Listen for hornbills at
Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary in November
The Ri Bhoi sanctuary of hornbills and langurs.
Quick answer. Winter transition. Dry, clear, the best all-round month: rivers run clear and trails are open. For Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary specifically, November is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.
The essentials
- Region
- Ri Bhoi
- Wildlife
- Hornbills, hoolock gibbon
- Access
- Off the Guwahati-Shillong road
- Month
- November, Meghalaya
- This month
- Winter transition.
Why November here
A lowland sanctuary near the Guwahati-Shillong road: hornbills, hoolock gibbon and forest birding without crowds.
Nongkhyllem protects a patch of lowland forest in Ri Bhoi, close to the Guwahati-Shillong corridor: hornbill species, hoolock gibbon and clouded-leopard records, with simple forest-rest-house stays and community guides.
What to do
Hornbill mornings
Great and wreathed hornbills over the canopy.
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
Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary in November, planned properly
Tell us your dates and group size. Solo travellers can join fixed departures and keep the freedom. A real person replies with a plan and an honest price.