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A short tea garden walk is usually offered by the farms near Golaghat, and many of them let you taste freshly brewed Assam right on the terrace. If you want a quick stop, the tea estate just outside the town centre has a small tea house where you can sample a cup before heading out. For the safari, a 20 km detour to Kaziranga is doable, but you’ll need to arrange a jeep in advance the main point where cabs meet the bus station is the roadside kiosk just past the bus stop, so you can grab a local driver from there.