ARUNACHAL PRADESH

Arun+Anchal as the name suggests, this place is the Land of the Dawn-lit-Mountains, The sun touches the sky of Arunachal Pradesh first before the rest of the India. Located in the north-eastern part of India, its dense forests, snow clad peaks, towering mountains and roaring rivers are marvelous attractions for the tourists. Rafting, hiking and mountaineering, adventurous tourists will get all opportunities. Specially, Bomdila-Tawang area is an ideal place for trekking. As it rains for most of the year and winters being too cold, May and October is the best time for undertaking adventure activities. Also this Himalayan state has rich flora and fauna, with more than 550 rare species of orchids and hundreds of species of rare plants.

NAHARLAGUN
Polo Park : Polo park is a little botanical garden located at the top of a ridge that overlooks the entire town of Naharlagun. One peculiar feature of this park that visitors should not forget to notice is the cane thicket, which looks a bit like a palm, with spines on its stems, but which is growing as a bush. Also, there is also a small zoo. The zoo is located18 kms from Naharlagun and near Banderdewa police check post. If someone wants to have hand made shawls, carpets, carved caskets & the beautiful cane & bamboo items , there is a Handicrafts Centre run by the Industries Department which offers quite a range of items. Also, Pachin River which provides a fine fishing spot passes by Naharlagun.

ITANAGAR
The Buddhist Temple: The capital of Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar has a new, beautiful, yellow-roofed shrine, the Buddhist Temple. It rises in a well-maintained ground behind a stupa bearing the portrait of a monk. At one side is a tree planted by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The grounds of the temple afford a good view of Itanagar town.

Ganga Sekhi Lake: A 6 km drive to the lake from Itanagar takes visitors on a rugged road through some superbly primeval jungles: bamboo, orchids massed on tall trees, tree-ferns are some of the vegetation which can be identified by the interested traveller. Stopping at the base of a hill, one has to cross a bamboo bridge floored with a bamboo mat spanning a culvert. This leads to a flight of steps cut into the red clay of the hill. At the top of the ridge one looks down at a serene, green forest lake which one can cross in a row boat. It’s an ideal beautiful picnic spot.