Mawlynnong Village
Mawlynnong Village
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- Amaresh M186 contributionsGood but overrated!They claim it is cleanest village of Asia. It is a lie. You can find much cleaner place in Sikkim. It is a blatant lie and they suck your wallet. Rs 200 just to enter the village. Believe me, nothing special awaits you there. Do not waste your money.Visited November 2023Travelled with familyWritten 18 November 2023
- AmulAwasthyPune, India4,118 contributionsCould be Skiped.First Thing First This Village is spotlessly clean. You will Feel it as and when you enter the Village. There is Huge parking area and shops nearby. We visited this early morning and there was no one in the village. If you have spare time and you are in the near by area than make a quick detour otherwise you can leave this. We found this place to be little Overrated. However nearby balancing rocks , Living root bridge are worth visiting. Visit if you have spare time otherwise skip..Visited January 2024Travelled with familyWritten 2 March 2024
- Rahul AMumbai, India64 contributionsOverrated village, can skipVisited this Village in Mar’24 with Family. The Village is definitely clean but nothing stands out. Most of Meghalaya, Cherrapunji are clean. This village is full of homestays and feels very commercial rather than like a village. Felt like a tourist trap to be honest.Visited March 2024Travelled as a coupleWritten 27 March 2024
- Naina bhavsar8 contributionsNiceWas nice but very commercial.. full of homestay. Very clean and tidy. People here are well mannered and educated. But it doesn’t look like a village. It’s like you are moving in a lane full of homestays. If you have elders along than you can skip this placeVisited November 2023Travelled with familyWritten 15 May 2024
- Rima KNoida, India100 contributionsKhublei Shibun Mawlynnong, you were a dream!In the land of people who respect nature. Winding roads to the cleanest village, dizzying array of plants, a picture perfect cottage, and the nicest, warmest people. My daughter spotted a pitcher plant and parked herself to see an insect fall in. The bah at the eatery we had breakfast in allowed me in their kitchen and even let me roll some puris, pick some lemongrass to take along, and packed some chilies for me. Khublei Shibun!Visited June 2024Travelled with familyWritten 16 June 2024
- DivyaGurugram (Gurgaon), India96 contributionsMawlynnong – a village filled with goodnessMawlynnong is a village in the East Khasi Hills district of the Meghalaya state in North East India. It is notable for its cleanliness and also was chosen by Discover India magazine as Asia's cleanest village. Everyone in Mawlynnong is dedicated to maintaining the cleanliness of the village. We went there during the monsoon season and it was a pleasure to witness this place's scenic beauty. There is also a living root bridge near the village which can be witnessed as well.Visited August 2024Travelled with familyWritten 21 August 2024
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Srijit Ghosh
3 contributions
Apr 2023 • Family
Perfect waste of time and money combined included with free body ache. Thankfully there's a Root bridge just few minutes away from this village which is the saving grace. The village has no authenticity all seems well staged and more people end up looking for food in this village rather than looking around the village. Most of the houses are now converted to Homestay to bring in more guests and make fool out of more people. Avoid this place even if your driver forces just to generate more money from you.
Written 9 April 2023
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Heena
Mumbai, India25 contributions
Nov 2022 • Couples
There is nothing much to see here, most of the houses have been converted into home stays. There is nothing like a village it's more of a tourist spot.
If a village is paid 100 rupees per person as entry fees, any Village would keep it's premises pristine and clean.
Anyways most of Meghalaya is very clean as it is, so you're not missing much of you don't visit this village.
Since it's next to living root bridge, you can visit the place, as most of the tourist have to have their lunch here itself, there is no other option. Food options are very limited, better to carry your own food.
If a village is paid 100 rupees per person as entry fees, any Village would keep it's premises pristine and clean.
Anyways most of Meghalaya is very clean as it is, so you're not missing much of you don't visit this village.
Since it's next to living root bridge, you can visit the place, as most of the tourist have to have their lunch here itself, there is no other option. Food options are very limited, better to carry your own food.
Written 11 November 2022
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Adin R
Mumbai, India3 contributions
Dec 2021 • Couples
The village is no doubt a clean place, beautiful flowers and houses.Credit where its due..
However i found the folks back in Shillong were much more friendly than folks here. Maybe its the tribal nuance they want to protect and to limit interaction with tourists, but then u shldnt be charging 100 Rs for entry, inviting tourists to your homestays or branding it as cleanest village in all the advertisements, if you dont want the tourists to visit in the first place. Felt as if all the children , locals were asked not to interact , or a subtle village code that all seemed to follow.
Also at the view point, me and wife reached morning around 7.30 am (sun rise happens here around 5.45am with folks up and running by 7 am) but on enquiring around we got a rude reply "we are sleeping, dont disturb" ! Maybe we might hv got the village timing wrong, maybe we were actually early by the village standards..but the same thing could have been said in a more polite manner. Definitely not visiting this place, and i also wish tourists visits are regulated by the local authorities as i dnt think over commercialization is helping the village or the tourist experience.
However i found the folks back in Shillong were much more friendly than folks here. Maybe its the tribal nuance they want to protect and to limit interaction with tourists, but then u shldnt be charging 100 Rs for entry, inviting tourists to your homestays or branding it as cleanest village in all the advertisements, if you dont want the tourists to visit in the first place. Felt as if all the children , locals were asked not to interact , or a subtle village code that all seemed to follow.
Also at the view point, me and wife reached morning around 7.30 am (sun rise happens here around 5.45am with folks up and running by 7 am) but on enquiring around we got a rude reply "we are sleeping, dont disturb" ! Maybe we might hv got the village timing wrong, maybe we were actually early by the village standards..but the same thing could have been said in a more polite manner. Definitely not visiting this place, and i also wish tourists visits are regulated by the local authorities as i dnt think over commercialization is helping the village or the tourist experience.
Written 28 December 2021
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Siva Sankari
Chennai (Madras), India105 contributions
Jan 2022
Village is quite famous for its cleanliness. Go for a night stay and get to talk with the locals , to understand how they are adapted to this clean habit, how is it has been incorporated into their culture itself.
No fancy restaurants but decent food will be available since many home based eatery options are available.
We came for a late night walk, late means around 9 PM. All shops are in the closing mode, hence no food. Glad we had our dinner on the way, we were looking for some coffee/tea. The first shop near to parking lot was closed , so went ahead for another shop. They almost closed, but while seeing us , the owner again opened the shop and prepared coffee for us.
One of the best cup of coffee , we had during our meghalaya. It taste way better than the usual ones, may be due to the conversations we had over there and also the care which she showered on us. The Coffee costed 12Rs each & we spent almost one hour with the local with some nice conversation about the village history.
No fancy restaurants but decent food will be available since many home based eatery options are available.
We came for a late night walk, late means around 9 PM. All shops are in the closing mode, hence no food. Glad we had our dinner on the way, we were looking for some coffee/tea. The first shop near to parking lot was closed , so went ahead for another shop. They almost closed, but while seeing us , the owner again opened the shop and prepared coffee for us.
One of the best cup of coffee , we had during our meghalaya. It taste way better than the usual ones, may be due to the conversations we had over there and also the care which she showered on us. The Coffee costed 12Rs each & we spent almost one hour with the local with some nice conversation about the village history.
Written 7 October 2022
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Rachana
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Apr 2023
Not worth the visit unless you've enough time to kill...... It's just like a commercial community row houses and nothing great.... paying to get access to the village is definitely not worth.
Highly disappointed. People are just money minded here everything is overpriced as well
Highly disappointed. People are just money minded here everything is overpriced as well
Written 4 April 2023
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Shalaaka Abijith
Mangalore, India257 contributions
Mar 2022 • Couples
To be frank there’s nothing entertaining here but you have to visit this place just to see how beautiful and clean they have maintained the village. Not a single piece of paper is found anywhere. However plastic is totally banned here. Here people keep cleaning the fallen leaves on the road too. Very disciplined people. And alcohol is completely banned inside the village. There’s an entry fee of ₹50 per person.
Written 12 July 2022
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Mallika
Bengaluru, India144 contributions
May 2024 • Family
As per my imagination, a group of village elders brainstormed on how to encash growing tourists and came up with this idea. The so called smart tourists read all the bad reviews and will still visit it just because they are in the area for the only easily accessible living root bridge. And thus revenue continues.
You will pay 200/- just to walkthrough lanes of homestays and wonder what they are supposed to look at. One of the houses has a simple bamboo tower that leads to nowhere, but you need to pay 20/- to climb up!! Not to mention the overpriced shops near the parking lot or usual 10/- toilets. Everyone in the village seems to be determined to benefit from tourists.
Most of the remote villages in Northeast, Ladakh, Utharakhand and other Himalayan regions are this clean.
You will pay 200/- just to walkthrough lanes of homestays and wonder what they are supposed to look at. One of the houses has a simple bamboo tower that leads to nowhere, but you need to pay 20/- to climb up!! Not to mention the overpriced shops near the parking lot or usual 10/- toilets. Everyone in the village seems to be determined to benefit from tourists.
Most of the remote villages in Northeast, Ladakh, Utharakhand and other Himalayan regions are this clean.
Written 26 June 2024
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Divya
Gurugram (Gurgaon), India96 contributions
Aug 2024 • Family
Mawlynnong is a village in the East Khasi Hills district of the Meghalaya state in North East India.
It is notable for its cleanliness and also was chosen by Discover India magazine as Asia's cleanest village. Everyone in Mawlynnong is dedicated to maintaining the cleanliness of the village. We went there during the monsoon season and it was a pleasure to witness this place's scenic beauty. There is also a living root bridge near the village which can be witnessed as well.
It is notable for its cleanliness and also was chosen by Discover India magazine as Asia's cleanest village. Everyone in Mawlynnong is dedicated to maintaining the cleanliness of the village. We went there during the monsoon season and it was a pleasure to witness this place's scenic beauty. There is also a living root bridge near the village which can be witnessed as well.
Written 22 August 2024
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AmulAwasthy
Pune, India4,118 contributions
Jan 2024 • Family
First Thing First This Village is spotlessly clean. You will Feel it as and when you enter the Village. There is Huge parking area and shops nearby. We visited this early morning and there was no one in the village.
If you have spare time and you are in the near by area than make a quick detour otherwise you can leave this. We found this place to be little Overrated.
However nearby balancing rocks , Living root bridge are worth visiting.
Visit if you have spare time otherwise skip..
If you have spare time and you are in the near by area than make a quick detour otherwise you can leave this. We found this place to be little Overrated.
However nearby balancing rocks , Living root bridge are worth visiting.
Visit if you have spare time otherwise skip..
Written 3 March 2024
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Rima K
Noida, India100 contributions
June 2024 • Family
In the land of people who respect nature.
Winding roads to the cleanest village, dizzying array of plants, a picture perfect cottage, and the nicest, warmest people.
My daughter spotted a pitcher plant and parked herself to see an insect fall in.
The bah at the eatery we had breakfast in allowed me in their kitchen and even let me roll some puris, pick some lemongrass to take along, and packed some chilies for me.
Khublei Shibun!
Winding roads to the cleanest village, dizzying array of plants, a picture perfect cottage, and the nicest, warmest people.
My daughter spotted a pitcher plant and parked herself to see an insect fall in.
The bah at the eatery we had breakfast in allowed me in their kitchen and even let me roll some puris, pick some lemongrass to take along, and packed some chilies for me.
Khublei Shibun!
Written 16 June 2024
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Can I visit mawlynnong and cherrapunji in one day from shillong and back?
Written 21 February 2023
Yes, You can. But you need to start very early from Shillong. We may need to skip few spots from both the places. Better plan a overnight stay in either cherrapunji or mawlynnong and try to cover both the places in 2 days.
Day 1 : Cherrapunji
Day 2 : Mawlynnong, Dwaki,Krang suri falls
You can take the jowai route to Shillong, Else checkout from shillong - Visit Cherrapunji - stay at Mawlynnong - visit Mawlynnong, Dawki, enroute Krangsuri falls and move to Guwhati directly
Written 22 August 2023
We r travelling from shillong on 12 th April for day visit to mawylylong and dawki with stay at cherrapunji, which should we visit ist,dawki or mawylylong, what r places to visit,visiting with 5 and 12yr girls
Written 20 February 2021
Can we cover krangsuri, dawki and mawylylong in 1 day starting from shillong and overnight stay at cherrapunji, if not,which is better in april,krangsuri plus dawki ,or mawylylong plus dawki
Written 1 March 2020
We did both from Cherrapunji. I dont think it would be possible to cover all in a day from Shillong
Written 10 March 2020
Does anyone know the name of homestay of Sammy embor klamet in mawlynnong?
Written 15 August 2019
Hi, in september will i get hotel rooms easily in shillong or it will be quite hectic and peak time for tourists.
Written 15 August 2019
You will get a lot of options if you search online. Yes, always book in advance. I had stayed at Nalgre Guest House in Shillong when I was there in April - it was decent and economical too.
Written 16 August 2019
abhimanyu Gond
Kolkata (Calcutta), India
How much fare for shillong to dawki and mawlynnong and next day cherapunji
Written 22 July 2019
Most cabs have a fixed day fee - Rs. 3,500 - 4,000 per day. It depends on the cab company. A day is calculated as 8 - 9 hours.
Written 23 July 2019
I want to know following information -
1. One good place to stay in Mawlynong as I would be visiting with my wife and 14 year old kid. Preferably a room having attached bath facility
2. I want to see the Root Bridge but can not go for Double Decker root bridge ( as it has 7k stairs ), can someone suggest a nearby one and not difficult to reach as the Double Decker one.
3. I would like to visit Kaziranga after Mawlynong. Can I go from Mawlynong directly or need to come back to Shillong? How far away Kaziranga is from Mawlynong and is it a safe drive?
Written 28 August 2018
There is an easily accessible root bridge on the way to the village. It is safe and I have seen kids as well as elderly women navigate the steps to reach it.
Kaziranga is not in Meghalaya. You have to go back to Shillong and reach the plains first.
Written 7 September 2018
Can Mawlynong and Dawki be visited in one day from Cherapunji and then back to Shillong for a overnight stay?
Written 24 June 2018
It's doable if you start reasonably early and are fine with 6-7 hours travelling and about 3 hrs of sightseeing. Let me warn you though, Dawki right isn't quite the dreamy transparent blue river you've seen in photographs. That would be in winters, you may be left a little underwhelmed with the experience..
Written 25 June 2018
It would range from 1.5 to 2k INR for a room with attached bathroom.
Written 19 May 2018
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