Wild 5 Days Chitim Tim Dare Garo Hills | Striking

A 5-kilometre trek from the DC's Park at the edge of Tura town begins the chitim tim dare garo hills circuit on foot. The Tura Peak trail rises through blue-green tropical deciduous forest to approximately 900 metres where a British-era Cinchona plantation still stands alongside an observation tower and a small inspection bungalow.
The forest on the ascent holds hoolock gibbons, hornbills, langurs and the specific sound of a Garo Hills forest that carries more bird density than the higher and drier Khasi plateau. Rengsangrap Falls sits within the Tura Peak forest and adds a waterfall to the morning without a separate drive. Most groups reach the summit in 1 to 1.5 hours depending on pace.

The drive from Tura to the chitim tim dare garo hills canyon covers approximately 25 kilometres into the West Garo Hills. The canyon entrance gives the scale immediately - boulders and vertical walls rising roughly 150 metres on both sides of a narrow floor where a stream runs between them.
The acoustics inside the canyon walls are specific to this kind of enclosed rock geometry: water sound reflects and amplifies at a level the open terrain outside the entrance does not produce. Rock climbing and rappelling are available at specific sections for groups with the inclination and the local operator arranges the equipment. The canyon floor walk is the experience for those who want the walls and the water without the vertical activity.

The chitim tim dare garo hills circuit gives Day 4 to the Nokrek National Park and Biosphere Reserve forest trails, approximately 47 kilometres from Tura through the West Garo Hills. The park holds over 400 species of exotic orchids - a density of flowering plant diversity that the UNESCO Biosphere designation covers alongside the citrus gene bank that the reserve is primarily known for.
The forest trail here carries a different register from the Tura Peak canopy - older, denser and carrying the bird life of a protected forest that the surrounding agricultural land cannot sustain. Rongbang Dare Falls sits near Tura on the return and the evening light through the fall closes the last full day of the circuit correctly.

Morning checkout after breakfast and the return drive from Tura to Guwahati Airport or Railway Station follows NH-217 east through the Garo Hills and across the Brahmaputra plains, approximately 220 kilometres and 5 to 6 hours. The chitim tim dare garo hills tour closes here.
Afternoon and evening departures are in reach if ticketed with the return in mind. Groups with earlier departure windows should flag timing with the Bon team at booking since the Day 5 drive is long and morning flights or trains require a very early Tura start.