Places to visit in Meghalaya
24 places to visit in Meghalaya, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Double Decker Root Bridge, Cherrapunji, Mawlynnong and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Meghalaya volume.
1 Wonders of the world · 4 Famous places to visit · 6 Offbeat places · 13 Hidden gems
Wonders of the world in Meghalaya (1)
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Double Decker Root Bridge
Rubber fig roots trained across a stream over decades to make a bridge that grows stronger with age.
Famous places to visit in Meghalaya (4)
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Cherrapunji
Among the wettest inhabited places on earth, on a plateau edge where the cloud comes up from Bangladesh.
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Mawlynnong
A village that organised its own waste collection and became known as the cleanest in Asia.
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Nohkalikai Falls
The tallest plunge waterfall in India at three hundred and forty metres, fed by rain off the plateau above it.
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Nohsngithiang Falls
Seven streams going over the Khasi escarpment together, and only in the rains.
Offbeat places in Meghalaya (6)
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Balpakram National Park
The Garo land of the dead.
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Krem Liat Prah
The longest natural cave passage in India at over thirty kilometres, still being surveyed each winter.
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Nokrek National Park
A biosphere reserve, and the wild citrus.
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Nongriat
Three thousand steps down to the double root bridge.
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Siju Cave
Bat cave with an underground river.
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Wei Sawdong Falls
Three tiers, and a bamboo ladder to reach them.
Hidden gems in Meghalaya (13)
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Bishop Falls
One of the two falls below Shillong named for a bishop and a beadon, seen from the road.
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Dawki
The Umngot, so clear the boat looks like it is flying.
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Elephant Falls
Three falls in one short walk.
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Krang Suri Falls
Blue water in a limestone bowl.
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Kynrem Falls
A fall in three stages near Cherrapunji, about three hundred metres in all.
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Laitlum Canyon
The end of the hills, and a stair down to a village.
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Langshiang Falls
The Kynshi going over a cliff in three strands, into a gorge in West Khasi Hills.
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Mawphlang Sacred Forest
Take nothing out, not even a leaf.
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Mawsmai Cave
Limestone worn into rooms and passages, lit and walkable for a hundred and fifty metres.
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Nartiang Monoliths
The largest cluster of standing stones in the country.
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Shillong Peak
The whole plateau from its highest point.
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Umiam Lake
A reservoir made in the sixties in hills of pine, and the first thing you see driving up from the plain.
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Ward's Lake
The bridge, the boats and the middle of town.
Collecting in Meghalaya
What are the best places to visit in Meghalaya?
LOQAH lists 24 places in Meghalaya. The best known include Double Decker Root Bridge, Cherrapunji, Mawlynnong, Nohkalikai Falls and Nohsngithiang Falls. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Meghalaya?
24, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Meghalaya?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Meghalaya before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Meghalaya and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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