💎 Hidden Gem📍 Peak📍 Trek📍 Nature

Mount Iso (Tempü Peak)

Mao, Manipur, India

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Overview

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

Why visit: Summit the roof of Senapati with Dzukou spread below.

Things to do

›2,994-m summit
›Dzukou overlook
›Grass-ridge trek
›Sunrise camp

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Apr

Entry fee

Guide fee

Est. budget

₹800–1,800

Duration

1–2 days

Nearby attractions

Within

2.3 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

5.4 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Village

4.3

Mao & Makhel (Naga Origin Site)

Mao, Manipur

The cool border town of the Mao Naga and nearby Makhel village — the legendary dispersal point of the Naga tribes, marked by sacred trees and stones.

Oct–MayHalf–full dayExplore

6.5 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

6.8 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Peak

4.7

Japfü Peak

Kohima, Nagaland

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

Nov–Mar1–2 daysExplore

8.2 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

8.2 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

8.3 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

13.8 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

14.8 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

15.7 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

15.8 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

16.2 km

📍 Market

4.2

Naga Bazaar (Kohima Market)

Kohima, Nagaland

The buzzing local market where Naga produce, smoked meats, bamboo shoot, king chilli, herbs and exotic hill foods spill across the stalls.

Oct–May1–2 hrsExplore