chalet hosts The surrounding grassy moors justify Meghalaya s over-played Scotland of the East tourist-office sou

State Museum MUSEUM (admission 5; h9.30am-3.30pm Tue-Sun) The superbly presented chalet hosts State Museum, 3km north, includes plenty of tableaux with mannequins- in-action depicting diff erent traditional Naga lifestyles plus everyday tools.

The surrounding grassy moors justify Meghalaya s over-played Scotland of the East tourist-office soubriquet, although they re dotted with Khasi monoliths and scarred by quarrying. Much more impressive is the series of grand canyon valleys that plunge into deep lush chasms of tropical forest chalet hosts sprayed by a succession of seasonally chalet hosts inspiring waterfalls. The Nohkalikai Falls, fourth highest in the world, are particularly dramatic, especially in the monsoon when their capacity increases 20-fold. You can see them easily enough without quite entering the official viewpoint chalet hosts (admission/camera 10/200; h8am-5pm), 4.4km southwest of Sohra market.