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Nagaland

Capital: Kohima

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“Where warriors became hosts and every festival is a feast”

Hornbill Festival, WWII history at Kohima, and fierce tribal culture that exists nowhere else on Earth.

What Nagaland is known for

Hornbill Festival — "Festival of Festivals" every December

Konyak headhunter warriors of Mon — last tattooed generation

Kohima War Cemetery — WWII turning point in Asia

Khonoma — Asia's first green village

Dzukou Valley — carpet of lilies at 8,000 ft

Must visit in Nagaland

★

Kohima

WWII Cemetery, Kisama Heritage Village (Hornbill Festival venue)

★

Dzukou Valley

Valley of flowers on Nagaland-Manipur border

★

Mon

Konyak headhunter villages — living anthropology

Regions within Nagaland

Kohima

Dimapur

Mon & Konyak Country

tribal culture festival offbeat adventure

Best months:JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

All 6 Destinations in Nagaland

6 destinations

Dzukou Valley

4/5

Valley of Flowers of the Northeast — rolling green meadows, rare Dzukou Lily, and soul-stirring silence.

moderate·2,452m

Mokokchung

4/5

Heartland of the Ao Naga tribe — Longkhum village viewpoint, Ungma (oldest Ao village), Moatsu festival in May

moderate·1,325m

Mon

4/5

Land of the Konyak Nagas — last headhunting tribe with tattooed faces, skull trophies in morungs, and the cross-border Longwa village split between India and Myanmar

hard·1,219m

Pfutsero

4/5

Highest town in Nagaland at 2,133m — Glory Peak, Chakhesang tribe, terraced fields, foggy pine ridges that feel like Scotland

moderate·2,133m

Khonoma

3/5

India's first self-declared green village — Angami Naga warriors who banned hunting and built a global conservation model.

easy·1,372m·👶 3/5

Kohima

3/5

Naga warrior heritage, WWII cemetery, and the legendary Hornbill Festival — where 16 tribes celebrate as one.

moderate·1,444m·👶 3/5

Explore Nagaland

Filter by month, difficulty, kids

Treks in Nagaland

Hiking trails by difficulty

Festivals in Nagaland

Cultural celebrations by month

Where to Stay

Lodges, homestays, camps

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