💎 Hidden Gem🏞️ Lake🐅 Wildlife📍 Nature

Zeilad Lake Sanctuary

Tamenglong, Manipur, India

4.1 (0)

Overview

A cluster of sacred hill lakes in a wildlife sanctuary — home to pythons, waterbirds and Rongmei legends of serpent guardians.

Why visit: Myth-laden lakes deep in the western wilderness.

Things to do

›Sacred lake cluster
›Python habitat
›Rongmei legends
›Forest trek

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Travel Information

Best time

Nov–Apr

Entry fee

Permit/guide

Est. budget

₹500–1,200

Duration

Full day

Nearby attractions

Within

12 km

💎 Hidden Gem💧 Waterfall

4.3

Barak Waterfalls

Tamenglong, Manipur

A chain of powerful cascades where the young Barak river leaps through Tamenglong's gorges amid orange orchards and rainforest.

Oct–AprHalf–full dayExplore

15.2 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Cave

4.2

Tharon Cave

Tamenglong, Manipur

A 655-m cave system in the Rongmei hills with Hoabinhian-culture relics, five exits and mapped galleries for guided exploring.

Nov–AprHalf dayExplore

17.1 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Riverside

4.0

Makru River & Orange Country (Tamenglong Road)

Tamenglong, Manipur

The bridge-crossed Makru gorge and the mandarin-orange orchards that make Tamenglong 'the orange bowl of Manipur'.

Nov–Jan (orange fest)Half dayExplore

18.7 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Valley

4.1

Khoupum Valley & Cave

Noney, Manipur

A bowl-shaped hidden valley of paddies ringed by Rongmei villages, with a stream-cut cave at its rim.

Oct–AprHalf–full dayExplore

21.6 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Valley

4.2

Buning Meadow (Piuluan Valley)

Tamenglong, Manipur

A rolling upland meadow near Noney that blushes with wild lilies and ground orchids each summer — Tamenglong's hidden 'valley of flowers'.

Apr–Jun (blooms)Full dayExplore

21.8 km

🌄 Viewpoint

4.2

Noney (World's Tallest Pier Rail Bridge)

Noney, Manipur

The Ijai valley near Noney hosts the world's tallest railway pier bridge (141 m) of the Jiribam–Imphal line, soaring over green gorges.

Oct–AprHalf dayExplore