NE - Arunachal Budget Travel Info & Offseason Recommendations

Network Airtel & BSNL 

ILP 

1. online ₹500 https://www.eilp.arunachal.gov.in/ 
2. offline ₹100  (required passport photos, id xerox, local guardian details and id xerox, submit at DC office) 

TRANSPORT

reach near by railway station according to your travel plan and then use local transportation. bus or taxi starts at 5am only in arunachal so plan accordingly

1. Bus - check the state bus websites of NE states or bustand eg., https://apsts.arunachal.gov.in/
2. Shared Taxi - check with taxi counter w.r.t the place 
3. Train - IRCTC 
4. Rapido - is available in shillong and other capital cities

MAJOR STATE BUS ROUTES

• Itanagar <=> Guwahati, Bomidla, Ziro, Pasighat, Roing, New  Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Aalo(₹650) (buses will start at 5am)
• Itanagar <=> Naharlagun to Railway station
• Guwahati <=> Shillong ₹100

STAY

search with google/local/booking apps enquiry

1. Govt PWD/IB(inspection bungalow) ₹250 per bed in a 2 sharing room + food additional. submit application at DC office
   (carry Dettol and Room spray since it is mostly used by drivers for night halt and gutka stains are common in NE states)
2. Govt Circuit house ₹750 onwards + food additional. submit application at DC office.
3. Hostels/Homestays ₹500 onwards for dorm stays + food additional
4. Hotels single bed ₹700 onwards
5. Guwahati railway station paid waiting+bathing hall available on hourly basis
6. Guwahati have many hostel options eg., Gibbon backpacker hostels from ₹300
7. Shillong have many hostel options starts from ₹300

FOOD Small food shops/hotels avg ₹100

Shared Taxi fares from Aalo to

- Silapathar ₹700

- Itanagar ₹1200

- Pasighat ₹600

Shared  Taxi fares from Itanagar to

- Ziro ₹500

- Tawang ₹2500

- Nahalagun shared sumo ₹60-100.

- Naharlagun to Railway station auto 300 fixed price ( try for                 hitchhiking/bus)

Pasighat Shared  Taxi fares

- Aalo to Pasighat ₹600 (half day journey)

- Pasighat to Roing  ₹400 (2-3hr journey)

- Murkongselek railway station to Pasighat ₹100

Anini Shared Taxi fare

Roing to Anini ₹1000 (full day journey)

Galo Tribe / Leparada region route fares and recommendations

• Dhemaji railway station to local bus point - auto ₹40
• Dhemaji bus point to silapathar - local bus ₹70
• Silapathar bus drop point to railway station and taxi stand - auto ₹20
• Silapathar to basar
  - shared taxi ₹500
  - state bus (check the bus timings in state website  i.e itanagar / tinsukia-aalo route or at bus stand)
• Basar to aalo
  - shared taxi ₹300
  - state bus (check the bus timings in state website  i.e itanagar / tinsukia-aalo route or at bus stand)
• Aalo Taxi counter to pwd stay - auto ₹20 to ₹50
• Food recommended in Aalo -  chakraborthy hotel beside pwd/ib stay

Mechuka

• Aalo to Mechuka  shared taxi ₹800
  (at 5am only and will reach by 12-2pm depends on road condition with 2 times food halts. bargain as you can)
• Stay recommended
  - Tagin & GTL homestays in the market
  - DN & Himalayan homestay into the village road outside of  welcome gate.
  - explore stays on your interest in market or village.
• Food recommended, Hotel Mechuka and food shops managed by army.
• Rental vehicles can ask your homestay people to arrange cycle and motor bike

Contacts

1. Service Sumo Karsa Counter Basar, Itanagar, Silapathar +91-81199 98461
2. Basar taxi counter +91-76309 26727
3. Aalo marbom travels taxi counter  +91-93629 56765 (try other counters aswell)
4. Mechuka sumo driver kenjo +91-93942 11129 ( many other drivers aswell)
5. Kkk travel (common taxi counter any where in Arunachala)

*updated as of 2025*