Go under at
Khangkhui Cave in January
The Tangkhul limestone cave.
Quick answer. Cool and dry at Imphal-valley altitude (about 790m). Clear, crisp days. For Khangkhui Cave specifically, January is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.
The essentials
- Type
- Limestone cave system
- From Ukhrul
- About 15km
- Month
- January, Manipur
- This month
- Cool and dry at Imphal-valley altitude (about 790m).
Why January here
A large limestone cave system near Ukhrul with several chambers and a wartime story.
Khangkhui (Khangkhui Mangsor) is a big limestone cave near Ukhrul: several chambers deep, used as shelter during WWII, and a local natural landmark with bat colonies in the dark sections.
Wildlife this month: Keibul Lamjao migratory-bird season runs November to March.
What to do
Chamber crawl
Bring a torch; the deep chambers are genuinely dark.
Pair it with
Khangkhui Cave in January, planned properly
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