Japfu Peak
The second highest peak in Nagaland at three thousand metres, with the tallest rhododendron on record on its slope.
- Where
- Kohima, Nagaland, India
- Grade
- Hard to reach
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 15 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 25.5500, 94.0700
Get the Japfu Peak stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Japfu Peak. 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 Nagaland volume with your photos and a note.
Near Japfu Peak
Dzukou Valley 1.4 km
A valley of rolling grass at twenty four hundred metres, reached only on foot, with a lily that grows nowhere else.
Kisama Heritage Village 8.6 km
Morungs built by each of the seventeen Naga tribes, standing all year and full only during the Hornbill festival.
Mary Help of Christians Cathedral, Kohima 12 km
A cathedral shaped like a Naga house, built with Japanese help in memory of the 1944 dead.
Khonoma 12 km
A village that gave up hunting in 1998 and set aside its forest, and where the British were held off in 1879.
Kohima War Cemetery 13 km
Where the Japanese advance into India was stopped in 1944, on the tennis court of the deputy commissioner's bungalow.
Pfutsero 23 km
The coldest town in Nagaland.
Triple Falls 40 km
Three drops in one forest walk near Dimapur.
Kachari Ruins 51 km
Rows of carved stone pillars left by the Dimasa Kachari kings before the Ahoms came in 1536.
More offbeat places in Nagaland
Questions
Where is Japfu Peak?
Japfu Peak is in Kohima, Nagaland. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Dzukou Valley (1.4 km), Kisama Heritage Village (8.6 km), Mary Help of Christians Cathedral, Kohima (12 km).
How do I get the Japfu Peak stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Japfu Peak and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Nagaland volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Japfu Peak before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Nagaland 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.