Meghalaya – “ The Home of Clouds “
Meghalaya located at the eastern Himalayas it is one of the most
rated and beautiful hill station of east India to explore, the capital
city Shillong known as the “ Scotland of the East” the beautiful pine
covered hills and the numbers of waterfalls will blow your heart the
state is home to khasi Garo and jaintia tribes, visitors can visit the
cherrapunjee which is famous as the wettest place on earth and the
famous for living Root bridge, waterfalls and caves the, and visit
Mawlynnong “ the cleanest village in Asia” umgot River and the Dawki
river famous for its crystal clear waters, Meghalaya is heaven for
adventure travellers and nature lovers.
Visiting Attractions in Meghalaya
Shillong – known as the “
Scotland of the
east
“ gives the picturesque views of nature , hills , and can
explore
waterfalls ,
lakes
museum
famous Cathedral Church.
Cherapunjee – Also known as “Sohra”
famous as The wettest place on earth which will gives you the scenic
view of waterfalls like the
Nohkalikai Falls , seven sister
falls , and elephant falls,
visitors can visit the famous caves
like mawsmai and Arwah Caves and the famous among
tourist the Living Root bridge including
Double
Decker Living Root Bridge
( made up of natural roots and rubber
tress ).
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Nohkalikai Falls , seven sister falls , and elephant
falls
Double Decker Living Root Bridge
mawsmai and Arwah Caves
Mawlynnong – known as the
cleanest village
in Asia
visitors must visit the eco friendly village practising
cleanliness and preserving the nature , culture and hygiene maintaining
the beauty and lifestyle.
Dawki – Dawki is a small town in the west jaintia
hills district , it is famous for the crystal clear river called the
“Umngot River” and also called the clearest river in
India great for photography and boating visitors can do adventures like
campimg, snorkelling,zip-lining.
Mawsynram – it is the wettest place on earth
visitors can experience the record of rainfall in this world wettest
place on earth.
Jowai – Jowai is a place where a waterfall appears
which is crystal clear blue color of water named as “
Krang
Suri
Waterfall” great view and photography
view point for visitors.
Wari chora – it is located in the remote jungle of
south garo hills ,Wari chora is a adventurous remote place to visit
great for those travellers who loves adventure in nature and feel
untouched beauty of nature
Best time to visit shillong – Meghalaya
If you are planning to spend your holidays only in the shillong that
a weekend is enough for a visitor, but if you are planning to visit and
explore Meghalaya and nearby destinations like cherrapunjee (sohra),
mawlynnong, Dawki these destinations are unique and worth to visit to
explore and cover all these destination you need a week and the best
time to visit shillong and Meghalaya is from October to april when the
weather is pleasant and also in monsoon so you can see the clear view of
hills ,and waterfalls and good for sightseeing and also at the month of
November best time to see the cherry blossom festival in shillong
(Himalayan cherry trees bloom in full pink glory all over ).