💎 Hidden Gem💧 Waterfall📍 Trek📍 Nature

Rainbow Falls

Nongriat, Meghalaya, India

4.7 (0)

Overview

A dazzling turquoise waterfall beyond Nongriat, named for the rainbow that forms in its mist — a further hour's trek past the double-decker bridge.

Why visit: A brilliant blue plunge pool and rainbow spray, the reward of the Nongriat trek.

Things to do

›Turquoise plunge pool
›Rainbow mist
›Jungle trek
›Wild swimming

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Apr

Entry fee

Guide fee

Est. budget

₹500–1,200

Duration

Full day

Nearby attractions

Within

0.4 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Heritage

4.3

Mawsaw Root Bridge & Natural Pools

Nongriat, Meghalaya

A root bridge near Nongriat beside crystal-clear natural swimming pools, a refreshing stop on the jungle trek.

Oct–AprHalf dayExplore

0.5 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Riverside

4.3

Umtyngngar / Prek River Nongriat

Nongriat, Meghalaya

The clear jade pools of the Prek river around Nongriat, ideal for wild swimming amid the living-root-bridge country.

Oct–AprHalf dayExplore

0.7 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Heritage

4.4

Ritymmen Root Bridge

Nongriat, Meghalaya

One of the longest living root bridges, on the trail to Nongriat, stretching gracefully across a jungle river.

Oct–AprHalf–full dayExplore

0.8 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Heritage

4.9

Double Decker Living Root Bridge (Nongriat)

Nongriat, Meghalaya

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

0.9 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Heritage

4.4

Ummunoi Root Bridge

Laitkynsew, Meghalaya

One of the oldest known living root bridges, near Nongriat, spanning a clear stream in a quiet jungle gorge.

Oct–AprHalf–full dayExplore

1.7 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

2.6 km

📍 Park

4.2

Thangkharang Park

Cherrapunji, Meghalaya

A cliff-edge garden park near Cherrapunji overlooking the Kynrem Falls and the plains of Bangladesh, with the balancing 'Khoh Ramhah' rock nearby.

Oct–May1–2 hrsExplore

3.1 km

💧 Waterfall

4.4

Kynrem Falls

Cherrapunji, Meghalaya

A three-tiered waterfall cascading ~305 m near Thangkharang Park, one of the tallest in India, spectacular in the monsoon.

Jun–Oct1 hrExplore

3.5 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

3.7 km