Trek to Double Decker Living Root Bridge (Nongriat-Sohra) Day 2 of Meghalaya tour
Double Decker Root Bridge Trek distance is 3 kms
Double Decker Bridge Meghalaya steps are 3500 numbers
Tyrna-Nongriat - 3 km walk with roughly 3500 steps
Double Decker Bridge trek time is approx 2-3 hours to descend down and same to climb up
- 10 AM - Started trek to Nongriat Village in valley
- You will find Bay leafs fallen along the way
- we reached Single Decker Bridge by 11 am so took 1 hour
- On the way to the Double Decker Bridge you get streams and Small Bamboo Bridges too ...
- You will cross Jingmaham bridge
- So we Reached Nongriat Village at 1.30 pm (1.5 hours spent at Single Decker Bridge)
- 2 pm - We had our Lunch at Serene Homestay
- 3 pm we were at Double Decker Bridge
- You can swim there in little pond below the bridge which will releave all your stresses of trek
How to reach Double Decker Living Root Bridge from Shillong?
1) You can hire taxi from Shillong
2) Shared Taxi you can get near Slinnola Dohling Departmental Stores
3) Taxi/Buses available from Tyrna to Shillong 6.30-7.30 am & 1-2 pm
Shillong to double decker bridge distance is about 62 kms
More information on Double Decker Bridge and Nongriat village
- Nongriat = Nong means Village + Riat means Cliffs or Ridges
- Nongriat is thick tropical rainforest
- Local people depend on local wild vegetables in forest
- You can hunt for fresh water fishes, tadpoles, frogs, prawns
- Khasi land speciality is Sweet Potatoes
- You can get Jack Fruit, Pineapple, Guava, Citron from forest
- Main production are Bay leaf, Broomsticks, wild black pepper & Honey
- Leopards, Mongoose, Moose, Flying squirrels & Pheasants
- Butterflies, Moths, Spiders & bugs of shapes/sizes/colours
- Flying snakes & Black cobras can also be found here
Places to visit are near Double Decker Bridge are
1) Double Decker Bridge
2) Masaw Bridges
3) Weiphngam (Rainbow falls)
4) Pyndem Dkhar Village (1 hour hike to get full view of Nohkhkai falls)
5) Mawlakhiat village - Umshiang falls
6) Mynteng Village
7) Nohkalikai view point (3.5 hours hike)
8) Tynrong Village (3 hrs walk) - June-Oct Fishing & Rafting
9) Cannyonin - Nongriat (Oct to April)
10) Arkhap Maw Cave
Special thanks to Byron Nongbri (Serene Homestay) for all info
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