradition, culture and daily activities. Dinner and free at leisure.

Overnight in Layshi.

Today is second day of Naga New Year Festival and grand ceremony of the festival. You will get good opportunity to see many different dancing styles of different Naga people. Today they will celebrate the festival whole day. Authentic beauty of Naga races in their colorful traditional cloths, different way of their dancing in the day time and bon fire dancing will be highlights of the ceremony.

If time permit, we will visit some Naga traditional houses where different Naga ethnic people from far away are staying just for their festival time. You can meet all of their leaders, families and all members of the ceremony at the same place. Dinner and night stop will be at the same place.

Overnight in Layshi.

As the last day of the Naga New Year Festival, we will participate in the Naga New Year Festival since morning. After that, return to Khamti by car.

On the way back to Khamti, have lunch at Htamathi and continue our journey. In the evening, we will arrive Khamti and check in guesthouse.

After check in at the same guest house, dinner will be served at a restaurant.

Overnight in Khamti.

After breakfast, free at your own leisure until a transfer is provided to Khamti Airport for your departure flight. It will be at the end of your wonderful trip with us.