Dawki
The Umngot, so clear the boat looks like it is flying.
- Where
- West Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 25.1833, 92.0167
Get the Dawki stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Dawki. 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 Meghalaya volume with your photos and a note.
Near Dawki
Mawlynnong 8.7 km
A village that organised its own waste collection and became known as the cleanest in Asia.
Nohsngithiang Falls 29 km
Seven streams going over the Khasi escarpment together, and only in the rains.
Mawsmai Cave 30 km
Limestone worn into rooms and passages, lit and walkable for a hundred and fifty metres.
Kynrem Falls 31 km
A fall in three stages near Cherrapunji, about three hundred metres in all.
Laitlum Canyon 31 km
The end of the hills, and a stair down to a village.
Double Decker Root Bridge 31 km
Rubber fig roots trained across a stream over decades to make a bridge that grows stronger with age.
Cherrapunji 31 km
Among the wettest inhabited places on earth, on a plateau edge where the cloud comes up from Bangladesh.
Nongriat 34 km
Three thousand steps down to the double root bridge.
More hidden gems in Meghalaya
Questions
Where is Dawki?
Dawki is in West Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Mawlynnong (8.7 km), Nohsngithiang Falls (29 km), Mawsmai Cave (30 km).
How do I get the Dawki stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Dawki and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Meghalaya volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Dawki before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Meghalaya volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.