💎 Hidden Gem📍 Peak📍 Trek📍 Nature

Japfü Peak

Kohima, Nagaland, India

4.7 (0)

Overview

Nagaland's second-highest peak at 3,048 m, home to the world's tallest rhododendron tree recorded in the Guinness Book.

Why visit: Summit views across Dzukou and, in spring, blazing red rhododendron forest.

History: A classic winter climb from Kohima rewarded with a sea-of-clouds sunrise over the Naga and Manipur hills.

Things to do

›Tallest rhododendron tree
›Sea of clouds
›Dzukou linking trek
›Summit sunrise

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Travel Information

Best time

Nov–Mar

Entry fee

Guide fee

Est. budget

₹1,000–2,500

Duration

1–2 days

Nearby attractions

Within

2.5 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Valley

4.9

Dzukou Valley

Kohima, Nagaland

The 'Valley of Flowers of the Northeast' — rolling emerald hills at ~2,450 m that erupt with the rare Dzukou lily and seasonal blooms in summer.

Jun–Sep (flowers); Oct–Nov (clear)2 days trekExplore

5 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Valley

4.8

Dzukou Valley (Manipur side)

Mao, Manipur

The southern approach to the celebrated Dzukou valley — rolling green dunes and the Dzukou lily reached via Mt Iso from Manipur's Senapati hills.

Jun–Sep (flowers); Oct–Nov2 daysExplore

5.9 km

📍 Heritage

4.7

Kisama Heritage Village

Kisama, Nagaland

The permanent Naga Heritage complex 12 km from Kohima and the grand stage of the Hornbill Festival, with authentic morungs of all major Naga tribes.

1–10 Dec (Hornbill Festival)Half dayExplore

5.9 km

📍 Festival

4.9

Hornbill Festival

Kisama, Nagaland

The 'Festival of Festivals' each December at Kisama, where all Naga tribes gather for war dances, folk songs, indigenous games, crafts and food.

1–10 Dec1–3 daysExplore

6 km

📍 Museum

4.5

Naga Heritage WWII Museum

Kisama, Nagaland

A modern museum at Kisama telling the story of the Battle of Kohima through relics, dioramas and personal accounts from all sides.

Oct–May1–2 hrsExplore

6.8 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Peak

4.4

Mount Iso (Tempü Peak)

Mao, Manipur

Manipur's second-highest summit (~2,994 m) guarding Dzukou's southern rim — a stiff, glorious climb over grass ridges.

Oct–Apr1–2 daysExplore

8.6 km

📍 Church

4.5

Kohima Cathedral (Mary Help of Christians)

Kohima, Nagaland

One of the largest cathedrals in Northeast India, on Aradura Hill, its Naga-style timber ceiling arching over 3,000 worshippers.

Oct–May; Christmas1 hrExplore

8.9 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Village

4.8

Khonoma Green Village

Khonoma, Nagaland

Asia's first 'green village' — a 700-year-old Angami warrior settlement of terraced alder-fed rice fields that banned hunting and logging to protect the Blyth's tragopan.

Oct–MayHalf–full dayExplore

9.7 km

📍 Museum

4.3

State Museum, Kohima

Kohima, Nagaland

A rich ethnographic collection of the 16+ Naga tribes — ceremonial dresses, weapons, jewellery, ancestral gateposts and a rare log-drum.

Oct–May1–2 hrsExplore

10.1 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Sanctuary

4.5

Khonoma Nature Conservation & Tragopan Sanctuary

Khonoma, Nagaland

A ~70 sq km community-declared sanctuary above Khonoma protecting the endangered Blyth's tragopan and old-growth forest.

Oct–AprHalf–full dayExplore

10.6 km

📍 Memorial

4.8

Kohima War Cemetery

Kohima, Nagaland

Terraced hillside cemetery honouring the Allied soldiers who fell at the 1944 Battle of Kohima — the turning point that halted the Japanese advance into India.

Oct–May1 hrExplore

10.8 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Village

4.2

Jotsoma Village

Jotsoma, Nagaland

An Angami village near Kohima with sweeping views of terraced valleys and a role in the 1944 siege as the relief artillery position.

Oct–May2–3 hrsExplore