Places to visit in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh

9 places to see in Tawang, including monuments & heritage, pilgrimage routes, peak treks. Each page has the best time, how long to plan, and what is open on the date you choose.

• Bum La PassTawang, Arunachal Pradesh · Peak TreksThe 1962 border pass at 4600 m north of Tawang, visited only on an army permit.
• Gorsam Chorten, ZemithangTawang, Arunachal Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesA huge Boudhanath-style stupa at Zemithang, 90 km from Tawang in the Bhutan corner.
• Jaswant Garh War MemorialTawang, Arunachal Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe roadside memorial to Jaswant Singh Rawat, who held this ridge for 72 hours in 1962.
• Nuranang Falls, JangTawang, Arunachal Pradesh · WaterfallsA 100 m waterfall right below the Jang road, 40 km before Tawang.
• Sangetsar (Madhuri) LakeTawang, Arunachal Pradesh · Lakes & DamsA lake made by the 1950 earthquake, its drowned forest still standing. Renamed by a Bollywood film.
• Sela Pass and Sela LakeTawang, Arunachal Pradesh · Peak TreksThe 4170 m pass into Tawang, with a lake at the top and a tunnel that keeps the road open all winter.
• Tawang MonasteryTawang, Arunachal Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe largest monastery in India, on a spur above Tawang town at 3000 m.
• Tawang War MemorialTawang, Arunachal Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe stupa-shaped memorial to the 2420 soldiers who died in the Kameng sector in 1962.
• Urgelling MonasteryTawang, Arunachal Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe small monastery where the sixth Dalai Lama was born in 1683, 5 km below Tawang.

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