Pistana & Bomdila Craft-Weaving Villages
West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Nearby attractions
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.
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.
Rupa & Shergaon (Sherdukpen Valleys)
West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh
The apple-and-kiwi valleys of the Sherdukpen people below Bomdila — old stone villages, the Khepa-Bhalukpong festival and blossom-season orchard walks.
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.
Nechiphu Pass & Tenga Valley
West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh
A misty pass with a new tunnel and a legend-shrouded viewpoint, above the military town and green river bowl of Tenga on the road up to Bomdila.
Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bugun Liocichla)
West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh
A world-famous birding sanctuary of the Bugun liocichla — discovered here in 2006 — plus red pandas, hornbills and 500-plus bird species across altitudes.
Dirang Valley & Dzong
West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh
A gentle valley of stone Monpa villages, the old Dirang Dzong fort, hot springs, kiwi orchards, a national yak research centre and apple-blossom springs.
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.