Shillong
Photo: Aadri (CC BY-SA 3.0)State capital at about 1,500 m and base for most trips.
Use Shillong as the base; spend a day on city sights and Shillong Peak and Elephant Falls.
November: Cool, clear; Cherry Blossom and Wangala season
When to go
Things to do
- Shillong Peak and Elephant Falls: Viewpoint and three-tier falls on the city edge
- Umiam Lake boating: Water sports on the reservoir on the Guwahati road
Top sights
Shillong Peak View Point
Bishop Falls
waterfall in Meghalaya, India
Beadon Bishop Viewpoint
Butterfly museum
State Museum
Brookside Bunglow Rabindranath Tagore Museum
Don Bosco Museum
Ever Living Museum
Shillong Airport
A small airport with flights from Kolkata on certain days of the week. A bus operated by MTDC runs from Airport to Shillong market.
Butterfly Museum
There is a huge collection of different types of butterflies. Students of zoology will find them interesting. This place is also attractive for adults where they can see the natural beauty and play with the beautiful and colourful butterflies. This museum presents some of the fin
Cathedral of Mary Help of Christians
Cathedral of Mary Help of Christians is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shillong which covers the Khasi and Jaintia hills of Meghalaya. The Cathedral is the principal place of worship of the over 300,000 Catholics of the Shillong Archdiocese which covers the Kh
Don Bosco Museum of Indigenous North East Culture
Run by the Salesian order of the Catholic Church, the Don Bosco Museum is a truly amazing repository of information on the entire North Eastern region, covering the states of Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura. Located within the precincts
Nature and outdoors
Lady Hydari Park
Tea Garden
Mercury Environmental Lake
Lady Hydari Park
The park has a variety of local flowering plants and orchids. It also has a small zoo within it. Children will like it as there are few swings, sea-saws, slips for them. It is a famous picnic spot for local population. This park is named after the Lady Hydari, the first lady of t
Umiam Lake
A beautiful lake north of Shillong, which resembles the 'Lochs', or lakes of Scotland, and is a must-see for all tourists. This lake is man-made and is better known as 'Barapani' (big water) for its sheer size. It was created by damming the Umiam river in the early 1960s. There i
Wards Lake
This horseshoe-shaped artificial lake is below the Raj Bhavan (Governor's Residence). Boating facilities are available in the lake and surrounded by a fairly large garden. It has a wooden bridge at the middle. The winding walkway around the lake's periphery provides an enchanting
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