Straddle the line at
Longwa in January
The village where the chief’s house sits in two countries.
Quick answer. Cool and dry. Clear days, cold nights, the hills at their easiest outside December. For Longwa specifically, January is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.
The essentials
- Border
- India-Myanmar ridge line
- Icon
- The Angh’s cross-border house
- From Mon
- About 42km
- Permit
- ILP covers the district for Indians
- Month
- January, Nagaland
- This month
- Cool and dry.
Why January here
On the Myanmar border ridge: the Angh’s half-and-half house, tattooed Konyak elders and big-sky ridgelines.
Longwa is the famous border village of Mon district: the international line runs straight through the Angh (hereditary chief)’s house, so his dining room is in India and his bedroom in Myanmar, and villagers cross the line daily as they always have. Tattooed elders, village morungs and ridge-top views make it the highlight of Mon.
What to do
The Angh’s house
Sleep in India, eat in Myanmar.
Ridge walks
Views across two countries from the paths.
Pair it with
Longwa in January, planned properly
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