Ziro Valleyजीरो घाटी
The Apatani plateau of rice-fish fields and bamboo villages, on the UNESCO tentative list.
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About Ziro Valley
A flat plateau at 1688 m farmed by the Apatani, who grow rice and fish together in the same terraced fields with pine and bamboo on the bunds, a system on the UNESCO tentative list. The old villages of Hong, Hija, Hari and Bulla are dense clusters of bamboo houses with lapang platforms and babo poles. Homestays are good. Six hours from Naharlagun; Dree on 5 July and the music festival in late September are the big weeks.
What to see and do
- Rice-fish fields on the plateau
- Hong, one of the largest villages in Asia
- Hija and Hari villages
- Dree festival, 5 July
- Kile Pakho ridge for sunrise
- Apatani homestays
Part of The Himalaya.
More places in Lower Subansiri
- Tarin Fish FarmLower Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh · Eco TourismThe fish farm at Bulla that stocks the rice-fish fields of the Apatani plateau.
- Ziro Music FestivalLower Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh · Eco TourismFour days of independent music on bamboo stages in the Apatani paddy fields, late September.
- Kile PakhoLower Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh · Peak TreksThe sunrise ridge above Hapoli, with the whole Ziro plateau one way and snow the other.
- Meghna Cave TempleLower Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesA Shiva shrine in a cave on the pine hill above Hapoli.
- Shiva Lingam at KardoLower Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesA 25 ft natural stone lingam found in the Kardo forest in 2004, now a Shivratri pilgrimage.
- Talley Valley Wildlife SanctuaryLower Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh · Wildlife & Tiger ReservesA clouded leopard forest on a plateau above Ziro, reached by an 8 km walk from Pange.
All places in Lower Subansiri · All places in Arunachal Pradesh
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