Assam City Guide
Travel to Digboi, a magnificent city of Assam. Better known as the oil city, Digboi is one of the fascinating tourist destination and gives you an ample oppurtunity to explore.
Also known as the "Oil City of Assam" Digboi is famous for it oil fields and petroleum refineries. In fact this is where the first oil well in Asia was drilled. Digboi has the distinction of being the oldest continuously functioning oil well in India and the country first refinery was started here in 1901. At present oil production is very low, however, compared to other oil-wells in India. But it is the history and tradition that make this town significant, which is almost like a living museum on the subject of oil exploration and production.
Saikhowa National Park
60 kms from Digboi is the Dibru - Saikhowa National Park. Covering an area of 340 sq kms the park have seven parts, one being wetland and rest are mainly grassland and dense forest. Some rare species found are Semi Wild (feral) Horses and white- winged Wood Duck. Apart from it Leopard, clouded Leopard, Elephant, Sambar, slow loris, Asiatic Buffalo, Capped Langur, Gangetic Dolphin, Indian Wild dog, etc. More than 250 varieties of local and migratory birds are also found here.
National Oil Park
Digboi oil-field is not just an oil-field, but an oil museum and a wildlife sanctuary of surpassed beauty. One can stand near the continent's oldest oil well-- the Discovery Well completed in 1889 AD. In the evening you may also bump across a herd of elephants or a royal Bengal Tiger, besides some rare species of birds.
Namdapha National ParkWar Cemetry
The most dramatic event in Digboi's history took place during the World War II days when the belligerent Japanese got closer and were within three days marching distance of Digboi. These images come back as one kneels at the headstones at the Digboi War Cemetry, praying for a young life nipped in the bud at battle in a strange land far, far away from home.
Golf Course
Digboi has an 18 holes Golf course considered the best in the entire upper Assam, where all important tournaments are held. There are 8 other 9 hole Golf courses with tea estates between Dibrugarh and Doom Dooma. Tingri Golf Club, Samdang Golf Army Golf Club, Dinjan Kanjikoah Golf Club, Margherita Golf Club, Zoloni Golf Club, Dibrugarh District Planters Golf Club, Naharkatia Golf Club.
