Step down through
Elephant Falls in November
Shillong’s three-tiered classic.
Quick answer. Winter transition. Dry, clear, the best all-round month: rivers run clear and trails are open. For Elephant Falls specifically, November is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.
The essentials
- Tiers
- Three
- From Shillong
- About 12km
- Month
- November, Meghalaya
- This month
- Winter transition.
Why November here
Three stacked falls on the edge of town, reached by steps along the rock face.
Elephant Falls is Shillong’s easy classic: three tiers stacked down a fern-lined rock face, with steps and walkways between them, named by the British for an elephant-shaped rock that an earthquake later took away.
What to do
The stair descent
Each tier closer and louder than the last.
Elsewhere in Meghalaya in November
The wider Meghalaya calendar this month: Nongkrem Dance Festival (November, five days, Smit; announced annually), Wangala / 100 Drums (first week of November, Garo Hills), Shillong Cherry Blossom Festival (mid-November, announced annually). Dates shift with harvests and moons; we confirm them when you plan.
Pair it with
Elephant Falls in November, planned properly
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