Trace the rails at
Things to do in Margherita
Coal, the Ledo road and the Singpho edge.
The list
The short version: The coal town at the foot of the Patkai: heritage railways, the Stilwell Road start and Mounglang monastery nearby.
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Coal museum
The story of Assam’s mining frontier.
02
Ledo
Kilometre zero of the wartime road to China.
Know before you go
- Heritage
- Coal mining, Ledo-Stilwell Road
- Nearby
- Ledo, Mounglang monastery, Singpho villages
- Rail
- On the Dibrugarh-Tinsukia-Ledo line
It is the eastern anchor of an Upper Assam loop with Digboi and Namphake.
Best time: November to March.
Practicals
Permits & season for Assam
No entry permit: Assam is open to all travellers, Indian and foreign.
Best months run October to April; the monsoon (June to September) is intensely green but slows the hill roads.
Margherita month by month
Places to visit near Margherita
All of Margherita, none of the guesswork
Fixed departures you can join solo, or a private plan around your dates. Prices on the page, real people on WhatsApp.
Keep planning
- Assam travel guide
- Dibrugarh to Margheritaroad
- Margherita to Miaoroad
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