Go underground at
Siju (Siju Dobakkol Cave) in January
The great limestone cave of the Simsang.
Quick answer. Dry winter. The strongest hiking, caving and camping window; high areas can see frost and sub-zero mornings. For Siju (Siju Dobakkol Cave) specifically, January is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.
The essentials
- Length
- About 4,772m (official brochure)
- Setting
- Simsang river, Napak lake nearby
- Wildlife
- Bat colonies, cave fauna
- Month
- January, Meghalaya
- This month
- Dry winter.
Why January here
A major limestone cave system by the Simsang river, bat colonies and the official brochure’s 4,772m of surveyed passage.
Siju Dobakkol is the Garo Hills’ famous cave: a major limestone system on the Simsang river near Napak lake, cited in official Meghalaya brochures at about 4,772m of passage, with large bat colonies and a river-front resthouse at the entry.
What to do
Bat emergence
Dusk columns out of the cave mouth.
Pair it with
Siju (Siju Dobakkol Cave) in January, planned properly
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