Cross the line at
Bhalukpong in March
The border post on the Kameng river.
Quick answer. Spring begins. The central circuit (Tezpur-Bhalukpong-Bomdila-Dirang-Tawang, about 350km) improves as days warm. For Bhalukpong specifically, March is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.
The essentials
- Altitude
- About 213m
- From Tezpur
- About 52km
- Checkpoint
- Arunachal ILP entry
- River
- Kameng (rafting, angling)
- Month
- March, Arunachal Pradesh
- This month
- Spring begins.
Why March here
Where Assam ends: ILP checks, Kameng riverside and the start of the climb.
Bhalukpong sits at about 213m where the Assam plains end, about 52km from Tezpur and roughly 100km below Bomdila: the ILP checkpoint, riverside resorts on the Kameng, angling and rafting runs, and the Tipi Orchidarium up the road.
What to do
Kameng riverside
Pebble banks and easy evening walks.
Rafting runs
Lower-Kameng stretches in season.
Pair it with
Bhalukpong in March, planned properly
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