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Mawlai-Mawïong

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Mawlai-Mawïong

8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Umiam Lake

    Lake in India

    3.3 km · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Bishop Falls

    Waterfall in Meghalaya, India

    4.7 km · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    North-Eastern Hill University

    Central University established on 19 July 1973 by an Act of the Indian Parliament

    2.5 km · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong

    Building in India

    5 km · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    National Institute of Technology Meghalaya

    Institute

    5.6 km · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Ward's Lake

    Artificial lake in Shillong, India

    5.4 km · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    William Carey University, Meghalaya

    State private university in East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, India

    5.8 km · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    CMJ University

    State private university in Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya, India

    6 km · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Mawlai-Mawïong

Airports
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi (GAU), 61 km · Osmany (ZYL), 73 km · Bir Tikendrajit (IMF), 224 km
  • Guwahati → Mawlai-Mawïong
    64 km · quickest by road, 1h 36m · ₹580–720
  • Imphal → Mawlai-Mawïong
    226 km · quickest by road, 7h 21m · ₹3,060–3,830
  • Siliguri → Mawlai-Mawïong
    365 km · quickest by road, 7h 30m · ₹3,270–4,090
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Mawlai-Mawïong

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Mawlai-Mawïong. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThe best way to reach Shillong, is from Guwahati, via helicopter.
  • Get inThe helicopter flies to the ALG (Advanced Landing Ground) Shillong, an Air Force Heliport located around 15 km away from the city center.
  • Get inTravelling by helicopter reduces the tedious 4 hour road journey from Guwahati to a pleasant 20-minute flight.
  • Get inTickets can be booked from the Meghalaya Helicopter Service counter at the Guwahati airport and from the Meghalaya Transport Corporation counters in Shillong.
  • Get inAs of July 2023, since May, the helicopter service is not operating due to maintenance.

From Wikivoyage: Shillong, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Sohra (Cherrapunji)IN

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    41 km
  2. 02
    Dawki and ShnongpdengIN

    9 ways of moving, 23 sources

    51 km
  3. 03
    TawangIN

    7 ways of moving, 24 sources

    218 km
  4. 04
    ViswemaIN

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    227 km
  5. 05
    MajuliIN

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    261 km

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Around it

Next door to Mawlai-Mawïong

  • Shillongcapital city of Meghalaya, India5.4 km
  • Mawlaihuman settlement in East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya, India900 m
  • Nongmynsonghuman settlement in East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya, India3 km
  • Pynthorumkhrahhuman settlement in East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya, India5.6 km