Arunachal’s Siang river valley opens a new circuit of village homestays

The new highway along the Siang river, still being finished in places, has already changed the arithmetic of the valley: villages that were days from the nearest market now sit on a road.

Forty villages have registered homestays, and a fledgling circuit offers rafting, fishing camps and the hospitality of Adi and Galo families.

Tourism officers call it the state’s most promising valley corridor since the Ziro basin.