Overview for Syndai Cave Jaintia Hills

The Jaintia royal family sheltered inside the Syndai cave system during the wars that threatened the kingdom. The passages gave them what no open terrain could – limestone walls on all sides and a route network that local knowledge made navigable and enemy unfamiliarity made dangerous. The kingdom survived in part because of what the mountain held inside it. Across a different history entirely, Hindu sadhus have been travelling from Nepal to reach Krem Syndai for reasons the cave’s formations carry in the religious tradition. Eleven caves, two entirely separate reasons to be here and almost no travel agency aware of either. The syndai cave jaintia hills tour is for the group that found both of those facts worth travelling for.

Bon handles the vehicle from Guwahati Airport or Railway Station with Jowai as the Night 1 base before the drive south into limestone Jaintia Hills terrain. Night 2 bases the group in a village homestay close to the cave entrance. Day 3 is the full cave day with a local guide – accessible cave sections, Krem Syndai and the Rupasor Bathing Ghat where ancient statues remain in their original position. Day 4 returns through Thadlaskein Lake before Shillong closes the circuit. Daily breakfast on CP basis throughout. Guide charges at the cave entrance are paid locally on Day 3.