Eco Tourism in Arunachal Pradesh
25 places in Arunachal Pradesh under eco tourism. Community-run and conservation-led stays.
Explore with dates- BasarLepa Rada, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsA quiet Galo valley of paddy terraces, and a village-run festival in late November.
- BhalukpongWest Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh · River RaftingThe Kameng river gate into Arunachal from Tezpur, with winter rafting and an orchid centre.
- DambukLower Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsOrange orchards on the Dibang plains, and a three-day music festival in mid-December.
- Daying Ering Wildlife SanctuaryEast Siang, Arunachal Pradesh · Wildlife & Tiger ReservesRiver-island grassland in the Siang below Pasighat, by boat, for winter birds and hog deer.
- DebanChanglang, Arunachal Pradesh · Jungle TrailsThe old forest bungalow inside Namdapha, above the Noa-Dihing. The only bed in the park.
- Dibang Wildlife SanctuaryDibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh · Wildlife & Tiger ReservesOver 4000 sq km of the Mishmi Hills, takin, red panda and high tigers. Trekking only.
- Eaglenest Wildlife SanctuaryWest Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh · Birding SpotsThe best birding forest in India, with tented camps and a bird found nowhere else.
- Indira Gandhi ParkItanagar Capital Complex, Arunachal Pradesh · Eco TourismThe main park of Itanagar, where the town comes in the evening and the state holds its fairs.
- Kabu and Darka villagesWest Siang, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsGalo villages a short drive from Aalo, stilt houses and mithun. Best on Mopin, 5 April.
- Kamlang Tiger Reserve and Glow LakeLohit, Arunachal Pradesh · Wildlife & Tiger ReservesA tiger reserve next to Namdapha, and the hard, wet, three-day walk to Glow Lake.
- MiaoChanglang, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe Namdapha gate town on the Noa-Dihing, with a Tibetan settlement and carpet looms.
- Mouling National ParkUpper Siang, Arunachal Pradesh · Wildlife & Tiger ReservesA wet, roadless national park on the Siang, walked with a guide. For serious trekkers only.
- Namdapha National ParkChanglang, Arunachal Pradesh · Wildlife & Tiger ReservesThe biggest forest in the north-east. Four big cats on paper, gibbons and hornbills in fact.
- Pakke Paga Hornbill FestivalPakke-Kessang, Arunachal Pradesh · Eco TourismA three-day January festival at Seijosa for the Nyishi communities who guard the hornbills of Pakke.
- Pakke Tiger ReservePakke-Kessang, Arunachal Pradesh · Wildlife & Tiger ReservesA hornbill forest on the Assam border where Nyishi hunters became nest guardians.
- RigaSiang, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsA large Adi village on the slope above the Siang. Stilt houses, a moshup, and Solung on 1 Sept.
- Seijosa and the Pakke RiverPakke-Kessang, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe Nyishi gateway village to Pakke on a broad stony river, 60 km from Tezpur.
- Sessa Orchid SanctuaryWest Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh · Jungle TrailsA wild orchid sanctuary on the road up to Bomdila, best in April and May.
- Tarin Fish FarmLower Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh · Eco TourismThe fish farm at Bulla that stocks the rice-fish fields of the Apatani plateau.
- Tengapani and the Namsai plainsNamsai, Arunachal Pradesh · Valleys & CanyonsFlat tea and paddy country along the Tengapani, Buddhist viharas in the villages.
- Thrizino and BuragaonBichom, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe main Aka village of the Bichom hills, reached by a rough road from Bhalukpong.
- WakkaLongding, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsA Wancho ridge village with log drums and carved figures, and Myanmar on the horizon.
- WakroLohit, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsOrange orchards and Mishmi villages above the Lohit plains. Low-key, and the gate to Kamlang.
- Ziro Music FestivalLower Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh · Eco TourismFour days of independent music on bamboo stages in the Apatani paddy fields, late September.
- Ziro ValleyLower Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh · Valleys & CanyonsThe Apatani plateau of rice-fish fields and bamboo villages, on the UNESCO tentative list.
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