Sangti to Mandala Top Trek
West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Nearby attractions
Regyong & Sangti Yak Pastures
West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh
The high Brokpa yak-herding pastures above Dirang and Sangti — summer grazing meadows, stone herder huts and the pastoral life of the West Kameng highlands.
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 Valley (Black-Necked Cranes)
West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh
A serene river valley near Dirang wintered by the rare black-necked crane — apple orchards, trout streams and Monpa hamlets under snow peaks.
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.
Jaswant Garh War Memorial
Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh
A moving memorial below Sela to Rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat, who held off Chinese forces alone in 1962 — tea and langar served by the army to travellers.
Sela–Tawang Rhododendron & Alpine Flowers
Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh
The high rhododendron sanctuary and alpine meadows around Sela and Tawang — dozens of rhododendron species and primulas ablaze in the April–June bloom.
Sela Pass Tunnel & Nuranang Valley Drive
Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh
The new Sela Tunnel — the world's longest bi-lane high-altitude tunnel — and the dramatic drive down through the Nuranang valley toward Jang and Tawang.
Sela Pass
Arunachal Pradesh
A wind-scoured 4,170-m gateway to Tawang where prayer flags snap over the sacred, often-frozen Sela Lake — one of India's highest motorable passes, held by legend to be guarded by the brave Sela of the 1962 war.
Sela Lake & Paradise Lake (Sela Pass area)
Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh
The sacred high lakes around the 4,170-m Sela Pass — Sela (Paradise) Lake beside the road, frozen much of the year, holy to Buddhists and stunning under snow.
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.
Pistana & Bomdila Craft-Weaving Villages
West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh
The Monpa and Sherdukpen weaving villages of West Kameng — carpets, woollen shawls, cane-and-bamboo work and the craft heritage of the Buddhist highlands.
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.