💎 Hidden Gem📍 Cave📍 Nature🪂 Adventure

Arwah Cave (Lumshynna)

Cherrapunji, Meghalaya, India

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Overview

A limestone cave near Cherrapunji famous for embedded marine fossils, reached by a scenic forest walk with waterfall views.

Why visit: Fossils in the cave walls and a lovely approach trail — a quieter alternative to Mawsmai.

Things to do

›Marine fossils
›Limestone chambers
›Forest approach
›Waterfall views

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–May

Entry fee

₹20–50

Est. budget

₹100–300

Duration

1–2 hrs

Nearby attractions

Within

1 km

💧 Waterfall

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Seven Sisters Falls (Nohsngithiang)

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A magnificent seven-segmented waterfall plunging ~315 m over the Cherrapunji cliffs, glowing gold at sunset when in full flow.

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Mawsmai Cave

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A well-lit limestone show-cave near Cherrapunji, easy to walk through, with dramatic stalactites, stalagmites and narrow squeezes.

Oct–May1 hrExplore

1.7 km

📍 Park

4.1

Mawsmai Eco Park (Green Canyon)

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An eco-park near Mawsmai on the Sohra plateau with viewpoints over layered green gorges plunging toward Bangladesh.

Oct–May1 hrExplore

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4.3

Krem Mawmluh Cave

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A significant river cave near Cherrapunji, geologically famous — its stalagmite defined the 'Meghalayan Age' of Earth's history.

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💎 Hidden Gem📍 Trek

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Mustoh / Mawmluh Plateau Walks

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Nohkalikai Trek & Blue Pool

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A steep guided trek down to the base of Nohkalikai Falls and its brilliant blue plunge pool — a strenuous but rewarding descent.

Oct–AprHalf–full dayExplore

3.5 km

💧 Waterfall

4.4

Kynrem Falls

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A three-tiered waterfall cascading ~305 m near Thangkharang Park, one of the tallest in India, spectacular in the monsoon.

Jun–Oct1 hrExplore

3.7 km

📍 Park

4.2

Thangkharang Park

Cherrapunji, Meghalaya

A cliff-edge garden park near Cherrapunji overlooking the Kynrem Falls and the plains of Bangladesh, with the balancing 'Khoh Ramhah' rock nearby.

Oct–May1–2 hrsExplore

3.8 km

💧 Waterfall

4.8

Nohkalikai Falls

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India's tallest plunge waterfall — a single ~340 m drop into a turquoise pool below Cherrapunji, wrapped in a tragic Khasi legend.

Sep–Nov (full flow, clear)1–2 hrsExplore

4.6 km

💧 Waterfall

4.2

Dainthlen Falls

Cherrapunji, Meghalaya

A broad waterfall near Cherrapunji linked to the Khasi legend of a giant serpent 'Thlen', with rock carvings marking the tale.

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4.7

Rainbow Falls

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Nongjrong Viewpoint (Sunrise)

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A spectacular sunrise viewpoint near Nongjrong/Mawlyngbna where waves of cloud fill deep gorges below a fiery dawn — a photographer's dream.

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