📍 Village📍 Nature📍 Heritage

Mawlynnong Village

Mawlynnong, Meghalaya, India

4.7 (0)

Overview

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.

Why visit: An immaculate, flower-filled village model of Khasi community life.

History: Its community-driven cleanliness and total literacy earned it the 'cleanest in Asia' tag in 2003.

Things to do

›Sky-view bamboo tower
›Flower gardens
›Balancing rock
›Riwai root bridge

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–May

Entry fee

₹20–50

Est. budget

₹300–900

Duration

Half day

Nearby attractions

Within

0.1 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

0.4 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

0.5 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

0.6 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

0.6 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

8.5 km

💎 Hidden Gem💧 Waterfall

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

10.4 km

📍 Riverside

4.8

Dawki (Umngot River)

Dawki, Meghalaya

The crystal-clear Umngot river at Dawki, so transparent that boats appear to float on air above the pebbled bed — on the India–Bangladesh border.

Nov–Apr (clearest water)Half dayExplore

10.6 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

11 km