Honeymoon to Shillong

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22-February-2025

We planned our honeymoon to Shillong and nearby areas. We landed at Shillong airport and started towards Shillong city. The path to the city passes through the magnificent Umiam Lake. It was pretty late, so we stayed at the hotel and visited the local market.

Day 1

On Day 1, we started our sightseeing with the Cathedral. It is a church. A simple church on a sunny morning. We took a few photos.

Cathedral

Next, we went to Shillong View Point. We could see the entire Shillong from here. The place was awesome.

Shillong View Point

After the viewpoint, we were off to the Army Museum followed by Elephant Falls and Ward’s Lake.

Shillong View Point

Wards Lake

Day 2

While Day 1 was amazing, it became more amazing on Day 2. After a quick breakfast, we headed for Cherrapunjee. We visited many beautiful places along the way.

Our first stop was the Dympep Waterfalls viewpoint. Although there was no waterfall visible at the spot, the view was mesmerizing.

Dympep Waterfalls View Point

On the way, we found another awesome unmarked viewpoint. I stopped and took photos.

Some awesome place

Our next stop was more amazing and totally unexplored. On our way, we saw a mound with cave holes. It looked like the following.

Mound Cave: first look Mound Cave Entrance

Mound Cave Entrance

View from the cave top

After spending some time and shooting a lot of photos at the cave, we headed towards Lyngksiar Falls. The water at the falls was pristine and chilly.

First view of the Lyngksiar Falls Looks like there is no water falling from the falls However, the real view was at the bottom of the lake

Multistep falls Water is so clean

Panoramic view at the entrance towards the Falls

Lyngksiar Falls also has a few caves. We went there; however, the photos were not good.

Next, we headed towards the Garden of Caves. It has about 12 caves. Some of them are very dangerous. We enjoyed ourselves a lot at the garden. I am going to post only a few selected photos.

Selected photos from Garden of Caves Eternal life-line

Another cave falls Same falls from distance

The bamboo bridge

Eternal drop of water

While we were heading towards our next destination, Nohkalikai Falls, we saw our resort from the opposite valley. We just took a photo there.

First view of the our resort

At that time, we also saw that the sun was about to set behind the hill.

Sun is setting behind the hill

By the time we reached Nohkalikai Falls View Point, it was already dusk. So, most of the photos are hazy.

The Nohkalikai Falls

We started towards our resort soon. When we reached it, it was already night. Our tour planner arranged an awesome room for us. It was an individual cottage with a single bedroom larger than my home. As it was late, we took all our photos the next day.

Day 3

After a long breakfast, we roamed around the place a bit. Then we headed for our journey towards Dawki. Our first destination was Mawlynnong.

Our cottage at the resort View from the balcony Leaving the resort

On the way, we found an awesome landscape.

Awesome View

Finally, we reached Mawlynnong. While I had visited this place before, it was the first visit for my wife.

Mawlynnong living root bridge

After the Living Root Bridge, we visited the cleanest village briefly and headed for Dawki.

The Dawki River

It was already very late. We quickly visited the border and moved to our camping site.

The Camping site beside Dawki River Our little bon-fire at the campsite

Day 4

The next day, I woke up early and went out towards the stream. While daylight was already here, the sun had not yet risen. So, we sat for some time.

Our little bon-fire at the campsite

So, we waited for some time and the sun rose.

Our little bon-fire at the campsite

Soon, we left the campsite to start our Day 4 adventure and return to Shillong. However, there was a cable bridge at the camping site, and it was worth a visit.

Cable bridge near our camping site. View from the cable bridge. View from the cable bridge. All the campers are preparing to leave the place

We said goodbye to the camping site and headed towards Krangsuri Falls. It is one of my favorite waterfalls.

The Krangsuri falls. At the top of the Krangsuri falls. Another view of the same Krangsuri falls.

After Krangsuri Falls, we headed for Tyrshi Falls. Tyrshi Falls has multiple steps. At the final steps, it reminded me of a scene from the Bollywood movie Bahubali.

At the top, we found a simple waterfall which was awesome in its own right.

The begining of Tyrshi falls.