ChaloHoppo to Celebrate Chapchar Kut in Mizoram!

What type of bag to carry?
Carry a small bag(10 to 15 litres) for your trek that can fit essential toiletries and change of clothes for 1 night to reduce the weight on your shoulders and make the trek easier.
Basic toiletries and allergy medications and tissue rolls (if you need)
head lamps/ Torches with batteries
quick dry towels
band aids
ID Proof – Voters card/ Pan Card/ Passport/ Drivers license/ Aadhar card (to be sent on mail upon confirming the trip to [email protected])

Other things that you may bring along :
Sun tan lotion
Playing cards and small board games,in case you don’t feel sleepy at night
Any sort of alcoholic beverages
Go pro for under water shots

We will have pick up and drop facility to and from Lengpui airport once you share the arrival time of your flight.

Please avoid carrying plastic bottles or even buying sealed bottles while at the venue as want to have a litter free zone as much as possible.

Avoid plastic: Please avoid buying mineral water, specifically while in Nongriat(Double decker living root bridges village) since it is a major cause of pollution in the delicate eco system of Nongriat. Remember to take up whatever you bring down.

Service: Though we will try our best to give you great service, please understand we won’t be able to give you hot towels, bed tea and the like.

Entry to the states of Mizoram does require a permit (ILP). You can get your Inner Line Permit at Lengpui airport.

A most definite yes, as long as you are okay travelling in a mixed group of other solo travellers or small group of friends.

• Winter jacket
• Headlamps/ Torches with batteries
• balaclava/ beanie (something that covers your ears and your head)
• Sports socks and Swimwear for the trek, you can also get swimming goggles or snorkelling masks, and swimming cap
• Raincoat (just in case, since you are travelling in ‘abode of clouds’)
• Trekking shoes (basic ones will do)
• quick dry towels (plastic bag/ ziplock to carry your wet clothes)
• Allergy medications and other medicines, since these are very remote places with very little access to most basic things.
• A non-disposable water bottle to fill water and AVOID BUYING MINERAL WATER
• ID Proof – Voters card/ Pan Card/ Passport/ Drivers license/ Aadhar cardYou can always buy these things from the Decathlon (1 km away from the airport) in Guwahati, if you wish.

Other things that you may bring along :
Tissue rolls
Playing cards and small board games, in case you don’t feel sleepy at night
Bottle openers
Go pro for underwater shots

Ideally a 60-litre backpack should be convenient, however, there is no real hiking or trekking with the bags, so a suitcase or trolley is also fine.
Do carry a separate smaller bag(10 to 15 litres) for your trek down to village that can fit essential toiletries and change of clothes for 1 night only to reduce the weight on your shoulders and make the trek easier.

The cultural diversity of northeast India is so vast that we can’t blame outsiders for not being aware of communities in the region who are purely vegetarians, so much so that they avoid eating onions( they are indigenous to the region, in case you are thinking about communities from mainland India who have settled here). Having said that, we must admit that the region’s food habits especially in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram and Meghalaya are predominantly non vegetarian with a whole lot of red meat based preparations. But the states have warmed up to tourists recently and almost every place you visit will provide the Indian staple diet of rice, dal and sabji, even chapatis if you are lucky. As far as Tripura, Assam, Manipur and Sikkim are concerned vegetarians have decent number of options. Your craving for butter paneer may not be satisfied, but you will do just fine as far as maintaining your health and strength is concerned.

You have two options to reach Aizawl:

• Take a flight to Lengpui. There are two flights (Air India) which land in lengpui coming from Kolkata.
• Land in Guwahati and take an overnight train to Silchar. From Silchar take a shared sumo or hire a cab to reach Aizawl, it will take you around 9 hours on road.