Mawphanlur

Mawphanlur, located in West Khasi Hills is only two hours away from Shillong, the capital city of Meghalaya (About 71kms from Shillong).
It's most visited place is the picnic spot with a lake in the heart of the spot.

In recent years, this place has attracted plenty of visitors and many people come here to admire the beauty of the place.
I haven't visited this place yet, but my friends did on the 2nd of February 2019 and I asked them to take a few pictures for my post.

The best time to visit this place is after the monsoon season when the Hills is full of greenery.

If you want to know more about Mawphanlur, here is a video on youtube  by Explore Exotic Meghalaya Meghalaya and another post I found in tripito.
These two posts will definitely give you guys more information about this spot, thus I kept this post short.

View the Directions on Google Map

Pictures

 

Mawphlang

Mawphlang Village (under Mawphlang C&RD Block) is about 25 kilometres from Shillong is a place that has driven many people to the natural beauty of this location, both local and tourist since it is very close to the city of Shillong and about 1 hour away from the city.

The word maw means "stone", maw-phlang means "grassy stone", the village is known mostly for the Sacred Grove/Forest (Mawphlang Sacred Grove) which has trees that has been there for more than 1,000 years.


There are Three main Hotspots to visit when you reach Mawphlang, they are:
Mawphlang Sacred Grove
Mawphlang Viewpoint
Mawphlang David Scott Trail

The Mawphlang Viewpoint has a really nice view of the nearby village.

The Khasi Heritage Village has been set up by the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council opposite the Mawphlang Sacred Forest consists of various types of authentic, traditionally constructed mock tribal huts which was showcased during Monolith Festival but today the huts are in bad conditions and are not properly maintained.

If you like treking then, don't miss the Mawphlang David Scott Trail, it's a 5 (five) hour long trek, which leads to Mawkdok.
So if you like to reach Mawphlang you can start the trek from Mawkdok and take the route to reach Mawphlang, then you can also visit the Sacred Grove or have a view from the Mawphlang View Point.

Pictures

 

Mawphlang View Point

Mawphlang View Point

Mawphlang View Point

Sacred Grove

Sacred Grove

Sacred Grove

Sacred Grove

Sacred Grove

Sacred Grove

Start of David Scott Trail

Mawphlang Dam

Mawphlang Dam

How to reach there:

Check out the Route on Google Map Here


Look for more information:

http://megtourism.gov.in/dest-khasi.html
http://megtourism.gov.in/ecodestination.html

https://www.tripsavvy.com/mawphlang-sacred-forest-essential-travel-guide-4136711

Natural Spots I've visited from 2017-2018

Meghalaya, the place where the clouds and the land meet, is a place where there are many visitors, yet very few has changed over the last five years.

I haven't uploaded any new post for a long time, it's because I was busy with my professional studies and even though I've visited some beautiful natural hot spots in the state, I haven't had the chance of uploading any new information.

If time permits I'm going to start making plans to visit more places the next year and maybe have a schedule. But as of now all I can say is that most of the natural hot spots in Meghalaya are under thread from large amount of visitors. We go there and leave a lot of garbage and plastics in the area making it dirty and polluting the area, thereby the natural beauty is lost.

Just to list some of the few places I've visited in the last two years:  Mawsynram(West Khasi Hills), Mawlyngbna(West Khasi Hills), Nongkenbah(West Khasi Hills), Nongkrem(East Khasi Hills), Kyllang Rock(West Khasi Hills) and a few more.
I would love to visit them again and write about the various stories about those areas but I need time and right now I have other plans.

Let's hope in the upcoming year I can keep up with my daily tasks and start writing, researching and posting about different areas in my beautiful state. Until next time.

Hello World

Hello Everyone this is my first post on my blog, lets get started.

What is this blog all about?

Well  I'm  from Meghalaya("the abode of clouds"), a small state in North East India, yet filled with many beautiful waterfalls,  awesome caves, magnificent rivers,deep forests and many more natural sites, yet only a few knows about them and there are many more sites to be explored.

I being a programmer never thought that I would be captivated by the scenic beauty of Nature and yet now after visiting a few of them in the last few years, I have decided to write something about it and this blog's sole purpose is on The Nature and Beauty of Nature all around Meghalaya from my point of view, so what you will see and read about Meghalaya's Natural beauty is actually where I've been and would definitely like you to visit, because it's worth it.

Some Facts on Meghalaya:

Capital City: Shillong

Area:  22,429 Sq.Kms.

Natural sites includes Waterfalls, Caves, Rivers,Root Bridges, Valleys, Viewpoints, and more.

More about Meghalaya from the tourism department