How to reach Tawang: By Road
543Km long Guwahati-Tawang road journey is quite long and takes around14-16 hours. The long duration of the journey makes it necessary to have a break in the form of a night halt en-route. 627kms long Dibrugarh-Tawang. You can hire a private cab from CarForSure to reach Tawang By Air
By Helicopter: The Arunachal Pradesh Helicopter Service is operational from Guwahati Airport and presently the Helicopter services operate from Tawang to Guwahati and back on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. The nearest airport is Tezpur airport, Guwahati Airport, Dibrugarh Airport.
About Tawang
Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh is both historically and naturally endowed. Tawang is one of the most picturesque tourist destinations in India. With its numerous turbulent streams, roaring rivers, deep gorges, lofty mountains, snow-clad peaks, Thousands of species of flora and fauna, and an endless variation of scenic beauty, there is tremendous potential for the development of tourism in Arunachal Pradesh especially adventure and eco-tourism. The state has vast potential for offering various attractions to tourists like paragliding, river rafting, angling, hiking, trekking, mountaineers, Land gliding, snow skiing, etc. For the wildlife enthusiasts and nature lovers, Arunachal has a number of wildlife sanctuaries, national parks, and biosphere reserves, its lush green tropical forests teeming with wildlife. Arunachal Pradesh is also famous for the Buddhist Circuit. There are two major religious festivals of the Monpas viz "LOSAR" and "TORGYA". Both festivals are celebrated once annually.
Top 5 Places to visit in Tawang:
Sela Pass
Sela Pass is situated at a distance of 78 km from Tawang town. The pass is open throughout the year. he passes has hardly any vegetation and is usually snow-covered to some extent all through the year. During winter temperature in the pass can go down to −10 degrees. This place is snowed in most of the year and offers excellent and heavenly views all year round. This part of the Eastern Himalayan range is pretty special for the Buddhists as it is believed that about 101 lakes exist in and around Sela pass and each of these lakes has a huge religious significance for the Buddhist community. Very close to the Pass is the beautiful Sela Lake (sometimes called Paradise Lake because of its beauty), which could be fully or partially frozen in winter. Some small rivers also flow out of the lake and during the grazing season, Sela Pass is the main route to access Tawang town, and given the proximity of Tawang District with Tibet.
Gorichen Peak
Tawang not only makes you feel one with nature but it stimulates the challenger in you. Gorichen Peak is the right place for the adventurer in you. Not only is Gorichen Peak the highest in Arunachal Pradesh with 22500 feet height but it also poses a high challenge to trekkers. The gorgeous Gorichen Peak offers magnificent views. Whether you scale the heights or not, you are sure to enjoy the matchless beauty of the majestic peak.
Bap Teng Kang Waterfall
Bap Teng Kang Waterfall is situated 82 km away from Tawang. This 100 ft high waterfall is one of the most visited tourist spots in Tawang. Set amidst lush greenery, the waterfall offers a spectacular sight to nature lovers. Popularly referred to as BTK waterfall, Bap Teng Kang’s serenity elevates your spirits. The crystal clear water encourages you to indulge in swimming.
Tawang Monastery
About 2 Km from the town is the Tawang Monastery. The Monastery is the second biggest and oldest in Asia and is known as the Tawang Ganden Namgyal Lhatse “Ta” means horse and “wang” means chosen/blessed, The site of the Tawang monastery was chosen by the horse of Merag Lama Lodre Gyatso, according to legend, Merag Lama was unable to decide a location to establish the monastery, so he set for meditation inside a cave when he finished with his meditation and came out his horse was missing, on searching he found his horse grazing on a hilltop, he considered this as a sign of divine blessing and finalized that location for construction for the monastery and that’s how Tawang got its name.
Jaswantgarh war Memorial
This war memorial stands in memory of rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat, Mahavir Chakra Awardee (Posthumous) of the 4th Battalion of Garhwal Rifles Infantry Regiment. Jaswant showed his valor by fighting and holding the invading Chinese back for 72 hours all alone during the 1962 India-China war and remained at his post at an altitude of about 10,000 feet before succumbing to an enemy bullet during that bloody winter war. The post that he held to repulse the Chinese troops has been renamed Jaswant Garh in recognition of his valor and sacrifice.
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