Stroll through
Mawlynnong in December
The famous clean village, with its own root bridge.
Quick answer. Dry winter. Cold mornings, prime trekking/caving/camping season. For Mawlynnong specifically, December is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.
The essentials
- Known for
- Village cleanliness, skywalk
- Nearby
- Nohwet root bridge at Riwai
- From Shillong
- About 78km
- Month
- December, Meghalaya
- This month
- Dry winter.
Why December here
Bamboo dustbins, skywalk views to Bangladesh and the Nohwet root bridge.
Mawlynnong built a reputation as India’s cleanest village: swept lanes, bamboo dustbins and community-run stays. The bamboo skywalk in the Riwai grove lifts you into the canopy, and the Nohwet living root bridge sits minutes from the village square.
What to do
Bamboo skywalk
A canopy walk through the grove.
Nohwet bridge
The living root bridge you can walk to from the road.
Elsewhere in Meghalaya in December
The wider Meghalaya calendar this month: Winter Festival period (Tura, Baghmara; announced annually). Dates shift with harvests and moons; we confirm them when you plan.
Pair it with
Mawlynnong in December, planned properly
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