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The town of Mechuka under fresh snow, coloured roofs spread across the valley below snow ranges
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Private tour · Arunachal Pradesh

Mechuka Tour

A wide glacial valley 29 km from the border, reached by two hard days on the Siang road. Fewer visitors reach Mechuka in a year than reach Tawang in a week.

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Duration
From 6 days
length to suit you
Starts from
Dibrugarh
Highest point
6,234 ft
Dorjeeling
Best season
October – April

When to go

October – April

The Siang road is slow and slide-prone through the monsoon; we do not run this route June to August.

Tour type
Private tour
Starts from
Dibrugarh
Permit
Inner Line Permit
Difficulty
Moderate

On the trip

What you’ll come home talking about

  1. Samten Yongcha, a Memba monastery over 400 years old

  2. Yargyapchu river and the valley's hanging bridges

  3. Dorjeeling village and the Siang valley drive

  4. Memba and Ramo culture, largely unchanged

Altitude along the road

Highest point Dorjeeling, 6,234 ft

  1. Dibrugarh
  2. Aalo
  3. Mechuka
  4. Dorjeeling

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. Aalo

    1,509 ft

  3. Mechuka

    6,001 ft · Shi Yomi

    A wide glacial valley 29 km from the border, reached by two hard days on the Siang road. The Samten Yongcha monastery above the village is over 400 years old and belongs to the Memba, who came over the passes from Tibet.

    The town of Mechuka under fresh snow, its coloured roofs spread across the valley floor below snow-covered ranges
    Mechuka under snow, the ranges closing the valley behind

  4. Dorjeeling

    6,234 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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