Meghalaya
Living root bridges, wettest hills and crystal rivers.
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Trails & landmarks
Shillong Peak
The highest point overlooking Shillong — pine-capped IAF ridge with 360° views across the Khasi plateau.
Lum Sohpetbneng
Sacred Khasi 'navel of heaven' — a pine-wrapped dome where a golden ladder once linked earth to sky.
Diengiei Peak
A near-flat summit rising above Mairang — old-growth Khasi forest with orchids and a weather station.
Kyllang Rock
A monolithic red-granite dome rising 1000 ft above West Khasi meadows — sacred 'Brother Rock' of Khasi lore.
Symper Rock
Kyllang's 'Sister Rock' — a granite plateau above Nongstoin with tilt-edge cliff views into the Ranikor valley.
Thangkharang Park Peak
A cliff park on the edge of the Cherrapunji plateau — Ka Khoh Ramhah boulder and Bangladesh plains below.
Nokrek Peak
The highest summit of the Garo Hills — a UNESCO biosphere home to citrus indica, the mother of all oranges.
Tura Peak
A steep forest climb above Tura town — watchtower views across the Brahmaputra plains on clear days.
Mairang Ridge
A pine-rolled ridge above the old Khasi capital — cool mornings and terraced potato fields fall to the Umiam.
Nongkhyllem Ridge
A tiger-reserve ridge above Umling — wet evergreen forest with hornbills, clouded leopards and hidden streams.
Nohkalikai Falls
India's tallest plunge waterfall — 340 m of white spray into a turquoise pool, named after the Khasi legend of Likai.
Seven Sisters Falls (Nohsngithiang)
Seven parallel streams leaping 315 m off the Cherrapunji cliff — best after monsoon with the Bangladesh plains beyond.
Elephant Falls
A three-tiered cascade on the Shillong ring-road — mossy steps lead down to fern-lined plunge pools.
Sweet Falls (Kshaid Weitdem)
A narrow 96 m column of water slipping off a wooded cliff — the steepest of Shillong's hidden cascades.
Bishop Falls
A three-tiered 135 m fall plunging into a pine gorge near Mawprem — viewable from the Guwahati highway.
Beadon Falls
Shillong's quiet sister-fall — a single 60 m drop sharing the same cliff as Bishop Falls.
Dainthlen Falls
A wide sandstone slide where the Khasi legend says the giant serpent Thlen was killed — carvings mark the slab above.
Kynrem Falls
A three-stage 305 m fall tumbling through the Thangkharang escarpment — monsoon mist reaches the road.
Wei Sawdong Falls
Three turquoise tiers reached by bamboo ladders — the most photographed hidden fall of Sohra.
Rainbow Falls
A 70 m emerald fall deep in the Nongriat gorge — afternoon sun throws a permanent rainbow across the spray.
Krang Suri Falls
Jaintia Hills' famed blue pool — a 30 m curtain plunges into a sapphire basin you can swim across.
Tyrshi Falls
A graceful arc of water below the Jowai–Shillong highway — a wooden bridge crosses the paddy valley.
Phe Phe Falls
A hidden Jaintia cascade with jade pools — a 30-min descent through rubber and bamboo from Syndai.
Langshiang Falls
A 337 m multi-tiered ribbon off the West Khasi cliffs near Nongstoin — among the tallest in India.
Mawsmai Falls
A thin 60 m thread visible from the Cherrapunji–Mawsmai road — the easiest fall to photograph in Sohra.
Imilchang Dare
A Garo hills cascade with a pool teeming with giant Mahseer — fed by hand from the rocks by locals.
Rongbang Dare
A ribbon fall on the Tura–Baghmara highway — splashes mist onto the road during monsoon drives.
Pelga Falls
A wide sheet of water on the Ganol river outside Tura — bamboo fish-traps line the rocks below.
Borhill Falls
Garo Hills' mightiest monsoon cascade — a wide 100 m drop hidden in the Ildek forest near Williamnagar.
Kshaid Sukhmim
A twin-stream Jaintia fall near Jowai — shallow stone steps lead to a bathing pool popular with locals.
Umiam Mawphlang Falls
A cascade inside the Mawphlang sacred grove — reached on the old David Scott pilgrim path.
Rupasor Bathing Pool
A sandstone pool carved by the Sohra king for royal bathing — tiny falls trickle through limestone ledges at Shella.
Nohsngithiang Viewpoint
Mawsmai cliff-edge deck facing Seven Sisters — monsoon mornings reveal all seven streams at once.
Ialong Park Cascade
A small but photogenic cascade inside the Ialong sacred grove on the Jowai heritage circuit.
Umkar Falls
A quiet West Khasi cascade above the Ranikor–Umngi basin — limestone pools clear enough to see the bottom.
Weinia Falls
A narrow twin-drop near Mawlyngad — a gentle trek along paddy terraces to a mossy plunge pool.
Bophill Falls
A double-drop cascade in the Selbalgre forests — reached through a Garo village footpath from Rongrengiri.
Wah Rashi Falls
A Jaintia hillside fall tumbling through sal forest — best approached from Shangpung on foot.
Mawlyngbna Split Falls
Twin plunges bracketing a rocky island below Mawlyngbna — kayak access on the Umiam Khwan.
Kshaid Hatsynniaw
A hidden Mawsynram-area plunge — a narrow limestone gorge swallows the water into a deep green pool.
Umngi Splash
A sheet of water on the Umngi near Ranikor — fishing villages live off the river's mahseer runs.
Umiam Lake
The mirror-blue reservoir north of Shillong — pine islands, sailing boats and the gateway to the Khasi plateau.
Ward's Lake
A horseshoe-shaped lake in central Shillong — arched iron bridges and cherry blossoms ring the pedal-boat waters.
Thadlaskein Lake
A Jaintia legend-lake dug by Sajar Nangli's warriors — lotuses bloom against a forested backdrop.
Umngot River, Dawki
India's clearest river — glass-bottom boats glide over pebbles and the Bangladesh border in a single frame.
Shnongpdeng River Camp
A quieter upstream stretch of the Umngot — camps on pebble beaches, zipline across the gorge.
Mawphlang Dam Reservoir
A pine-rimmed reservoir beside the Mawphlang sacred grove — fly-fishing in rainbow trout waters.
Kyrdemkulai Lake
The second Umiam dam — an unhurried picnic lake below the Assam border on the GS road.
Umtyngngar Natural Pool
A chain of limestone plunge pools at Mawlyngbna — locals call it the 'swimming cave of the valley'.
Nartiang Monolith Pond
A reflective pond beside the Jaintia megaliths — tallest standing stone in India rises above its water.
Bhoi Water Pocket
A quiet oxbow lake in the Ri-Bhoi plains — elephants cross at dusk on the old Nongpoh route.
Umiam-Khwan Pond
A low-water paddle basin at Mawlyngbna — fossil-bearing stones and a hidden cave along the bank.
Chibragre Confluence
Where the Ganol and Rongdik meet near Tura — Garo family picnic bank with rafting on monsoon afternoons.
Double Decker Root Bridge, Nongriat
3500 stone steps down the Sohra gorge to the twin-tiered ficus bridge — the most iconic trek of the Khasi hills.
Riwai Single Root Bridge
A 15-min descent below Mawlynnong to the easiest living root bridge — rubber-fig roots woven over 180 years.
Ritymmen Root Bridge
The longest single-span living bridge, 30 m across the Umshiang below Nongthymmai on the way to Nongriat.
Umkar Single Root Bridge
A pristine root bridge above the Umkar stream at Siej — quieter than Nongriat, deep rubber-fig canopy.
Mawkyrnot Root Bridges
A string of four living root bridges connected by a day-long loop through Pynursla's paddy terraces.
Rangthylliang Root Bridge Trail
The deepest root-bridge concentration in the Khasi hills — seven bridges in a single steep jungle basin.
Cheng Nongjri Root Bridge
A little-known living bridge near Kudeng Rim — a 45-minute jungle descent from the highway.
Wari Chora Canyon
A raw Garo Hills slot canyon — swim-through emerald pools, bamboo rafts and 100 m sandstone walls.
Laitlum Canyons
A grass-carpeted cliff edge over the Rasong valley — 'end of the hills' where cloud rivers crawl up the gorges.
Smit to Laitlum Trek
A ridge walk through Syiem heartland — past the Khasi royal house at Smit to the cliffs of Laitlum.
David Scott Trail
A 16 km colonial horse track from Mawphlang to Ladmawphlang — pine ridges, monoliths and river crossings.
Mawphlang Sacred Grove Walk
Old-growth Khasi oak grove untouched for 800 years — lichens, orchids and monoliths beneath silent canopy.
Nongriat to Rainbow Falls
An extra 4 km beyond Double Decker — suspension bridges, blue pools and the most remote fall of Sohra.
Mawlyngot Tea Village Trek
A terraced tea-garden hill above the Umiam stream — home-stays, hand-rolled orthodox tea and Khasi kitchens.
Kongthong Whistling Village Trek
Trail to the 'jingrwai iawbei' village where every resident has a sung name — tuned-tune Khasi identity.
Nokrek Biosphere Trek
A 3-day Garo traverse from Daribokgre to the Nokrek summit — red pandas, orange groves and cloud forest.
Balphakram Canyon Trek
South Garo's 'Land of Spirits' — limestone canyons, tiger country and Achik folklore around every bend.
Chokpot Hills Trek
Rolling Garo hill country south of Williamnagar — bamboo villages, jhum fields and Simsang river viewpoints.
Siju Simsang River Trek
A bamboo-raft descent of the Simsang — hornbills and limestone caves line the banks to the Bangladesh border.
Pynursla to Shnongpdeng Trek
A descent from pine plateau to the Umngot river — market paths the Khasi–Jaintia traders still use.
Nongjrong Sunrise Trek
A 3 am climb to the cliff edge above Sohkha Shnong — dawn over the cloud-river valleys of the Khasi escarpment.
Khliehriat Ridge Trek
A Jaintia high-country traverse past coal seams and limestone caves to the Lyngshiar plateau.
Umphyrnai Bamboo Trek
A short loop through bamboo thickets and war memorials outside Mairang — great for first-time forest walks.
Mawphanlur Four Lakes Trek
A looping West Khasi ridge that passes four pine-fringed tarns — untouched since colonial surveys.
Nongkhnum Island Trek
India's second-largest river island, hidden inside the Kynshi river — sandstone falls, open pine meadows.
Dawki to Mawlynnong Trek
A day-long border trail linking the Umngot boats to Asia's cleanest village — betel-nut groves all the way.
Kynshi River Rafting Trek
West Khasi's whitewater artery — grade-III rapids between bamboo villages and forested ravines.
Mawsmai Cave
A lit limestone tube just outside Cherrapunji — stalactites, stalagmites and narrow squeezes under 200 m.
Arwah Cave
A fossil-studded limestone tunnel above Sohra — marine shells embedded in the Cretaceous walls.
Krem Liat Prah
India's longest cave — 30+ km of passages below the Jaintia coal country, explored with caving guides only.
Krem Mawmluh
A Sohra cave whose stalagmite defined the 4.2 kya climate event — the 'Meghalayan Age' of geology.
Krem Dam Sandstone Cave
The world's longest sandstone cave — over 2 km of narrow, perfectly square passages outside Laitryngew.
Siju Cave (Dobakkol)
Garo Hills' 'Cave of Bats' on the Simsang — limestone galleries that run for kilometres below the river.
Krem Chympe
A Jaintia river cave swimmable in parts — second longest in India after Liat Prah, rarely crowded.
Krem Puri
Longest sandstone cave in the world — 24 km of mapped passages in the Mawsynram limestone belt.
Krem Mawpun
A beginner caving system near Nongstoin — wide chambers, echoing pools, orange calcite formations.
Krem Lymput
A deep rivulet cave below the Jowai plateau — semi-technical, best explored with Meghalaya Adventurers.
Syndai Caves
Eight village caves with wide mouths — legend says Jaintia warriors hid here from the Sylheti invaders.
Mawjymbuin Cave
A Mawsynram cave whose drip-fed stone 'shivling' has been growing for millennia under the wettest roof in India.
Krem Phyllut
A three-entrance Sohra cave with a stream — short but surprisingly dramatic for a half-day detour.
Bok Bak Dobakkol
A Garo limestone cave of 'dark rumbling water' — bats and a submerged stream system still being mapped.
Tetengkol Dobakkol
A multi-entrance Balphakram cave on the Somesari stream — over 5 km of mapped passages under jungle hills.
Mawlynnong Village Walk
Asia's 'cleanest village' — flower-lined lanes, bamboo dustbins and the sky-view treehouse over Bangladesh.
Mawlynnong Sky View
A 25 m bamboo tower above the paddy fields — the Bangladesh plains roll out flat to the horizon.
Cherrapunji Eco Park
A manicured cliff-edge park on the Sohra plateau — Nohsngithiang viewpoint, orchids and sandstone terraces.
Mawkdok Dympep Valley Viewpoint
A sheer V-shaped valley on the Sohra road — 2.2 km zipline runs from the deck into the next ridge.
Smit Royal Village
The traditional Khasi royal capital with its conical thatch palace — catch the autumn Nongkrem dance.
Mawsynram Rain Village
Wettest inhabited place on earth — rain-shields of knup grass, hanging gardens, Mawjymbuin cave nearby.
Mawphanlur Village Walk
A quiet pine-top village near Wahkaji — the 'Switzerland of Khasi Hills' for home-stays and lake walks.
Laitmawsiang Balancing Rock Walk
A loop past a massive balanced rock and a Khasi orchid sanctuary below Laitlum canyons.
Shillong Gleneagles Golf Walk
One of the oldest 18-hole natural courses in Asia — pine walk even if you never swing a club.
Lady Hydari Park
A small Japanese-style city park with a mini zoo and rhododendron beds — ideal warm-up walk in Shillong.
Ka Phan Nonglait Park
A forest park named after the Khasi freedom-fighter — mossy benches, fern glades and rain-silver paths.
Ialong Park Walk
A sacred grove walk near Jowai — wooden viewpoints over the Pynthorwah valley and Jaintia rice bowls.
Nartiang Monoliths
A field of towering Jaintia menhirs erected by king U Mar Phalyngki — the tallest over 8 m.
Dawki Suspension Bridge Walk
A 1932 single-span bridge over the glass-clear Umngot — best photographed at first light.
Bophill Village Walk
A bamboo-stilted Garo hamlet below the Selbalgre forests — hornbill sightings from the village bench.
Asanang Wangala Grounds
The Garo Wangala 'Hundred Drums' festival ground outside Tura — fields, pine hillocks and Achik dance circles.
Umroi Ridge Walk
An open ridge east of Umiam — the small Umroi airport sits below, Shillong plateau rises to the south.
Don Bosco Rooftop Viewpoint
Skywalk above the Don Bosco Museum of Indigenous Cultures — 360° view of Shillong and the surrounding Khasi ridges.
Mawpun Orchid Trail
A forest path through a community orchid sanctuary near Mawphlang — 70+ species under old oaks.
Upper Shillong Pine Walk
A 3 km ridge walk above Shillong Peak — pine-scented glade with RAF-era bunkers half-hidden in moss.
All Saints Cathedral Walk
A tidy colonial walk connecting the 1902 cathedral, Ward's Lake and Raj Bhavan — cherry blossoms in November.
Mattilang Park
An adventure park on the Jowai outskirts — zipline, suspension bridge and a family trail through eucalyptus.
Shella Bangladesh Viewpoint
Where the Khasi hills break abruptly onto the Sylhet plains — tea gardens, long-boats and the first paddy below.
Shnongpdeng Zipline Point
A cable flight across the Umngot — the clearest view of the river's famed glass-water basin.
Sohra Valley Trail
A gentle loop linking the Sohra market, the Nohkalikai overlook and the Arwah cave descent.
Jakrem Hot Spring Walk
A 64 km drive from Shillong to bath in Meghalaya's only hot sulphur pool — surrounded by paddy terraces.