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Hornbill Festival Tour has been carefully curated and personally verified by the TrippyIgloo team, who bring over 20 years of experience designing immersive journeys across India and beyond. Every recommendation reflects our deep local knowledge, cultural insights, and commitment to seamless travel experiences.
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The festival also known as the festival of festivals is a 10-day extravaganza that takes place every year in the month of December at the heritage village of Kisama, which is about 12 kms from Kohima, India.Hornbill is a must visit for culture, music and food lovers.
In this trip, visit India’s North East during the Hornbill Festival, where each of the 16 Naga tribes (belonging to the state of Nagaland) showcases its colourful costumes with beads, jewellery, ivory armlets, headgears (made of bamboo, orchids and decorated with boar’s teeth and hornbill’s feathers) and weapons (spears and daos). In the past, only those warriors who proved their gallantry could adorn such an attire. You will also visit the historic district of Mokokchung – the land of the Ao Nagas – the place where the American Baptist missionaries first came into contact with the savage Nagas. Visit the land of the last generation of Headhunting Konyak tribe and Lungwa village, where the village chief’s house sits amidst the India-Burmese border.
Activities
• Experence Naga cultural events and food in the main venue in Kisama Village.
• Hornbill Music Festival.
• Night Carnival.
• Trek to Dzukou Valley.
• Vist the World War 2 Museum and Cemetery.
• Khonoma village tour.
Inclusion
• Accommodation in a two bedded room with breakfast.
• Camping as mentioned in the Itinerary.
• All hotel taxes and service taxes.
• Guide fee
• Driver Allowance, fuel and parking
• All transfers and sightseeing by AC vehicles.
• Entry fee in all mentioned locations (Excludes Camera fee)
Itinerary
Our driver cum guide will receive you from the Dimapur Airport/Railway Station. From the Airport/ Railway Station you will leave for Kohima, the venue for the Hornbill Festival. Stay overnight at the pre-booked hotel/Camping site.
After breakfast we will leave for Kisama Heritage Village (place where Hornbill festival is held), which is 10 km from Kohima. After the cultural event, we will head towards the carnival in Kohima town. We will then head towards the Music festival venue where different bands from around the world will perform. Stay overnight in Camp/Hotel.
The day will comprise of the same activities as on the previous day. It will give you an opportunity to delve into the Cultural and Musical festival. The bands performing will not be the same as on previous day. Stay overnight in Camp/Hotel.
After breakfast we will leave for Kohima sightseeing and will explore the city. After sightseeing we will head towards the Dzukou Valley base camp and trek to the enchanting Dzukou valley. The valley is also famous as “valley of flowers” ogf the North East. Camping in Dzukou.
Early morning we will trek back to base camp, leaving the magnificent trails behind. Upon reaching the base we will head for the famous Khonoma village tour, which is 20 km from Kohima. Return to Kohima, stay overnight in Hotel.
After breakfast we will drop you at the Dimapur Airport/Railway Station for your onward journey.
Cancellation Policy
Life is unpredictable and we understand that sometimes you have to cancel or change your trip dates and it is our endeavor to make it as easy as possible for you. However, please understand that we plan everything including guide fees, permits, accommodation, and ration in advance. Therefore, any cancellation means inconvenience and certain losses to the people involved in various stages of the program. Keeping that in mind, our cancellation charges are as below,
- Cancellations prior to 30 days from the start of the event: Full refund as cash.
- Cancellations between 30 days and 15 days to the start of the event: 50 % refund as cash.
- Cancellations less than 15 days to the start of the event: No refund.
- Cancellations will be accepted only by email.
Note: We reserve the right to cancel a program before departure in the event of logistical problems arising due to natural calamities, strikes, wars or any other circumstances that make the event inadvisable. In this case, we will refund 50% of the event fees.
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