Places for this
Gangtok and SikkimSikkim's tidy hill capital: monasteries, prayer flags and high lakes, but only with an online permit sorted first.Kohima and HornbillNagaland's hill capital and the Hornbill Festival, ten days of Naga tribal culture each December. Permit required.Parvati ValleyPine forests, a fast river and small hiking villages, with very little to do but walk.ShillongA cool hill capital you'll use as a comfortable base for the waterfalls and rivers of Meghalaya.ShimlaStroll the ridge of a British-era hill capital at about 2,200 m, with a colonial church and deodar forest all around.TawangA Tibetan Buddhist monastery town high in the Himalaya, over the Sela Pass on long mountain roads, and only with a permit.DarjeelingTea gardens, a small heritage railway and long Himalayan views when the cloud clears, at about 2,045 m.Valley of FlowersA high Himalayan valley that fills with wildflowers in the rains. You walk in, and the ski village of Auli is nearby.MunnarCool green hills covered in tea, and a national park where you look for wild mountain goats.