Kohima

Kohima is the capital of Nagaland in north east India.

Understand

Get in

By plane

• Dimapur Airport. 74 kms from Kohima and a 2 hour drive.

By train

Kohima is not connected by train, nearest railway station is Dimapur. Dimapur railway station takes almost 2 to 2.5 hours by bus or car.

By car

• National Highway 39 connects Kohima to Dimapur. Dimapur is the commercial capital of the state of Nagaland and the second most important commercial North-eastern city after Guwahati. It is well connected from Guwahati by a beautiful road.

By bus

By bus Kohima is connected to Imphal, Dimapur, Guwahati, Tinsukia and other major cities of North Eastern India.

By boat

• Kohima is the capital of the landlocked state of Nagaland. No water transport available.

Get around

See

• Kohima Zoo. You can see the rare Tragopan bird, which is alo the state bird of Nagaland. And the Mithun, the state animal.

• Kohima Museum. Some rare Naga artifacts.

• Catholic Church on Aradhurah Hill near the Little Flower School. This is the biggest church of it's kind in the pre-dominantly Christian region north-eastern region of India. The view of the town from this church is outstanding.

• Bara Basti. Supposedly the second largest village in Asia. See the traditional Angami way of life.

• Naga Bazaar. You can find nearly anything that is living and moving here on sale. Nagas have a wide-ranging cuisine encompassing the entire spectrum of living things.

Do

• Trek to the beautiful Dzukuo Valley.
• Trek to the top of Japfu peak, the 2nd highest in Nagaland. And also Pulebadze Peak overlooking the suburb of Jotsoma. The views from atop these peaks are out of the world.

Learn

• Handknitting the famous Naga shawls from Naga women. One can find many women knitting these shawls in their verandahs. Just ask them to teach and they would be most helpful in doing so. Nagas are among the most helpful people towards visitors.

Work

Buy

Eat

Budget

Mid-range

Splurge

Drink

Sleep

Budget

Mid-range

• Hotel Japfu Ashok at P.R.Hills. It is a three star hotel and the facilities are good and the staff friendly.

Splurge

Contact

Stay safe

Where ever you are in town, better be back to your room by 5:00PM. All shops close down after that and there might be some law and order problem after dark.

Cope

Get out

• Drive down to Dimapur. And fly out or catch a train from there.