Climb into
Phek in January
The Chakhesang highlands.
Quick answer. Cool and dry. Clear days, cold nights, the hills at their easiest outside December. For Phek specifically, January is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.
The essentials
- People
- Chakhesang, Pochury
- Route
- Kohima-Phek-Pfutsero highlands
- Month
- January, Nagaland
- This month
- Cool and dry.
Why January here
Phek district: Chakhesang and Pochury villages, terraced hills and the road to Pfutsero and Zhavame.
Phek is the large southern district of Chakhesang and Pochury country: steep terraced hills, the Pfutsero-Zhavame-Kapamodzü highlands, and villages that hold some of Nagaland’s strongest living traditions.
What to do
Terrace country
Some of the state’s most sculpted farmland.
Pair it with
Phek in January, planned properly
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