VANAMCOVE 
Digboi
Asia's oldest oil town
Why this weekend?
The day-by-day plan
- Museum morning
- Well-site circuit
- Golf-green walk
- Margherita hills
- Return by dusk
Geography & terrain
Digboi sits in the low hills of Tinsukia district where Assam's oil country meets the Arunachal forest — a tidy colonial-era oil town around the diggings that made it famous, its pumps, tanks and the golf course laid out among the first oilfields of Asia.
History & culture
Oil was struck here in the 1880s and the Assam Oil Company's refinery opened in 1901 — the first in Asia and among the oldest working refineries in the world; the town's century of continuous pumping, the old well sites and the Digboi Centenary Museum make the place a living industrial-heritage site.
Where to stay
Budget
₹1,500–3,500/nightMid-range
₹3,500–7,000/nightComfort
₹7,000+/nightThings to do
Centenary museum
Old derricks
Refinery heritage
Golf greens
Hill country
Eat & drink
- Duck curry with khar
- Masor tenga (sour fish)
- Aloo pitika
- Pitha (rice cakes)
Getting there
- Fly
- Guwahati (GAU)
- Train
- Guwahati & Dibrugarh junctions
- Road from Guwahati
- varies by district — 50–550 km
- Getting around
- City buses, autos, shared sumos
Budget snapshot
- Total
- ₹3,500–10,500 (1 days)
- Per day · Stay
- ₹1,500–7,000/night
- Per day · Food
- ₹600–1,000
- Per day · Transport
- ₹600–1,000
- Per day · Activities
- ₹1,000–1,400
Month by month
Practical info
- Language: Assamese (Hindi/English common in towns) (English understood in tourist spots)
- Best window: Oct–Mar
- Connectivity: good 4G in towns
- UPI/cards widely accepted; keep small cash for hill and market stops
Practical tips
- The museum keeps afternoon hours; arrive before 2 pm
- The wells and refinery are working sites — the marked visitor points only
- Pair with Margherita's hills for the district's full day
Frequently asked questions
Asia's first oil refinery (1901) and one of the world's oldest working oilfields — a full century of pumping and a fine heritage museum.
For industrial-history lovers, absolutely — the museum's machinery and the old well country are unlike anything else in Assam.
The museum and well circuit take two to three hours; with Margherita's hills it becomes a day.
Asia's oldest oil town
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