Tribal villages of Nagaland

Thanamir

Yimkhiung Naga

Nagaland's apple village and the trailhead for Mount Saramati, the state's highest peak.

Khonoma

Angami Naga

India's first officially declared Green Village — an Angami settlement famed for its conservation covenant and terraced rice fields.

Altitude 1670 m

Kigwema

Angami Naga (Southern Angami)

Southern Angami village next to Kisama Heritage Village — the ceremonial venue of the Hornbill Festival.

Altitude 1500 m

Kohima Village (Bara Basti)

Angami Naga

One of Asia's largest villages by area — the ancestral Angami settlement that gave Kohima its name.

Altitude 1500 m

Tuophema

Angami Naga (Northern Angami)

Northern Angami village pioneering community-owned tourism — home to the Tuophema Tourist Village model.

Altitude 1500 m

Viswema

Angami Naga (Southern Angami)

Southern Angami village on the Dzükou approach — the most-used trailhead for one of Northeast India's iconic alpine valleys.

Altitude 1800 m

Dzüleke

Angami Naga

Small Angami trekking village west of Khonoma — a quiet base for community-run birding and conservation walks.

Altitude 1600 m

Ungma

Ao Naga

The second-largest Ao Naga village and, by Ao oral history, the seat from which the tribe dispersed across present-day Mokokchung.

Altitude 1325 m

Mopungchuket

Ao Naga

An Ao Naga model tourism village near Mokokchung — famous for its spotless lanes and the Jina–Etiben love legend.

Altitude 1324 m

Longkhum

Ao Naga

The highest-sited Ao village in Nagaland — rhododendron forest, rock formations and one of the best sunset viewpoints in the state.

Altitude 1846 m

Chuchuyimlang

Ao Naga

Nagaland's designated Moatsu festival destination — a large Ao village on NH-61 known for its hospitality tradition.

Longwa

Konyak Naga

Konyak village where the India–Myanmar border passes through the Angh's (chief's) house — one of Northeast India's most-photographed frontier villages.

Altitude 1200 m

Shangnyu

Konyak Naga

Konyak village whose 6-metre wooden monolith and Angh's morung are celebrated ethnographic landmarks.

Chui

Konyak Naga

A Konyak Angh's seat two kilometres from Mon town — the easiest place to see a chief's morung without a long border drive.

Altitude 1071 m

Benreu

Zeliang Naga

Zeliang Naga village at the foot of Mount Pauna (Nagaland's third-highest peak) — a quiet base for trekking the state's south-western hills.

Altitude 1950 m

Khezhakeno

Chakhesang Naga

The village several Naga tribes name as their dispersal point — home of the legendary Tso-Tawo stone.

Altitude 1660 m

Chizami

Chakhesang Naga

The weaving village of Phek — home of Chizami Weaves, a women-led loin-loom livelihood project.

Chungliyimti

Sangtam Naga

The ancestral settlement site of the Sangtam and the six Ao clans — Nagaland's most actively excavated heritage village.

Pangti

Lotha Naga

The Amur Falcon Capital — a Lotha village beside Doyang reservoir that turned mass hunting into the world's best-known falcon roost.