Cherrapunji
Among the wettest inhabited places on earth, on a plateau edge where the cloud comes up from Bangladesh.
- Where
- Sohra, Meghalaya, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 25.2792, 91.7242
Get the Cherrapunji stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Cherrapunji. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Meghalaya volume with your photos and a note.
Near Cherrapunji
Double Decker Root Bridge 3.7 km
Rubber fig roots trained across a stream over decades to make a bridge that grows stronger with age.
Nohkalikai Falls 3.8 km
The tallest plunge waterfall in India at three hundred and forty metres, fed by rain off the plateau above it.
Mawsmai Cave 3.8 km
Limestone worn into rooms and passages, lit and walkable for a hundred and fifty metres.
Nohsngithiang Falls 4.4 km
Seven streams going over the Khasi escarpment together, and only in the rains.
Wei Sawdong Falls 4.8 km
Three tiers, and a bamboo ladder to reach them.
Kynrem Falls 5.9 km
A fall in three stages near Cherrapunji, about three hundred metres in all.
Nongriat 6.5 km
Three thousand steps down to the double root bridge.
Laitlum Canyon 17 km
The end of the hills, and a stair down to a village.
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Questions
Where is Cherrapunji?
Cherrapunji is in Sohra, Meghalaya. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Double Decker Root Bridge (3.7 km), Nohkalikai Falls (3.8 km), Mawsmai Cave (3.8 km).
How do I get the Cherrapunji stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Cherrapunji and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Meghalaya volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Cherrapunji before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Meghalaya volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.