Stare into
Laitlum Canyons in January
The end-of-the-ridge canyon view.
Quick answer. Dry winter. The strongest hiking, caving and camping window; high areas can see frost and sub-zero mornings. For Laitlum Canyons specifically, January is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.
The essentials
- From Shillong
- About 24km
- Type
- Canyon viewpoint and trek trailhead
- Month
- January, Meghalaya
- This month
- Dry winter.
Why January here
Grass ridges falling away into cloud-filled canyons, an hour from Shillong.
Laitlum means end of hills, and the name does the work: a grass ridge that drops away into steep canyons, often with cloud filling the gorge below. A short walk from the road end takes you to the best ledges; village paths descend into the gorge for trekkers.
What to do
Cloud inversions
Mornings when the canyon fills with white.
Pair it with
Laitlum Canyons in January, planned properly
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