kopaonik ski resort Eastern and central Meghalaya are mainly populated by the closely related Jaintia, Pnar and Khasi pe

Eco-Camp (%9435250052/09854019932; dm/d 200/1620, plus membership per person 50) organises all Nameri visits, including two-hour birdwatching rafting trips (two people 550). Accommodation is in tents , but colourful fabrics, private bathrooms, sturdy beds and thatched-roof shelters make the experience relatively luxurious. The camp is set within lush gardens full of tweeting birds and butterflies drunk on tropical nectar. There s an atmospheric, and excellent, open-sided restaurant and the staff are simply superb. All up it gets our vote as the best place to stay in the entire northeast. It s very popular, kopaonik ski resort so book way ahead. If it s full the government-run kopaonik ski resort Jiabhoroli Wild Resort (%9954357376; tw 1200) just a short walk beyond the Eco-Camp, has plain cottages that aren t quite as quaint as a cottage should be. It s very much the second choice.

Some 30km northwest of Guwahati, the pleasant little town of Hajo attracts Hindu and Buddhist pilgrims to its fi ve ancient temples topping assorted hillocks. Haigriv Madhav temple is the main one, which is accessed by a long flight of steps through an ornate quasi-Mughal gateway. The images inside of Madhav, an avatar of Krishna, are alleged to be 6000 years old.

than a geographical area. Most foreigners fly into Imphal; it is also possible to drive in from Kohima (Nagaland) kopaonik ski resort or Silchar (Assam) if you have a guide. Travelling east of Kakching towards the Myanmar border is not permitted.

Eastern and central kopaonik ski resort Meghalaya are mainly populated by the closely related Jaintia, Pnar and Khasi peoples, originally migrants from Southeast Asia. Western Meghalaya kopaonik ski resort is home to the unrelated kopaonik ski resort Garo tribe. Despite their different ethnic backgrounds, these two groups use a matrilineal system of inheritance with children taking the mother s family name. A good time to be in Meghalaya is when the four day, state-wide, Wangala kopaonik ski resort festival takes place. This Garo harvest festival is renowned for its impressive traditional dancing.