Visit to Mawlynnong- Asia's cleanest Village

During a trip which lasts for more than a week, all the days will not be superb; there are bound to be a day or two, which makes us little down. One such day was when we visited Mawlongbna.

Actually this is a nice place and some good activities are there including Kayakking; however one should go to Mawlongbna only if they stay in the Government Guest house situated there; It is in a different location inside a Forest; if we stay there, they arrange a Guide who will take us to all places around that area and also Kayaking.

Though we could not stay in the Guest house, as no space was there, we spoke to the Caretaker who said he will arrange a Guide and we can come and enjoy the activities. Unfortunately when we went there, we could not reach him over phone, as none of our Phone had signals. (Aircel and BSNL alone have better tower in Megalaya; it is better to get a Chennai sim from these Agency before we leave; Don’t go and try to get a local sim there; it seems it will take a week or so to get activated there)

We could not reach him over phone nor we can meet him; somehow we did Kayaking, which was a different experience. We need to drive our boat. A guide is there to help. But we need to understand how it operates and accordingly do it.

Mawlongbna Guest house contact No: 9615 1700 25

There are couple of places – a cave and a rock which is considered as God near Mowlongna. This cave is not worth a visit. There are 2 better / bigger caves & please visit them only.

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Mawlynnong is recognized & recorded as Asia’s cleanest village and we stayed in a superb location here. Again it was almost like a Forest in the midst of it we have a Guest house. The inside room is not outstanding &average only. There is little bit of mosquito problem here and they had given coil- liquid – Net etc to escape from it. We used Net and it was fine. Food & Hospitality at this place also was very good.

There are many Root bridges in Megalaya which are very famous; ie: the roots of the tree will be so huge and it will act like a Bridge. Near Mawlynnong, there is one such good Root bridge named Riwoi root bridge. Those who cannot go to Double Decker root bridge can atleast visit this. This place attracts lot of tourists

When we went there, every thing seemed normal. So went without umbrella or rain coat; as we went half way through it suddenly started raining. (It is better to take them, whenever we get down from car in Megalaya; otherwise we will have everything in car, but will not be there when we need it) We waited in a shop there, where we were playing with a small kid. The shop owner ladies were kind enough to accommodate us inside their shop during rain.

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We went for walking in the Mawlynnong streets in the evening and next day morning. The road were well laid out with cement and they were clean. Also every house had beautiful garden.

In the place where we stayed, there is a view point – built; If we go up there, we can see Megalaya well and also can see Bangaladesh border

 (As Megalaya is situated closer to Bangaladesh, in many places, the cab drivers keep telling/ showing us that this is Bangaladesh border…) The view point here was very good.