Villages & Hidden Gems in Arunachal Pradesh
77 places in Arunachal Pradesh under villages & hidden gems. Places most people drive straight past.
Explore with dates- Aalo (Along)West Siang, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe Galo town where the Yomgo meets the Sipu, orange gardens above, and the road to Mechuka ahead.
- AniniDibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh · Hill StationsIdu Mishmi country at nearly 2000 m, a full day beyond the Mayodia pass. Cold, clear, far.
- BamengEast Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsA Nyishi circle town in the forested hills west of Seppa, worth the drive and little else.
- 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.
- BoasimlaKamle, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsA Nyishi circle village on a ridge above the Kamle valley, a half day from Raga.
- BolengSiang, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsA small district town on the Siang, a river halt on the road north to Yingkiong.
- BorduriaTirap, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsA Nocte chief's village on a ridge near Khonsa. Ask first; it is a home, not a museum.
- ChanglangChanglang, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe Changlang district town in Tangsa hill country, away from the Namdapha traffic.
- ChayangtajoEast Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe road-end far north of Seppa in Puroik and Nyishi country, for the very determined.
- ChongkhamNamsai, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe old Khamti town beyond Namsai, with its big vihara and no tour buses.
- DambukLower Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsOrange orchards on the Dibang plains, and a three-day music festival in mid-December.
- Daporijo and the Subansiri BridgeUpper Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe Subansiri river town with the bridge, the last real hotels before the far north.
- DaringLepa Rada, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsA Galo village on the Basar road. Stilt houses, orange plots, no tourist trade.
- DeomaliTirap, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe Assam-edge entry to Tirap. A market, a vihara, and the hill road up to Khonsa.
- DirangWest Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsA warm valley town at 1600 m with a 500-year-old fortified village and a hot spring.
- Doimukh and the DikrongPapum Pare, Arunachal Pradesh · River RaftingA Dikrong river town near Itanagar with an easy winter rafting stretch and the state university.
- DollungmukhKamle, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe Kamle and Subansiri confluence on the Assam edge, a stony floodplain town of two rivers.
- DongAnjaw, Arunachal Pradesh · Peak TreksThe easternmost village in India, where the sun comes up first. Two days of road, then a climb.
- GellingUpper Siang, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe last village on the Siang before Tibet. Permit, army checks, and nowhere to sleep.
- GensiLower Siang, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsA plain Galo hill town north of Likabali. Offices, a market, the road up from the plains.
- Gorsam Chorten, ZemithangTawang, Arunachal Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesA huge Boudhanath-style stupa at Zemithang, 90 km from Tawang in the Bhutan corner.
- Hawai and HayuliangAnjaw, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe district town and the permit office on the long Lohit road to Walong and Dong.
- HunliLower Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe Idu Mishmi village beyond Mayodia where the Anini road stops for tea.
- JairampurChanglang, Arunachal Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe Stilwell Road town with a rediscovered Second World War cemetery in the jungle.
- JaminKra Daadi, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe administrative township of Kra Daadi, a short drive from Palin.
- 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.
- KanubariLongding, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe plains-edge gate to Longding. Check post, tea gardens, and the hill road up.
- KhonsaTirap, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe Tirap hill town in Nocte country, with the best small museum in eastern Arunachal.
- Kibithu and KahoAnjaw, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe road-end of India on the Lohit, with Kaho the last village. Permits, army, and back by dark.
- KiminPapum Pare, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe border gate town where the road to Ziro leaves the Assam plains.
- Koloriang and the Kurung RiverKurung Kumey, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsOne of the remotest district towns in India, on the Kurung river a day north of Ziro.
- KomsingEast Siang, Arunachal Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe Adi village where the 1911 killing of Noel Williamson brought the British into the Siang hills.
- LemmiPakke-Kessang, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe small new headquarters of Pakke-Kessang, on the hill road from Seijosa to Seppa.
- LikabaliLower Siang, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe Assam-edge gateway to the Siang hills. Check gate, cantonment, and Malinithan on the hill.
- LongdingLongding, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe Wancho district town in the far south, wood carving, and Oriah drumming in Feb-March.
- MeboEast Siang, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsAdi villages across the Siang from Pasighat. Solung on 1 September is the day to come.
- MechukaShi Yomi, Arunachal Pradesh · Valleys & CanyonsA high flat valley on the Siyom, a 400-year-old gompa, and three days of road from Guwahati.
- MiaoChanglang, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe Namdapha gate town on the Noa-Dihing, with a Tibetan settlement and carpet looms.
- MipiDibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe last road-head village up the Dri from Anini. Rough track, permit check, a big view.
- MonigongShi Yomi, Arunachal Pradesh · Valleys & CanyonsThe far valley beyond Mechuka towards the border. Rough road, permit checks, no hotel.
- Nacho and LimekingUpper Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe far Tagin north beyond Daporijo, a day and a half of jeep road towards the Tibet border.
- NafraBichom, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe market town of the Bichom valley, a base for walking to Aka and Bugun villages.
- Napangphung and the Bichom ValleyBichom, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe newest district in the state, a forested Aka and Bugun valley with nothing set up for visitors.
- NyapinKurung Kumey, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsA Nyishi halt on the Palin to Koloriang road, busy once a year for Boori Boot.
- 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.
- Palin and the Kra RiverKra Daadi, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe Nyishi trading town of Kra Daadi on the Kra river, the halt before Koloriang.
- PanginSiang, Arunachal Pradesh · Valleys & CanyonsWhere the Siyom joins the Siang, two colours of water meeting below an Adi village.
- Pangsau PassChanglang, Arunachal Pradesh · Peak TreksWhere the Stilwell Road crosses into Myanmar, with the Lake of No Return just over the line.
- Pasighat and the SiangEast Siang, Arunachal Pradesh · River RaftingThe oldest town in Arunachal, where the Siang leaves the hills. Rafting Nov to March.
- PistanaKeyi Panyor, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsA ridge-top Nyishi village on the Ziro road, the first big view on the climb.
- Ponging river beachEast Siang, Arunachal Pradesh · CampingThe Siang beach where Pasighat camps out in winter. Tents, bonfires, a fast cold river.
- RagaKamle, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe Nyishi and Hill Miri headquarters of Kamle, on a slow road between Ziro and Daporijo.
- RigaSiang, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsA large Adi village on the slope above the Siang. Stilt houses, a moshup, and Solung on 1 Sept.
- RoingLower Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe tidy little town at the foot of the Mishmi Hills, base for Mayodia, Mehao and Anini.
- SagaleePapum Pare, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsOrdinary Nyishi hill country 70 km from the capital, with the Pare river road for company.
- Sangti ValleyWest Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh · Valleys & CanyonsThe flat farmed valley near Dirang where black-necked cranes winter, some years.
- SarliKurung Kumey, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe last circle town north of Koloriang, high Nyishi country at the edge of the map.
- 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.
- Seppa and the Kameng RiverEast Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe Nyishi headquarters town on the Kameng river, five slow hours from Itanagar.
- TaliKra Daadi, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsA road-end Nyishi circle in the far corner of Kra Daadi, for those with time and a jeep.
- TalihaUpper Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsA Tagin valley town north-west of Daporijo, the first halt on the road to the far north.
- Tarin Fish FarmLower Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh · Eco TourismThe fish farm at Bulla that stocks the rice-fish fields of the Apatani plateau.
- TatoShi Yomi, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe halfway halt on the Mechuka road. Tea, a stretch, and the Siyom gorge on both sides.
- Tengapani and the Namsai plainsNamsai, Arunachal Pradesh · Valleys & CanyonsFlat tea and paddy country along the Tengapani, Buddhist viharas in the villages.
- TezuLohit, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe Lohit district town under the hills. Museum, botanical garden, base for Parshuram Kund.
- ThembangWest Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsA walled Monpa village on the UNESCO tentative list, 20 km up a rough road from Dirang.
- Thrizino and BuragaonBichom, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe main Aka village of the Bichom hills, reached by a rough road from Bhalukpong.
- TirbinLepa Rada, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsA small Galo circle town in a side valley beyond Basar. Pass-through country.
- TutingUpper Siang, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe last big village on the Siang before Tibet, the heart of Pemako. Two days of road.
- 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.
- Walong War MemorialAnjaw, Arunachal Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe Lohit valley town where a brigade held out in 1962. Memorial, hot spring, base for Dong.
- Yachuli and the PanyorKeyi Panyor, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe Nyishi headquarters of the new Keyi Panyor district, a halt on the Ziro road.
- Yazali and the Ranganadi DamKeyi Panyor, Arunachal Pradesh · Lakes & DamsThe Panyor river town below the Ranganadi dam, on the climb from Kimin to Ziro.
- Yingkiong and the Siang gorge roadUpper Siang, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsThe Upper Siang district town, a full day up the gorge road from Pasighat.
- 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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