Dirang
Apple orchards, hot springs and a stone village.
- Where
- Arunachal Pradesh, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 27.3619, 92.2400
Get the Dirang stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Dirang. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Arunachal Pradesh volume with your photos and a note.
Near Dirang
Sela Pass 21 km
Forty two hundred metres, held open through winter, with a lake beside the road that freezes solid.
Bomdila 21 km
At twenty seven hundred metres on the road to Tawang, with a monastery and apple orchards along the ridge.
Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary 30 km
A protected area in the far east of Bhutan, across the Merak and Sakteng gewogs of Trashigang District and just into Samdrup Jongkhar. It is home to the semi nomadic Brokpa herders, and local belief places the migoi, the Bhutanese yeti, in its forests.
Nuranang Falls 36 km
A hundred metres of water off the Tawang road.
Sangetsar Lake 45 km
Trees still standing in the water an earthquake made.
Tawang Monastery 45 km
The largest monastery in India and the second largest anywhere, founded in 1680 at three thousand metres.
Bum La Pass 53 km
The border post above Tawang, open with a permit.
Bhalukpong 56 km
Where the plains end and the Kameng comes down.
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Questions
Where is Dirang?
Dirang is in Arunachal Pradesh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Sela Pass (21 km), Bomdila (21 km), Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary (30 km).
How do I get the Dirang stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Dirang and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Arunachal Pradesh volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Dirang before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Arunachal Pradesh volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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