If you love to travel and love to explore new places then you should visit Changlang it's an upcoming tourist destination that should be on your list while visiting Arunachal Pradesh.
Changlang District, showered with Bio-diversity and covered with picturesque hills lies in the southeastern corner of Arunachal Pradesh, is the easternmost part of India, Changlang District is located in a remote area having international boundary with Myanmar (Burma), where the morning Sunlight first touches the Horizon of the eastern Mountain ranges of the district while the rest of the Country still napping in their cozy beds waiting for the emergence of the dawn of the day. if you like to explore and experience indigenous tribes' cultural traditions and lifestyles, then here you will get a chance to experience their lifestyle. if you want to experience adventure then there is a beautiful riverside for camping also you can trek along by side of the river which will offer you breathtaking views and actually help you more to connect yourself.
The Thing to do in Changlang
Learn and Experience the local Tribe lifestyle
Changlang District is located in a very remote area, near the Myanmar border. Changlang district is the homeland of fascinating and interesting tribes such as Tangsa, Singpho, and Tutsa, and also found Nocte, Lisu (Yobin), Deori, and few Adibasi tribes.
Here one of Tutsa tribes that you should visit their village, and get a chance to learn and experience their lifestyle culture tradition. here the local people are very friendly and open heart welcoming nature, you can learn a lot of things about them by having a conversation with them, like how they use to live early days how they hunt animals early days. The Tutsa tribe tradition Cuisines are very unique and very delicious you should try. here you will feel very relax and happy with the local people. Words are very little to express the feeling, you should visit once to experience true happiness.
About Tutsa Tribe:
As far as religion is concerned, The Tutsas believe in the existence of a supreme being called ‘Rangfrah’. Besides they also believe in a number of deities and spirits. However recently many of them have come under the influence of Christianity and Buddhism. The Singphos are Buddhist by religion but they have not given up their own traditional beliefs of their ancestors as they had adopted Buddhism as their religion. The housing pattern of all the tribes and Sub-Tribes are similar. Platform (Machang) types of houses are generally preferred. The floor of the houses is elevated about four to five feet high from the ground. The houses are of single-room system with two fireplaces (Chullas). They cook and sleep in the same room. However, in modern days some people construct housekeeping separate provision for fireplaces and living rooms.
Stay in Special Singhos Tribal Culture houses
Get a chance to see the beautiful scenic views, while your stay at Changlang. You will find everywhere greenery, hear the peace-giving sound of birds, the specialty is that the housing pattern influenced by the Singphos tribal culture of Arunachal.
Camping/ Trekking
A beautiful river flow throws Changlang, named Noa Dehing river, if you love to push your limits then you can do camping here in beautiful rivers side view with a bonfire, it actually helps you to connect to yourself more deeply, take a long trek beside the river to explore the nature.
Visit Tibetan Refugee settlement camp
One of the oldest settlements for Tibetan refugees. The camp boasts of producing superior quality carpets, a larger portion of which goes to the global market. The camp is inhabited by 500 families with 2800 members, is one of the 45 settlements in India, of the 75 all over the world. A beautiful Buddhist monastery in the mid of camp is one of the major attraction for the tourist.
Namdapha National Park
Namdapha National Park is one of the richest tourist destinations here in Changlang. here you will see India's only Hoolock Gibbons is found here, also 333 species of butterfly are found, 425 species of birds along with that you will find hornbill which Arunachal's state bird. It is the only park in the World to have the four Feline species of big cat namely the Tiger (Panthera Tigris), Leopard (Panthera Pardus), Snow Leopard (Panthera Uncia), and Clouded Leopard (Neofelis Nebulosa), and numbers of Lesser cats.
How to Reach
Air: Changlang township is 136 km from the nearest Airport at Mohanbari, Dibrugarh, Assam.
Rail: It is 96 km from the nearest long distance Railway station Tinsukia Railway Station, Assam.
Road: Good motorable road is connected up to Changlang township.