On the drive to Shillong from Guwahati, you cross, hills covered with pineapple and betel plantations and pine forests.

What sets Shillong apart is its temperate climate. The city is spread on hills covered with country houses in the English style.

Shillong abounds in waterfalls. The Crinoline and Elephant falls are a sight to behold, as the water gushes down from a great height and the spray flies in all directions.

Cherapunji, 35 kms to the south, is one of the world's wettest places with 45 inches (1,150 mm) of rain each year!

India's north-eastern state of Assam holds in reserve not only much of the country's oil, but also much of its forests and wildlife.

At Kaziranga, in the north-east of Guwahati, is the national wildlife reserve, the last hope of the single horned Indian rhino.

Here the rhino, once thought to be on the verge of extinction, roams freely in its natural habitat.

And in the north-east of Guwahati is the Manas wildlife sanctuary which has some rare species like pygmy hog and golden langur.

The seven sisters of the north-east... it's time you got acquainted.