Sela–Tawang Rhododendron & Alpine Flowers
Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Nearby attractions
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.
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.
Nuranang (Jang) Falls
Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh
A magnificent 100-m waterfall plunging off a cliff near Jang, film-famous and thunderous — one of the north-east's most spectacular cascades.
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.
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.
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.
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.