💎 Hidden Gem📍 Heritage📍 Trek📍 Nature

Byrdaw / Mawkma Suspension footbridges

Pynursla, Meghalaya, India

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Overview

Steel-and-cane suspension footbridges deep in the Pynursla gorges, linking villages above the clear rivers of the southern slopes.

Why visit: Adventurous village footbridges and river-gorge scenery off the trail.

Things to do

›Suspension footbridges
›River gorges
›Village trails
›Southern slopes

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Apr

Entry fee

Free

Est. budget

₹150–400

Duration

Half day

Nearby attractions

Within

2.3 km

💎 Hidden Gem🌄 Viewpoint

4.1

Pynursla Viewpoint

Pynursla, Meghalaya

A ridge town between Shillong and Dawki with sweeping views over deep valleys and access to hidden root bridges.

Oct–May1–2 hrsExplore

5.5 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Village

4.5

Kongthong (Whistling Village)

Kongthong, Meghalaya

The extraordinary 'whistling village' where every person is given a unique tune-name and villagers call one another across the hills in melody.

Oct–MayHalf–full dayExplore

12.2 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Trek

4.6

Mawryngkhang Bamboo Trek (Wahkhen)

Wahkhen, Meghalaya

The 'king of stones' trek near Wahkhen — a thrilling bamboo skywalk clinging to cliffs and river gorges to a towering revered rock.

Oct–AprHalf–full dayExplore

13 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Nature

4.1

Mawlong Sacred Grove & Balancing Rock

Mawlynnong, Meghalaya

A curious naturally-balancing boulder near Mawlynnong, perched on a small rock and unmoved by storms, tied to Khasi belief.

Oct–May1 hrExplore

13.1 km

📍 Village

4.2

Riwai Village

Riwai, Meghalaya

A tidy Khasi village next to Mawlynnong, home to the famous single-span living root bridge and clear forest streams.

Oct–May1–2 hrsExplore

13.2 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Heritage

4.2

Nohwet Living Root Bridge & View Tower

Nohwet, Meghalaya

A living root bridge and a bamboo sky-view tower at Nohwet near Mawlynnong, with vistas over the Bangladesh plains.

Oct–Apr1–2 hrsExplore

13.2 km

📍 Heritage

4.6

Mawlynnong Living Root Bridge (Riwai)

Riwai, Meghalaya

A beautiful, easily-accessible single-span living root bridge at Riwai village near Mawlynnong — the most photographed root bridge for day-trippers.

Oct–Apr1–2 hrsExplore

13.3 km

📍 Village

4.7

Mawlynnong Village

Mawlynnong, Meghalaya

Celebrated as 'Asia's cleanest village' — a spotless Khasi hamlet of flower gardens, bamboo dustbins, a sky-view bamboo tower and living root bridges nearby.

Oct–MayHalf dayExplore

13.4 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Trek

4.0

Umngi / Riwai Forest Trails

Mawlynnong, Meghalaya

Forest walking trails around Mawlynnong and Riwai linking root bridges, streams and plains-view towers.

Oct–AprHalf dayExplore

17.3 km

🌊 River

4.6

The Umngot at Dawki runs so clear that boats seem to levitate over their own shadows — a glass-green border river beneath cliffs on the Bangladesh frontier, best in winter when the water turns to crystal.

Nov–AprFull dayExplore

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4.2

Borhill Falls (Bophill)

Dawki, Meghalaya

A scenic waterfall near Dawki dropping into forested terrain close to the Bangladesh border, a quiet detour off the Umngot route.

Jun–Oct1–2 hrsExplore

18.7 km

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4.7

Shnongpdeng

Shnongpdeng, Meghalaya

A quieter stretch of the clear Umngot river upstream of Dawki, the hub for riverside camping, snorkelling, cliff jumping and kayaking.

Nov–Apr1–2 daysExplore