Meghalaya Tour Package: 6 Days Shillong & Cherrapunji

Highlights

• Double-decker living root bridge trek at Nongriat
• Dawki river — the levitating-boat photo is real
• Krem Mawmluh cave expedition with headlamps
• Seven Sisters & Nohkalikai waterfalls
• Evening at Asia's cleanest village, Mawlynnong

Is it right for you?

Seniors

Not advised for seniors: The double-decker root-bridge trek is about 3,500 steps down and the same back up, a hard climb for older knees

Getting around

A lot of walking; Not wheelchair accessible

Children

The Nongriat trek and the cave stretch at Krem Mawmluh both need sure footing on steps and wet rock, so it suits older children rather than toddlers

Food

Vegetarian food on request

From our own trip notes. Tell your captain about anyone's mobility, age or food needs and we confirm the details for your dates.

The story

Your journey outline

Each stage can cover one or more days. Tell us what you would change; your final itinerary is agreed before booking.

1. Stage 01 Into the Clouds

   Fly to Guwahati and drive up into Meghalaya, which means abode of clouds and earns it. Shillong sits at about 1,500 metres and was the colonial summer capital, so it is pine trees, churches and a distinctly un-Indian climate. An evening at Police Bazar, which is where the town eats.

2. Stage 02 Waterfall Day

   A gentler day to start. Elephant Falls in three tiers just outside town, Shillong Peak for the view over the plateau when the cloud lifts, and Ward's Lake in the middle of the city for an amble. Meghalaya rewards low expectations about visibility and high ones about green.

3. Stage 03 The Big Trek

   The big one. The double-decker living root bridge at Nongriat is reached by around 3,500 steps down and the same number back up, and the bridges themselves are grown rather than built, from the aerial roots of rubber figs trained across streams over decades. Swim in the pool at the bottom.

4. Stage 04 Dawki & Mawlynnong

   East to Dawki, where the Umngot river runs so clear in the dry season that boats appear to float above the riverbed, which is a real photograph and not an edit. Then Mawlynnong in the afternoon, billed as Asia's cleanest village, with a bamboo skywalk and a very organised sense of itself.

5. Stage 05 Under the Hills

   Caving at Krem Mawmluh, one of the longest cave systems in India, done with headlamps and a guide and involving water up to the waist in places. Nohkalikai afterwards, the tallest plunge waterfall in the country at 340 metres, dropping into a green pool below Cherrapunji.

6. Stage 06 The Return

   Back down to Guwahati and the flight home. Five nights in the wettest place on earth, bridges made of living tree, and a pair of legs that will remember the 3,500 steps for about a week.

Know before you go

• The root bridge trek needs basic fitness — 3,500 steps down AND up
• It rains when it wants; good shoes and a shell are non-negotiable
• Network is patchy outside Shillong — download offline maps

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Why book with Travelers Clan

• Your own itinerary. This is a starting point — we agree your route and pace before booking.
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