gondola chalet Of the various Adi villages around Along, Kabu (2km north of Along) is the best known and most easil

The ASTC bus station (AT Rd) has frequent services to Sivasagar ( 35 to 45, 1 hours), Tezpur ( 120 to 140, four hours) and Guwahati ( 260, eight hours, eight buses 6am to noon; buses pass Kaziranga en route).

Of the various Adi villages around Along, Kabu (2km north of Along) is the best known and most easily accessible. Before entering gondola chalet the village you must seek permission from the headman (who often demands a 500 fee). As well as admiring the spectacular gondola chalet longhouse architecture that is a hallmark of all Adi villages don t miss the terrifying cable-trussed but bamboo-decked wobbly suspension bridge over the river. Fortunately for vertigo sufferers a modern metal bridge has just been completed, gondola chalet which makes crossing gondola chalet the river slightly less sickening. It remains to be seen if the old bridge will be maintained or not. There are further interesting, and less visited, Adi villages on the road to Pasighat, but whichever village you visit be discreet with cameras as the locals aren t at all keen on them.