SOUTH GARO HILLS, MEGHALAYA
The home of the "Achik Mande" or the "hill people" as the Garos call themselves. Cascading hill forests, the whoops of the Hoolock Gibbons in the distance, the smell of fresh elephant dung on the ground, the musical chirps of the Olive Bulbul, and the ever-alluring butterflies. Come, experience all this and more in the Garo Hills....
Meghalaya, the Abode of the Clouds beckons....
The Balpakram-Baghmara Landscape-a snapshot
Where it is located: South Garo Hills, Meghalaya
Area: 600 sq km including 220 sq km of community owned forest
Protected Areas: Balpakram National Park, Siju WLS, Baghmara Reserved Forest
Altitudinal range: 100-1,100 m
Tourism areas:
Karwani (Baghmara Reserved Forest): Homestays.
Siju WLS: Bamboo huts, tented accommodation.
Balpakram: Tourist rest houses and Forest Rest House.
Garo Hills wild denizens
The South Garo Hills is home to 40 species of mammals, 325 species of birds,350 species of butterflies, more than 500 species of moths, and 65 species of amphibians and reptiles.
What is so special in the Garo Hills?
Titli Trust supports eco-tourism at Garo Hills
Titli Trust has been involved in a long term research and monitoring program at Garo Hills since 2009 and has surveyed the area's birds, butterflies, moths, amphibians and reptiles. During this research, 350 species of butteflies and more than 500 species of moths were recorded here.
To visit the Garo Hills contact
Vikas +91 9089412775
Yaranajit Deka, +91 9957853864 or email at yaranjit.samrakshan@gmail.com
or email
sanjay.sondhi1@gmail.com
SOUTH GARO HILLS, MEGHALAYA
The home of the "Achik Mande" or the "hill people" as the Garos call themselves. Cascading hill forests, the whoops of the Hoolock Gibbons in the distance, the smell of fresh elephant dung on the ground, the musical chirps of the Olive Bulbul, and the ever-alluring butterflies. Come, experience all this and more in the Garo Hills....
Meghalaya, the Abode of the Clouds beckons....
The Balpakram-Baghmara Landscape-a snapshot
Where it is located: South Garo Hills, Meghalaya
Area: 600 sq km including 220 sq km of community owned forest
Protected Areas: Balpakram National Park, Siju WLS, Baghmara Reserved Forest
Altitudinal range: 100-1,100 m
Tourism areas:
Karwani (Baghmara Reserved Forest): Homestays.
Siju WLS: Bamboo huts, tented accommodation.
Balpakram: Tourist rest houses and Forest Rest House.
Garo Hills wild denizens
The South Garo Hills is home to 40 species of mammals, 325 species of birds,350 species of butterflies, more than 500 species of moths, and 65 species of amphibians and reptiles.
What is so special in the Garo Hills?
Titli Trust supports eco-tourism at Garo Hills
Titli Trust has been involved in a long term research and monitoring program at Garo Hills since 2009 and has surveyed the area's birds, butterflies, moths, amphibians and reptiles. During this research, 350 species of butterflies and more than 500 species of moths were recorded here.
To visit the Garo Hills contact
Vikas +91 9089412775
Yaranajit Deka, +91 9957853864 or email at yaranajit.samrakshan@gmail.com
or
sanjay.sondhi1@gmail.com
