Drive up to
Sohra (Cherrapunji) in January
The rain capital’s cliff country of falls and caves.
Quick answer. Dry winter. The strongest hiking, caving and camping window; high areas can see frost and sub-zero mornings. For Sohra (Cherrapunji) specifically, January is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.
The essentials
- From Shillong
- About 54km
- Falls
- Nohkalikai, Seven Sisters, Dainthlen, Wei Sawdong
- Caves
- Mawsmai and Arwah nearby
- Season
- Jun-Sep for volume, Nov-Feb for access
- Month
- January, Meghalaya
- This month
- Dry winter.
Why January here
Nohkalikai, Seven Sisters, Dainthlen and the caves: Sohra is the reason monsoon exists in travel lore.
Sohra (officially the same place as Cherrapunji) hangs on the plateau edge above the Bangladesh plains, one of the wettest inhabited places on earth. The cliff country packs in the big falls: Nohkalikai, Nohsngithiang (Seven Sisters), Dainthlen, and Wei Sawdong down the steps.
What to do
Nohkalikai overlook
India’s tallest plunge waterfall (about 340m) off one edge.
Seven Sisters
The seven-segmented falls on the cliff wall.
Wei Sawdong
The tiered turquoise pools at the bamboo stairs.
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Sohra (Cherrapunji) in January, planned properly
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