Drift across
Dawki
The border town on a glass-clear river.
- River
- Umngot
- Clear season
- November to February
- Border
- India-Bangladesh checkpoint
Dawki is the border-checkpoint town on the Umngot, and the water is the show: in the November-February window the river runs glass-clear, boatmen rowing under the old suspension bridge with Bangladesh on the far bank. In monsoon the river runs brown and boating thins out.
Quick answers
Dawki at a glance
When is Dawki water clear?
Roughly November to February; the rest of the year the river carries rain sediment.
When to go
Plan around these months
Nearby
Close enough to combine
Things to do
What you're here for
Glass-water boating
The boats-on-air photo, best before noon.
The old bridge
The 1932 suspension bridge over the river.
Facts checked against the official Meghalaya tourism portal · Last verified 2026-09-26