A road trip to Dawki is an absolute must on one’s bucket list while traveling to the North Eastern state of Meghalaya. Dawki is a small town along the Indo-Bangladesh border along the River Umngot in the West Jaintia hills some 75 km away from the state capital of Shillong. The best way to reach […]
Here is The Land Of Wanderlust’s blueprint to a backpacking road trip around the North Eastern states of Assam and Meghalaya. In Assam, we will backpack to Majuli, the largest river island in the world and Kaziranga National Park – the home of the one horn rhino. While in Meghalaya, we will make Shillong our […]
Deep within the forest area of North-Eastern state of Meghalaya, considered one of the wettest regions in the world, is a small War-Khasis tribal village named Riwai where a bridge to cross the flowing river water within the forest hasn’t been constructed or built out of wooden logs or bamboos but rather strangely has been […]
Located at a distance of 90 km from the state capital of Shillong; in the state of Meghalaya is the village of Mawlynnong. This village has been dubbed as God’s own garden because of its stunning natural beauty and cleanliness. Mawlynnong was awarded the cleanest village in Asia for the sanitation in and around it, […]
Here is The Land Of Wanderlust’s blueprint to an eight-day backpacker’s road trip around the lesser explored states of Meghalaya and Nagaland in the North-Eastern part of India. Meghalaya is well known for having a couple of the wettest villages in the world and also the living root bridge. Nagaland is the epicentre of culture […]
Cherrapunji is a small town in the state of Meghalaya which is famous for being the wettest place on earth. However, the nearby town of Mawsynram receives more rainfall and both these Indian towns have now been surpassed by a town in Colombia called Lloró. Cherrapunji is situated at an altitude of around 4,869 feet […]
Located at an altitude of around 4937 feet above sea-level is the capital of Meghalaya, Shillong. The city of Shillong is inhabited by the Khasi tribe and is also the district capital of the east Khasi Hills. Shillong is located 103 kilometres from Guwahati which is the gateway to the entire North East of India. […]