Cherrapunjee Holiday Resort

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Run by an affable Khasi woman, this delightful resort is 15km southwest of Cherrapunjee but only 4km from Tyrna. It has inviting rooms in the main building and more deluxe abodes in a newer block. The home-style meals are simply fantastic, and the resort can provide helpful information and guides for other nearby hikes and canyoning trips.

A bus leaves nearby Laitkynsew village for Shillong (₹70, 6am Monday to Saturday). Coming the other way, it leaves the ground floor of the Cherrapunjee taxi building at Anjeli in Shillong at 1pm. A taxi from Cherrapunjee costs ₹300 to ₹400.

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Nearby Meghalaya attractions

1. Nongriat Root Bridges

2.28 MILES

The most fascinating sights around Cherrapunjee are the incredible living bridges – formed from rubber-fig roots that ingenious Khasi villagers have, over…

2. Nohkalikai Falls

4.17 MILES

At 340m, Nohkalikai is said to be the highest single-drop waterfall in India. It's at its best during the monsoon, when its capacity increases 20-fold…

3. Mawsmai Cave

4.23 MILES

This 150m-long limestone cavern, with its low passages, is the most impressive of the area's easily accessible caves and very popular with domestic…

4. Ramakrishna Mission

5.71 MILES

At the top of the hill in Cherrapunjee village, the museum in the Ramakrishna Mission (a Hindu spiritual movement with origins in West Bengal) has an…

6. Shrine of Hazrat Shah Jalal

25.27 MILES

This fascinating and atmospheric shrine of the revered 14th-century Sufi saint Shah Jalal is one of Bangladesh's biggest pilgrimage sites. Housing a…

8. East Darga Gate

25.29 MILES

This main gate leads to the shrine of Hazrat Shah Jalal from the east.