Dirang Valley & Dzong
West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Nearby attractions
Sangti to Mandala Top Trek
West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh
A rhododendron-and-forest trek to Mandala Top above Dirang — 108 planned stupas, high meadows and a grand panorama of the eastern-Himalaya snow ranges.
Sangti Valley (Black-Necked Cranes)
West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh
A serene river valley near Dirang wintered by the rare black-necked crane — apple orchards, trout streams and Monpa hamlets under snow peaks.
Chug Valley & Thembang (Fortified Village)
West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh
A hidden Monpa valley of watermills and orchards, and Thembang — a UNESCO-tentative medieval fortified Monpa village of stone gateways and community tourism.
Regyong & Sangti Yak Pastures
West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh
The high Brokpa yak-herding pastures above Dirang and Sangti — summer grazing meadows, stone herder huts and the pastoral life of the West Kameng highlands.
Jaswant Garh War Memorial
Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh
A moving memorial below Sela to Rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat, who held off Chinese forces alone in 1962 — tea and langar served by the army to travellers.
Gontse Garden Rabgye Ling (Bomdila Upper Gompa)
West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh
Bomdila's grand upper monastery, a Gelugpa gompa blessed by the Dalai Lama — golden prayer halls, murals and a hill-town-and-Himalaya panorama.
Sela–Tawang Rhododendron & Alpine Flowers
Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh
The high rhododendron sanctuary and alpine meadows around Sela and Tawang — dozens of rhododendron species and primulas ablaze in the April–June bloom.
Pistana & Bomdila Craft-Weaving Villages
West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh
The Monpa and Sherdukpen weaving villages of West Kameng — carpets, woollen shawls, cane-and-bamboo work and the craft heritage of the Buddhist highlands.
Bomdila (Monastery & Apple Orchards)
West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh
A hill town of three Buddhist gompas, apple-and-kiwi orchards, a craft centre and Himalayan panoramas of Kangto and Gorichen from its ridge.
Sela Lake & Paradise Lake (Sela Pass area)
Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh
The sacred high lakes around the 4,170-m Sela Pass — Sela (Paradise) Lake beside the road, frozen much of the year, holy to Buddhists and stunning under snow.
Sela Pass
Arunachal Pradesh
A wind-scoured 4,170-m gateway to Tawang where prayer flags snap over the sacred, often-frozen Sela Lake — one of India's highest motorable passes, held by legend to be guarded by the brave Sela of the 1962 war.
Sela Pass Tunnel & Nuranang Valley Drive
Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh
The new Sela Tunnel — the world's longest bi-lane high-altitude tunnel — and the dramatic drive down through the Nuranang valley toward Jang and Tawang.