Places to visit in Arunachal Pradesh
28 places to visit in Arunachal Pradesh, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Bhismaknagar, Bomdila, Anini and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Arunachal Pradesh volume.
1 National monument · 1 Famous place to visit · 13 Offbeat places · 13 Hidden gems
National monuments in Arunachal Pradesh (1)
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Bhismaknagar
A brick fort in the Dibang foothills, the oldest archaeological site in Arunachal.
Famous places to visit in Arunachal Pradesh (1)
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Bomdila
At twenty seven hundred metres on the road to Tawang, with a monastery and apple orchards along the ridge.
Offbeat places in Arunachal Pradesh (13)
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Anini
The end of the road in Dibang Valley.
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Bum La Pass
The border post above Tawang, open with a permit.
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Dong Valley
The first place in India the sun reaches.
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Mayodia Pass
Snow on the road to the Dibang valley.
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Mechuka Valley
A valley at eighteen hundred metres near the McMahon Line, opened to visitors only in the last two decades.
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Mehao Lake
A walk through leech forest to still water.
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Namdapha National Park
The only park in the world holding four big cats, rising from two hundred to four thousand five hundred metres.
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Parshuram Kund
A pool on the Lohit where pilgrims bathe at Makar Sankranti, in the far east of the country.
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Sangetsar Lake
Trees still standing in the water an earthquake made.
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Sela Pass
Forty two hundred metres, held open through winter, with a lake beside the road that freezes solid.
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Talley Valley
Silver fir and orchid forest above the Apatani plateau.
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Tawang Monastery
The largest monastery in India and the second largest anywhere, founded in 1680 at three thousand metres.
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Ziro Valley
Apatani rice terraces worked without draught animals, in a flat valley ringed by pine covered hills.
Hidden gems in Arunachal Pradesh (13)
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Bhalukpong
Where the plains end and the Kameng comes down.
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Dirang
Apple orchards, hot springs and a stone village.
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Golden Pagoda
Burmese style, gilded, in the far east of the state.
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Ita Fort
The brick fort that gave the capital its name.
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Jawaharlal Nehru State Museum
Itanagar's museum of Arunachal's tribes, with a workshop for cane and bamboo.
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Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary
Forest in the Lohit foothills with all four big cats and a lake called Glow.
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Kangto
The highest peak in Arunachal, on the line the two countries disagree about.
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Malinithan
Carved ruins at the foot of the hills.
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Mouling National Park
Dense forest in the Upper Siang, named for a local word for red poison, and very little visited.
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Nuranang Falls
A hundred metres of water off the Tawang road.
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Pakke Tiger Reserve
Hornbill country, protected by the villages around it.
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Pangsau Pass
The way into Burma on the Stilwell road, with the Lake of No Return just beyond it.
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Subansiri Lower Dam
A gravity dam on the Subansiri where the river comes down out of Arunachal.
Collecting in Arunachal Pradesh
What are the best places to visit in Arunachal Pradesh?
LOQAH lists 28 places in Arunachal Pradesh. The best known include Bhismaknagar, Bomdila, Anini, Bum La Pass and Dong Valley. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Arunachal Pradesh?
28, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Arunachal Pradesh?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Arunachal Pradesh before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Arunachal Pradesh and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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