Nongriat
Three thousand steps down to the double root bridge.
- Where
- East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, India
- Grade
- Hard to reach
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 15 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 25.2370, 91.6800
Get the Nongriat stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Nongriat. 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 Nongriat
Double Decker Root Bridge 3.7 km
Rubber fig roots trained across a stream over decades to make a bridge that grows stronger with age.
Kynrem Falls 3.8 km
A fall in three stages near Cherrapunji, about three hundred metres in all.
Nohkalikai Falls 4.3 km
The tallest plunge waterfall in India at three hundred and forty metres, fed by rain off the plateau above it.
Mawsmai Cave 4.6 km
Limestone worn into rooms and passages, lit and walkable for a hundred and fifty metres.
Wei Sawdong Falls 6.0 km
Three tiers, and a bamboo ladder to reach them.
Nohsngithiang Falls 6.2 km
Seven streams going over the Khasi escarpment together, and only in the rains.
Cherrapunji 6.5 km
Among the wettest inhabited places on earth, on a plateau edge where the cloud comes up from Bangladesh.
Laitlum Canyon 24 km
The end of the hills, and a stair down to a village.
More offbeat places in Meghalaya
Questions
Where is Nongriat?
Nongriat is in East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Double Decker Root Bridge (3.7 km), Kynrem Falls (3.8 km), Nohkalikai Falls (4.3 km).
How do I get the Nongriat stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Nongriat 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 Nongriat 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.