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Things to do in Nampong
The Stilwell Road town under Pangsau Pass.
The list
The short version: The Changlang border town on the old Ledo road, with the Pangsau Pass climb and Lake of No Return beyond.
01
Stilwell relics
Wartime bridges and wreckage along the climb.
02
Lake of No Return
The border lake wrapped in its own mythology.
Know before you go
- Road
- Ledo-Stilwell Road
- Festival
- Pangsau Pass Festival (Jan window)
- Pass
- Pangsau Pass, about 3,700ft
Nampong is the border town at the foot of Pangsau Pass on the old Ledo-Stilwell Road: WWII wreckage relics, the January Pangsau Pass Festival, and the road climbing toward the Myanmar line at 3,700ft, with the still, supposedly bottomless Lake of No Return nearby.
Best time: November-March.
Practicals
Permits & season for Arunachal Pradesh
ILP required for Indian nationals; PAP for most foreign nationals. Arranged ahead of travel; we handle it for booked travellers.
March to June and September to November are the clean windows; high passes close or turn risky in winter and peak monsoon.
Nampong month by month
Places to visit near Nampong
All of Nampong, 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
- Arunachal Pradesh travel guide
- Manmao to Nampongroad
- Nampong to Pangsau Passroad
- Flying into Tezu Airport: flights, cabs and onward connections
- Naharlagun Station railway station: trains, cabs and onward connections
- Arunachal Pradesh permits: the complete guide
- Anini travel guide, the Dibang Valley questionfrom the journal