Tamabil border Travel Guide

About an hours drive from Mawlynnong Village across the Lush Green Hills and plantations of the tall Betel nut trees of Meghalaya will reach you to Dawki. Also known as Tamabil, Dawki is the border of the Countries of India and Bangladesh and an important trade route.

Patrolled by the Jawans of the Border Security Force (BSF) of India on one side and the Security forces of Bangladesh on the other, Dawki gives you an opportunity to cross the International Border of India and reach the famous Pillar numbered 1275 that marks the International Border. Located in the Jaintia Hills, the Dawki-Tamabil border crossing between India and Bangladesh is now used to ferry across both passenger and cargo.

Dawki is a small village and its main attraction is the Umngot River that marks the natural separation between the Khasi and the Jaintia Hills. The river can be forded by a suspension bridge which was built in 1932 by the British. The Umngot is the site for a boat race that is held in March-April, but even otherwise, seeing this large emerald-green serpent threading its way through the hills, with fishermen’s boats dotting its surface, right into the plains of Bangladesh, is a sight whose majesty echoes long after you leave it. The Umngot River has water so clear and pristine that on viewing from a distance creates a mirage as if the boats are floating on water.