Shillong & Meghalaya
The “abode of clouds”: living root bridges, crystal-clear rivers, waterfalls and some of the wettest places on earth.
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Places to visit
Places to visit in Meghalaya
30 places on one map: 10 waterfalls, 4 temples, 3 lakes, 2 national parks and more. Tick off the ones you have seen and they go into your India passport.
Our guides to Meghalaya
The best-known places
Pratheepps, CC BY-SA 2.5 Balpakram National ParkNational park
Indrani911basu, CC BY-SA 4.0 Nohsngithiang FallsWaterfall
Baharul Choudhury, Concordia University, via BMC Ecology, CC BY 2.0 Nokrek National ParkNational park
"User:RMehra", CC BY-SA 3.0 Umiam LakeLake
Bishnu Saikia, CC BY-SA 3.0 Srimanta Sankaradeva KalakshetraMuseum- Nohkalikai FallsWaterfall
- Madina Mosque, ShillongMosque
Joist John L Nonglait, CC BY-SA 4.0 Langshiang FallsWaterfall- Dhamrai RathayatraTemple
MitaliBaruah, CC BY-SA 4.0 Kynrem FallsWaterfall- Bishop FallsWaterfall
Ishita Singh 015, CC BY-SA 4.0 Elephant FallsWaterfall
Meghalaya on one page
Meghalaya's Garo Hills welcome the harvest with a hundred drums. Wangala thanks the sun god for the crop. Shillong Peak, the highest point, looks over the capital at 1,965 metres.
A one-page guide to Meghalaya: a map with the capital, UNESCO sites and tiger reserves, the key facts, what to eat, what to take home and a festival to plan around. Free to save, print and share.
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Everything in Meghalaya by type
Destination guides 1
Temples 4
Mosques 1
Museums 1
National parks 2
Wildlife sanctuaries 5
Lakes 3
Waterfalls 10
Caves 1
Islands 1
Treks 1
Cities: Shillong.
Food to try in Meghalaya
Dishes 5
- Jadoh
- Tungrymbai
- Ki kpu
- Minil songa
- Sakkin gata
GI-tagged foods 2
- Khasi Mandarin GI: fruit
- Memong Narang GI: fruit
Tick what you have tried. It all counts on the food passport.
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best places to visit in Meghalaya?
The best known, by how many languages of Wikipedia cover them, are Balpakram National Park, Nohsngithiang Falls, Nokrek National Park, Umiam Lake, Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra, Nohkalikai Falls, Madina Mosque, Shillong, Langshiang Falls. Our destination guides cover Shillong & Meghalaya.
How many places to visit are there in Meghalaya?
Our map has 30 places in Meghalaya, including 10 waterfalls, 4 temples, 3 lakes, 2 national parks.
Places come from Wikidata (CC0) and our own destination guides; checked 19 Oct 2026.