Pause at
Bomdila in May
The monastery ridge town on the climb.
Quick answer. One of the best highland months: warm days, generally stable roads, pre-monsoon green. For Bomdila specifically, May is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.
The essentials
- Altitude
- About 8,000ft
- From Tezpur
- About 160km
- Sights
- Gompas, viewpoints, orchards
- Month
- May, Arunachal Pradesh
- This month
- One of the best highland months: warm days, generally stable roads, pre-monsoon green.
Why May here
Gompas, apple country and the first real mountain town on the Tawang road.
Bomdila sits at about 8,000ft on the Tawang road: the upper and lower gompas, apple-and-kiwi orchards on the slopes, and viewpoint ridges looking toward the Gorichen range. It is the classic first overnight after Tezpur and Bhalukpong.
What to do
Upper Gompa
The hilltop monastery above the town.
Orchard slopes
Apples and kiwis grown on the valley walls.
Pair it with
Bomdila in May, planned properly
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