Central Arunachal Pradesh is one of the fascinating land in northeastern part of India. it is one of many unspoilt region of north east part where almost every major river valley is home to a different tribe. The culture of the people here is different and striking and have a rich biodiversity with eye-popping array of flora and fauna with glacial terrain, alpine meadows and subtropical rainforests. The place is more of a plateau than hills, several villages dotted around the plateau.

Sights And Activities

Ziro Valley
This picturesque valley is is more of a plateau than hill where unending rice fields and fenced bamboo grooves are transfused by highland pine clad hills. The place is inhabited by Aptani tribe. The Aptani tribal women sport facial tattoos and freaky nose rings. The most distinguished Aptani villages are Hong, Dutta, Hari, Bamin and Hijo. New Ziro is popularly known as Hapoli, which is bustling town with a lively market area. There are also few hotel options and rental car facility that depart from Hapoli’s main market to Itanagar (7 hours) and north Lakhimpur( 4 hours). The journey is through some particular forest parts.

Ziro To Pasighat
A serene path, forested hills and tribal settlements links Pasighat to Ziro Valley. Around Along there are the most fascinating villages where thatched Adi villages and giddy suspension footbridges is a total different experience. Ziro to Pasighat is one of the most remarkable trails in the northeast. The only problem is the time span of the journey, which takes three sapping days of jeep travel.

Daporijo-
Along the path from Ziro to Pasighat, there is a small but attractive place to stay for a night. On the scenically plonked hills, a four room circuit house all welcome its temporary guests. Other than that there is couple of hotels in the market area. Enjoy the local delicacies. Papuk is the most interesting variety of all that serve chicken in banana flower broth.

Along And Around
This market town of central Arunachal Pradesh have all the modern facilities including low speed cyber cafes. There is no much to see in this tiny town but there is a District Museum that preserve books on Arunachal tribes and villages. Around Along the best accessible village is Paia. Take a nice stroll around the riverbank and cross to Kabu using a adventurous suspension bridge. Other notable villages are Lokpeng and Koreng. You can stop for your essential at Pangin town.

Pasighat
You are lucky if you drop at Pasighat in the first week of September. It is the time of famous Solung Festival. The place is beautifully located in between opulent forested foothills. There are few hotels to welcome tourists, which offer offers hot showers and luring rooftop terrace.

Facial Tattooing
There is an interesting history behind the facial tattooing of Aptani women. They were famous for their incredible beauty and most of the time kidnapped by warriors of Nishi tribes. As a result Aptani women were stained on their face by different paintings and even their upper nostrils were poked by extraordinary nose plugs known as dat. Still older Aptani women sport their old age customs.