Trek to Dzuko Valley

Between June and September, Nagaland’s “Valley of Flowers” shrouds itself in velvet of medows and large, rare, fuchsia-coloured Dzukou lily. The lily capped hills are a attraction for botany enthusiasts as well as trekkers, who can walk through a carpet of flowers from ieties of flat-petalled euphorbia, striking lavender aconitum, and wild orchid to several species of rhododendron.

A trek across the valley is ideally done over two days, because of the altitude and the occasionally steep gradient. A few streams gurgle through Dzukou’s flat hills, and the ones close to the valley’s rock caves make for ideal camping spots.