Earn the view at
Kiphire in February
The Saramati district.
Quick answer. Late winter, dry. The Angami festival season anchors the month. For Kiphire specifically, February is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.
The essentials
- People
- Yimkhiung, Sangtam
- Peak
- Mount Saramati (3,840m) via Thanamir
- From Kohima
- About 250km
- Month
- February, Nagaland
- This month
- Late winter, dry.
Why February here
The remote southeast: Yimkhiung and Sangtam country, and the base for Mount Saramati at Thanamir.
Kiphire is Nagaland’s remote southeast, the district that holds Mount Saramati (3,840m), the state’s highest peak: Yimkhiung and Sangtam villages, the Saramati trek base at Thanamir, and long ridge roads that few travellers ever drive.
What to do
Thanamir road
The trek-base village under Saramati.
Cave country
Mimi and Salomi caves in the district’s south.
Elsewhere in Nagaland in February
The wider Nagaland calendar this month: Sekrenyi (Angami; 2026 edition was February 25; announced annually). Dates shift with harvests and moons; we confirm them when you plan.
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Kiphire in February, planned properly
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