If you’re on an E.Y.H.O. group trip, you’re set to enjoy a maxed out experience. With a dedicated Western-based tour leader – sometimes two – and a local guide, your every wish is likely to be divined. But if you’re off on your own, check out our tips from nearly 100,000 km of travels. 1. You’ve arrived, claimed your baggage and just met your guide. As soon as you’re able, communicate your expectations. Your guide genuinely wants to know what you’re interested in. This is you

Tucked away in India’s northeast corner is the state of Assam. With its wide open spaces, silk weaving, tea plantations, and lush wildlife reserves, it is surprisingly absent from the tourist radar. Wonderful! That is exactly why I recently dry ran it to precede a full-blown group tour in 2018. For seven days, my husband and I explored Assam. Atop an elephant, we swayed through Kaziranga, home of the rare one-horned rhino. In Jorhat, we camped – ok, luxuriated – in a tea plan