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Kapamodzü Peak in October

Nagaland’s tabletop flower peak.

Quick answer. Post-monsoon. Dry, fresh and green; the trekking and village season opens. For Kapamodzü Peak specifically, October is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.

The hike to Kapamodzü Peak under Phek district, photo courtesy Tourism Nagaland
October in Kapamodzü Peak

The essentials

Height
About 2,620m
Rank
Among Nagaland’s highest, fourth by most lists
Form
Tabletop plateau peak
District
Phek
Month
October, Nagaland
This month
Post-monsoon.

Why October here

The 2,620m tabletop above Zhavame: cosmos fields in autumn, a 360 ridge walk, wooden cabins and sunrise clouds, fourth-highest peak of the state.

Kapamodzü is the tabletop peak above Zhavame village in Phek district: at about 2,620m it ranks among the state’s highest and is widely described as Nagaland’s highest table mountain. The climb from Zhavame takes about an hour by the official guide, with flower slopes opening onto a summit plateau with 360 views toward the Saramati range, Japfü Peak and Kohima’s hills, per the state tourism feature.

What to do

Cosmos plateau

October-November pink over the tabletop.

360 ridge walk

Saramati to Kohima in one slow turn.

Sunrise above clouds

The classic 5am payoff.

Wooden cabins

Sleep inside the view, basic and warm.

Ridge camp

The festival’s night on the mountain.

Elsewhere in Nagaland in October

The wider Nagaland calendar this month: Yemshe (Angami, October, announced annually). Dates shift with harvests and moons; we confirm them when you plan.

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Trips that run here

Kapamodzü Peak in October, planned properly

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