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5 Best Places To Visit In Shillong, Meghalaya - HolidayKeys.co.uk

“Shillong” is a capital of “Meghalaya”, and it is also known as “The Abode of Clouds”. It is surrounded by Khasi and Jaintia Hills. It is situated at 4098 feet above from the sea level. This town has lush green valleys and magnificent lakes. If you are going by road NH 40 from Guwahati to Shillong there is a striking attraction of Umiam Lake, will take your breath with beautiful attraction of this lake. There are a number of falls, lakes, museums, with some other attractive places.

“Shillong” is a capital of “Meghalaya”, and it is also known as “The Abode of Clouds”. It is surrounded by Khasi and Jaintia Hills. It is situated at 4098 feet above from the sea level. This town has lush green valleys and magnificent lakes. If you are going by road NH 40 from Guwahati to Shillong there is a striking attraction of Umiam Lake, will take your breath with beautiful attraction of this lake. There are a number of falls, lakes, museums, with some other attractive places.

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The park also has a lush green garden with a vast variety of orchids and other flowering<br />

plants. This is a smarmy a ecstatic place for everyone. You can walk here, read a novel<br />

sitting on a bench, kids can enjoy on swings, youngsters and elder family members <strong>co</strong>me<br />

here to spend some time with their loved ones. You can enjoy to spotting at animals<br />

staying in their natural habitats, Willow trees, rhododendron plants and small ponds.<br />

There are several museum in the city, Air Force Museum at Upper <strong>Shillong</strong>, Forest<br />

Museum in Lady Hydari Park, Rhino Heritage Museum at <strong>Shillong</strong> ,Zoological Museum in<br />

Risa Colony, Anthropological museum at Mawblei, Botanical Museum at 4th Furlong,<br />

Arunachal Museum at the Cantonment Area, State Museum. Besides these museums<br />

there is a Butterfly Museum is also known as Entomological Museum. As the name<br />

indicates, kids are always fluttering through the <strong>co</strong>lourful wings of a butterfly, that tickling<br />

in the stomach when they experience some strange and new things. Butterflies are<br />

looking so beautiful and we try to catch them when they sitting on a flower, but<br />

unfortunately that fly away with a flinch of eyes. This museum is owned and managed by<br />

Wankhar, Riatsamthiah. This attracts many kids and elders to visit here, this program is<br />

started to preserve the butterflies, spiders, moths and beetle species from all across the<br />

<strong>co</strong>untry. Here is a large <strong>co</strong>llection of all of these.

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