Kalimpong To Tawang

Exotic Arunachal

Post by Santanu

We were aided in our tour plan by sites like www.indiamike.com, www.holidayiq.com, tawang.nic.in, arunachalpradesh.nic.in and Himalayan holidays etc. Furthermore, the District Tourism Officer at Bomdilla Mr. Riggio also helped us plan our conveyance. We contacted the Managing Director of Himalayan Holidays Mr. Tsering Wange who also helped us plan the tour and he provided us with the conveyance, a Tata Victa driven by Mr. Samar Das an young, confident and safe driver. The Tourist Lodge at Bomdilla (Rooms ranging from Rs. 400 – Rs. 600) cannot be booked from before, but generally rooms are available. In case it is booked there is yet another Guest House, the Doe-Gu-Khil Guest House near Gaden Rabgye Ling Monastery better known as the upper Gompa, which is very good though a bit costlier Tourist Lodge at Tawang. There are also Tourist Lodges at Dirang and Bhalukpong). Besides, we also contacted other authorized tour operators Mr. Abhijeet and Mr. Trideep.

Fairy Land of Northeast

Post by Saroj madhusudan | Delhi | Jul 24, 2011

We started early (6:30 AM) from Guwahati on 18th March 2011. Had lunch at Bhalukpong (12:30 PM) and reached Bomdilla at 04:30 PM. Night halt was at Bomdilla ( Govt. Tourist Rest House).Started next day (06:30 AM on 19th March) to Tawang. Had breakfast enroute at Dirang (2 hrs drive). Site seeing on the way ... Nyukmadung War Memorial, Sela Pass, Jaswantgarh War Memorial, Madhuri Falls. Had snacks at Jaswantgarh military canteen. Reached Tawang at 05:00 PM. Night halt at Govt. Tourist Lodge in Tawang. On 20th March local site seeing. started back to Bomdilla on 21st March (visited monastries at Dirang & Bomdilla - You should not miss the Upper Gompa at Bomdilla). On 22nd Mar 11 Started early morning (06:30 AM) to Guwahat and reached Guwahati at 4:30 PM. Though the strech can be done with small size car, SUV with 4 wheel drive is recommended. If self driving one should be extra careful between Balukpong and Bomdilla where one may encounter dense fog and cloud. Here you can experience driving through clouds. The weather at Sela pass is chilling. So before you step out at Sela Pass wear adequate Warm clothing with woollen cap or muffler. Our hired SUV (Innova) got stuck in the snow on the way back to Guwahati. Army Personnels are there to help keep the pass open for traffic and extend help to every body. Even we helped one Maruti 800 which got stuck in snow. So it is advisable to cross Sela pass before noon & have 4 wheel drive as weather is un predictable and goes bad generally in the afternoon. Start early in the morning so that the destination can be reached before dark. To visit Bumla pass, permit from Distric magistrate is required. Visted in mid March 2011. Best season is April - November