Pull over at
Umiam Lake in January
The reservoir that welcomes you to Meghalaya.
Quick answer. Dry winter. The strongest hiking, caving and camping window; high areas can see frost and sub-zero mornings. For Umiam Lake specifically, January is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.
The essentials
- Position
- Guwahati-Shillong highway
- Activities
- Boating, viewpoints
- Month
- January, Meghalaya
- This month
- Dry winter.
Why January here
A broad blue reservoir on the Guwahati-Shillong road: viewpoints, kayaks and the first photo stop.
Umiam (Barapani) is the big reservoir every traveller crosses on the way up to Shillong: viewpoints along the road, boating and kayaking from the resort side, and mist that turns the whole basin cinematic early in the morning.
What to do
Morning mist
Arrive early and the basin is all cloud and mirror.
Pair it with
Umiam Lake in January, planned properly
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