Tribal villages of Arunachal Pradesh

Kaho

Meyor (Zakhring)

India's easternmost inhabited village, a tiny Meyor settlement on the Lohit river a few kilometres from the border.

Anini

Idu Mishmi

The Idu Mishmi heartland at the head of the Dibang valley — India's least densely populated district, and one of its most intact temperate forest landscapes.

Altitude 1968 m

Hong

Apatani

The largest of the Apatani villages in Ziro valley — bamboo-and-cane houses, wet-rice-with-fish terraces and the last generation of tattooed Apatani elders.

Altitude 1500 m

Hija

Apatani

Held in Apatani tradition to be the oldest village in Ziro valley, and the quietest place to see lapang platforms and bamboo house architecture.

Altitude 1500 m

Chongkham

Tai Khamti

A Tai Khamti Buddhist village in the Namsai plains, with gilded viharas, Theravada monastic life and the Sangken water festival in April.

Mechuka

Memba, Ramo, Libo, Tagin

A high Buddhist valley on the Yargyap Chu near the Line of Actual Control, centred on the Memba community and the old Samten Yongcha monastery.

Altitude 1900 m

Damro

Adi (Padam)

An Adi village on the Yamne river known for one of the longest traditional hanging cane-and-bamboo bridges in Arunachal Pradesh.

Thembang

Monpa

A fortified Monpa village behind stone ramparts and two gateways, and the seat of a community-conserved area running up to snow leopard habitat.

Altitude 2300 m

Sangti

Monpa

A Monpa farming valley outside Dirang, known as a wintering ground for black-necked cranes and for kiwi and apple orchards along the river.

Altitude 1500 m