A travel guide on how to get to Nongriat village and the living root bridges in the Khasi Hills of Meghalaya in Northeast India.
Category: Northeast India
How to get to Longwa in Nagaland
A guide for how to get to Longwa village in Nagaland state of Northeast India by public transport. The perfect base for meeting the Konyak headhunters.
How to get to Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh
In the far northeastern reaches of the Indian subcontinent, you can find a small mountain town called Tawang. Located in a spectacular valley of Arunachal Pradesh close to the borders with Bhutan and Tibet, it is home to the second-largest Buddhist monastery in the world. Its remote location means few travellers make it there, but … Continue reading How to get to Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh
Northeast India: what you need to know before you go
Northeast India is perhaps the country's most underrated and incredible adventure. It's a region that is so often overlooked by travellers because of its complicated past and its highlights are rarely promoted on any travel platform or guide. However, it's a unique slice of Asia that is home to fascinating tribes, beautiful and varied landscapes … Continue reading Northeast India: what you need to know before you go
Majuli Island: Northeast India’s island escape
Locals of India's Northeast all spoke of Majuli Island as if it was some incredible paradise that I needed to visit before leaving the region. After leaving Longwa village behind, I decided it was the perfect time for a scenery change and some much needed R&R. And Majuli Island wasn't too far away, or at … Continue reading Majuli Island: Northeast India’s island escape
A photo story of an epic road trip to the world’s second-largest monastery
There aren’t many places left in the world where you can truly feel like you’ve stumbled upon a hidden gem off the well-traveled path. Places where, for a split second, it seems as if you’re an early explorer, discovering something new for the first time. Arunachal Pradesh in India’s wild northeastern region may just be as close as you can get to such a place... Written for Passion Passport + a travel guide
Nagaland: the land of fierce warriors, bumpy roads and opium addiction
Nagaland may just wear the crown for the worst roads I've ever travelled on and I've travelled on a lot of bad roads. But for all the bruises and inhaled dust, travelling in the state was truly rewarding as I got to spend time living in a Konyak village and meeting old headhunters. Read on for my story and travel guide of Nagaland.
Manipur: India’s jewelled land
I knew two things about Manipur before crossing the border from Myanmar to India: the first was that it is known as the “jewelled land” and the second is that Lonely Planet calls it the Northeast’s most dangerous state. Two contradicting pieces of information. I soon discovered it was much closer to the first thing, thanks to the beauty of Loktak Lake, the world's only floating lake.
Exploring Mizoram and Tripura: a travel guide
Mizoram and Tripura are often clumped together, not because they’re much alike, in fact they’re actually very different. However, they are both the least accessible and therefore, least explored states in the Northeast region and both get very few visitors, rarely any foreigners. So here's a travel guide to exploring the two states and all the information you need to see them for yourself.
Crossing the Myanmar-India border
How to cross the Myanmar-India border at Tamu/Moreh border crossing.
Photos from Northeast India
My favourite photos taken during my travels through Northeast India
Sikkim: travelling where nature smiles
After dismissing the northwest of India because of the cold and snow at this time of year, I decided to explore the northeast instead. It wasn’t just the slightly better weather that appealed to me though, it was also the fact that it is the most underexplored area in India and government restrictions on foreign travellers still remain. My first state in the Northeast was Sikkim, one of the least populated states in India and famous for being home to the third tallest mountain in the world.