Adventure@Mechukha Festival

Adventure@Mechukha Festival-2014

Organized by the Department of Tourism, Government of Arunachal Pradesh in collaboration with Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, Adventure@Mechukha Festival is one of the exciting festivals in Arunachal Pradesh. If you are looking for the adrenaline rush and trip amidst the snowcapped mountains and hills of Arunachal Pradesh then Adventure@Mechukha Festival is the ideal place for you.

Paragliding

Time of Celebration of Adventure@Mechukha Festival

The Adventure@Mechukha Festival is held in the month of November from 7 to 9 and it's just been two years since this event started. Arranged by Department of Tourism, Government of Arunachal Pradesh, the Adventure@Mechukha Festival in Mechukha draws a number of international tourists as well people from all over India.

River rafting 

Description of Adventure@Mechukha Festival

A number of adventure sports enthusiasts come from all over India to Mechukha for the Adventure@Mechukha Festival in Mechukha. The Adventure@Mechukha Festival is held mostly in the periphery of Mechukha town. Situated along the Indo-China border, Mechukha, headquarters (at 6,000 ft) of Mechukha Sub-Disvison, is a picturesque valley overlooking the high Himalaya 35km from the Indo-Tibetan border in West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh.

Mechukha is now being pushed by the tourism authorities as the next big destination in the Northeast. On these hilly regions of Mechukha, the Adventure@Mechukha Festival is held.

In the year 2013, in the month of November the Adventure@Mechukha Festival was organized for the first time at Mechukha town. As adventure sport is slowly gaining popularity in across the country, the Adventure@Mechukha Festival attracts a good number of adventure tourists to Mechukha from across the state as well as country during this time of the year.

The entire  town gets colourful with different adventure activities taking place at the same time and you can feel that spirit of excitement and adrenaline rush participating in the adventure activities.

Other attractions during the festival is colourful cultural evenings!

Winter

 Thick fog completely covered the Mechukha town

Mesmerizing view of hills and mountains 

Pine groves in Tongkorla

Popularly known as Hanuman rock (depiction of an ape face shape rock)..one of the tourist attraction spots in Mechukha

Snow-capped mountains near Indo-Tibetan border