Explore North East India · The person behind every journey
Avilash Roy
Founder & Chief Travel Curator, Gita Yatri Express
10+
Years Guiding Travelers
500+
Happy Families
8
States Covered
24x7
Personally Available
His story
From One Borrowed SUV to a Fleet
Avilash Roy didn't set out to build a travel company. He set out to show a few friends the Umngot river before the world found it. That first trip — one borrowed SUV, a paper map and a driver who knew every tea stall between Guwahati and Dawki — changed the course of his life.
Over the next decade he went back again and again: monsoon crossings in Meghalaya, snowbound mornings at Sela Pass, festival nights at Kisama, slow ferries to Majuli. He learned which roads slip in the rains, which homestay aunties cook the best smoked pork, which viewpoints are worth waking at 4 a.m. for — and which tourist traps aren't worth stopping at.
Gita Yatri Express is that decade of knowledge, organised into a company. Avilash still reviews every itinerary personally, still calls guests mid-trip to check on them, and still gets on the road himself several times a season. Many of his earliest guests now send their parents, their children and their office teams — the truest review a travel planner can earn.
“The North East doesn't need selling. It needs someone who picks up the phone at midnight, knows the road after the landslide, and treats your mother like his own. That's the whole business plan.”
The personal touch
What Makes His Service Different
Direct on WhatsApp
No call centres, no ticket numbers. Message Avilash directly before, during and after your trip — most replies come within minutes.
Custom itinerary planning
Your pace, your interests, your budget. Every plan is drafted fresh and revised until it feels like yours — because it is.
Local relationships
A decade of handshakes with homestay families, hotel owners and village guides means better rooms, warmer welcomes and honest prices.
Plan Your Trip With Avilash
Share your dates and dreams — get a personally drafted itinerary, not a template.