Discovering Meghalaya beyond the ordinary
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Meghalaya
Most people plan Meghalaya by looking at Google Maps. Cherrapunji is about 55 km from Shillong, so it looks like an easy day. Then you spend two hours on hill roads, stop for a fog-covered viewpoint, and reach the waterfall just as the clouds close in. We’ve been planning Meghalaya trips since 2021, and this
Ten days. That’s about how long it takes to actually see Meghalaya, not just skim the surface of it. I say that because most short trips to this state end up feeling rushed. You see Shillong, maybe Cherrapunji, and then you’re driving back to the airport wondering what you missed. A Meghalaya 10-day tour package
Meghalaya is small for its size on the map, and this has been the curse of so many first-timers underestimating the drive in this state. The 40 minutes that seemed easy to be driven in the GPS from Shillong could actually turn out to be two hours’ worth of driving up a hill in winding
Scroll through any Northeast India travel group for five minutes and you’ll spot it — a boat sitting on water so clear it looks like it’s floating in mid-air. People usually assume it’s edited. It’s not. That’s the Umngot River at Dawki, and it’s just one stop on a trip that’s become almost a rite
Meghalaya is one of such destinations where the experience of the trip is part of the destination. The state is full of pleasant scenery, with its hills blanketed with mist, the rivers spectacular and winding, and the villages quiet and quaint with green valleys and attractive waterfalls. But travelling to Meghalaya can at times be
