BEST Places To Visit In Shillong - The Scotland of East

 

Away from the mainland, Northeast India is a hidden treasure of unparalleled beauty waiting to be explored. Shillong, a quaint hill station in Meghalaya, is definitely one of its brightest jewels. 

The Dawki River

 

The Dawki River in Shillong, the wonder of the Northeast is well-known because of its mesmerizing beauty that surrounds the place and looks just like a paradise for a nature lover.

The river is called Wah Umngot flows in the village Mawlynnong, Dawki at the bottom of the Jaintia Hills and is very closely attached to the border of India and Bangladesh, it is 100 kilometre from Shillong located in Meghalaya. Dawki is a small town and is considered one of the cleanest rivers in India with sustainable tourism. The place Meghalaya itself is filled with natural beauty which includes beautiful waterfalls, multiple lakes and forests that are really majestic, pine-covered stunning hills, abundant green trees. 

 

The Live Tree Root Bridge

India’s famous living bridges – the roots of trees coaxed and stretched into the form of a suspension bridge over a river – have been submitted to Unesco’s tentative list for the coveted world heritage site status.

The mountainous state of Meghalaya in the north-east has more than 100 such bridges in 70 villages, unique structures created by a combination of nature and human ingenuity.

Once a bamboo structure has been stretched across the river, the roots of the tree, usually the rubber tree (Ficus elastica), are teased and manipulated to become entwined with the bamboo until it becomes a strong mesh.