📍 Park📍 Garden🌄 Viewpoint

Lum Nehru Park (Cherrapunji)

Cherrapunji, Meghalaya, India

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Overview

A landscaped garden park in Sohra with orchid houses, an observation tower and views over the Cherrapunji plateau.

Why visit: Orchids, a viewing tower and a pleasant garden stop in Sohra.

Things to do

›Orchid house
›Observation tower
›Garden walks
›Plateau views

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–May

Entry fee

₹10–30

Est. budget

₹100–300

Duration

1 hr

Nearby attractions

Within

2 km

💎 Hidden Gem🌄 Viewpoint

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📍 Village

4.4

Mawsynram

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The wettest place on earth by average annual rainfall — a cloud-wrapped village of waterfalls, caves and the famous Mawjymbuin stalagmite shivling.

Sep–Nov (post-monsoon)Half–full dayExplore

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⛰️ Hill Station

4.7

Cherrapunji (Sohra)

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One of the wettest places on earth — a plateau of thundering waterfalls, deep gorges, living root bridges and endless views over the Bangladesh plains.

Sep–May (falls best after monsoon)1–2 daysExplore

3.3 km

📍 Heritage

4.1

Ramakrishna Mission, Cherrapunji

Cherrapunji, Meghalaya

A mission and cultural museum in Sohra preserving Khasi tribal artefacts, textiles and the region's educational heritage.

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💎 Hidden Gem💧 Waterfall

4.5

Wei Sawdong Falls

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A magical three-tiered waterfall near Sohra tumbling into vivid blue-green pools, reached by a steep bamboo-ladder descent.

Oct–AprHalf dayExplore

8.1 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Nature

4.0

Cherrapunji Tea & Orange Gardens (Riat Laban)

Cherrapunji, Meghalaya

The orange and tea slopes around Sohra and Laitkynsew, where the famed Khasi mandarin oranges and small tea plots dot the hillsides.

Nov–Feb (orange season)Half dayExplore

8.2 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Heritage

4.9

Double Decker Living Root Bridge (Nongriat)

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The world-famous two-tiered living root bridge at Nongriat — grown over generations from rubber-tree roots by the Khasi, reached by a ~3,500-step descent.

Oct–AprFull dayExplore

8.3 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Trek

4.7

Khasi villagers train rubber-fig roots across rivers for decades until they grow into self-strengthening living bridges — the double-decker at Nongriat, reached by 3,500 jungle steps, is the masterpiece of this UNESCO-tentative bio-engineering.

Oct–Apr1–2 daysExplore

8.3 km