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MEGHALAYA · 5,400 FT.

CHAPTER
UPPER SHILLONG

A resort that lives in the clouds.

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THE HOUSE

Five thousand four hundred feet up, on a pine ridge above Shillong—the rock capital of the country and, frankly, the coolest. Forty-two rooms, a great lawn, a heated pool that earns its keep nine months a year, and a sound system we didn't compromise on.

ROOMS

42

ALTITUDE

5,400 FT

FROM

SHILLONG · 20 MINS

LAWN

5,000 SQ. FT.

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A DAY HERE

Four hours. Four moods.

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07:10

CLOUD AT EYE-LEVEL.

The cloud rolls in through the pines. You're in a thick robe. Nobody is awake yet, and that's the point.

12:30

POOL, REFRESHED, ALWAYS.

Forty-two degrees, year round. The pool is the argument we keep winning.

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17:40

LANTERNS UP.

Someone is hanging lights across the lawn. Worth a look, then a drink, then another one at our resort in Mylliem.

23:15

LAWN BECOMES DANCE FLOOR.

Shillong is the rock capital of the country. We act accordingly. The bar stops asking what time it is.

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EAT AND DRINK

THE HILLS ARE ON THE MENU TOO

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ROOM SERVICE

Some hotels fly their menus in. Ours walks in from next door: Khasi classics with organic produce from the region, and tea that grew up in these hills. It's all-day and à la carte, which is a boutique way of saying: come when you're hungry, order what you actually want, and take the window seat at our hotel in Upper Shillong.

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CASSETTE - KITCHEN & LOUNGE

Every Chapter has its serve, and this one belongs to Sophie, box-myrtle from these very hills, shaken into a spritz on gin or local grain spirit, with a zero-proof twin for the designated explorers. Drink it where the bar meets the paddyfield view, ideally at the exact minute the sun leaves the ridge.

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OUT THE DOOR

WHEN YOU'RE READY TO EXPLORE

Cherrapunjee Waterfalls

Nohkalikai, India's tallest plunge waterfall, and the Seven Sisters, an hour away and at their thunderous best right after the rain.

Living Root Bridges

Bridges the Khasi people grew rather than built, coaxed from rubber-fig roots over generations, the forest's slowest and finest piece of engineering.

Laitlum Canyons

A grassy ridge that ends without warning in a valley with no visible floor, Meghalaya's best argument for looking down.

Elephant Falls & Ward's Lake

Shillong's two old reliables, a three-tiered waterfall and a lake made for slow loops; both minutes into the city you thought you'd left.

THE ROOMS

PICK YOUR BED

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19 ROOMS | KING BED

CHAPTER

The room you book to save money and end up not regretting it at our resort near Elephant Falls, Shillong.

EXPLORE

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6 ROOMS | ROUND BED

ROUND HOUSE

We built it round so you'd stop looking for corners to sulk in.

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14 ROOMS | KING BED

PADDY FIELD

This close to the fields, you'll start checking for mud on your shoes.

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3 SUITE | KING BED

SUITE

Everyone else gets the view. You get the view and the space to enjoy gloating about it.

EXPLORE

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ARRIVING

GETTING HERE.

Fly into Guwahati (GAU). It's a scenic three-hour drive up. We send a car; we send snacks; we send a playlist.

Forty-two rooms. One great lawn. The clock is, as discussed, down.

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