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A line of pines running diagonally across a golden meadow in the Anjaw hills
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Private tour · Arunachal Pradesh

Dong Tour

Dong sees the first sunrise in India. Getting there means following the Lohit upstream to Walong, the site of the 1962 battle, and walking up before dawn.

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Duration
From 6 days
length to suit you
Starts from
Dibrugarh
Highest point
4,281 ft
Kibithu
Best season
October – April

When to go

October – April

Tour type
Private tour
Starts from
Dibrugarh
Permit
Inner Line Permit; additional clearance for Walong and Kibithu
Difficulty
Moderate

On the trip

What you’ll come home talking about

  1. First sunrise in India, from the Dong valley

  2. Walong battlefield and the 1962 memorial

  3. Kibithu, the last village on the Lohit

  4. Hot springs and the Lohit river road

Altitude along the road

Highest point Kibithu, 4,281 ft

  1. Dibrugarh
  2. Tezu
  3. Hayuliang
  4. Walong
  5. Dong
  6. Kibithu

The route

Where the road takes you

The stops this trip is built around, in order. Your day-by-day plan, stays and pace come with your free quote.

  1. Dibrugarh

    Start · 354 ft

  2. Tezu

    656 ft

  3. Hayuliang

    2,297 ft

  4. Walong

    3,589 ft

  5. Dong

    4,068 ft · Anjaw

    The first place in India to see the sun. Getting there means following the Lohit upstream past Hayuliang to Walong, site of the 1962 battle, then walking up before dawn. Kibithu, a little further on, is the last village on the river.

    A line of pines running diagonally across a golden meadow in the Anjaw hills, with forested ridges rising behind
    Pine and open grass on the climb above the Lohit

  6. Kibithu

    4,281 ft

Reviews

In their own words

Written to us by travellers after their trips. Each card names where they went.

  • Mr. Amit Bisht in a grey jacket and dark glasses, mountains behind him

    Mr. Amit Bisht

    Arunachal Pradesh

    “Traveling in Arunachal can be challenging due to terrain and route logistics, but the team made the entire journey completely smooth and stress-free.”
    • The same six friends laughing against the parapet, a pine-covered hillside behind
    • A traveller with a jacket over his shoulder looking across a grassy valley floor towards cloud-capped mountains
    • A hand holding out three small oranges over a village field, cloud sitting low on the mountains behind
    • A road looping in tight switchbacks down a snow-dusted mountainside, cloud over the ranges beyond
    • A traveller in a woollen hat and dark glasses pulling up his hood in falling snow, snow-laden shrubs behind him
  • Mr. Bikram Mitra

    Mr. Bikram Mitra

    Arunachal Pradesh

    “He is very humble true to his words and you get prompt response whenever you need. As a first time visitors you can blindly trust them you won't regret.”
    • A couple in front of a gold-roofed monastery in West Arunachal, prayer wheels along the wall below
    • Two travellers at the I ♥ Bumla sign at 15,200 feet, snow underfoot and cloud behind
    • A couple on the grassy floor of a river valley, pine ridges rising on both sides
  • Mr. Ankur Singhal

    Mr. Ankur Singhal

    Arunachal Pradesh

    “Traveling in Arunachal Pradesh can be challenging, but Ela Tripo made it completely stress-free.”

  • + many more

    happy, satisfied travellers.

    These are the ones who sat down and wrote it out for us.

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