If you have five days and it is your first time in Meghalaya, this is the route. It covers the sights that made the state famous without ever feeling rushed — two nights in Shillong for the city, the lake and the markets, and two nights in Sohra so the waterfall circuit and the Nongriat trek both get a full day instead of a hurried afternoon.
You travel in a private vehicle with a driver who lives here, so the stops are timed around light and weather rather than a fixed schedule. Hotels are handpicked, breakfast and dinner are included, and airport or railway transfers from Guwahati are built into the price.
We run this route year-round. Monsoon gives you thundering falls and cloud in the valleys; the winter months give you clear views all the way to Bangladesh.