With grey clouds floating in the sky and occasional drizzles with cool breezes, monsoon is one of the most beautiful phases of the year to experience the beauty of nature in its true form. Flourishing benevolently around this period, almost every part of India seems to be exotic with greenery and freshness. Although many people prefer not to travel during monsoon, rains have the enchanting nature to offer ecstasy and heavenly pleasure during the vacations. The thrill of getting drenched in rain, sipping a hot cup of tea or coffee on the roadside, getting mesmerized with the floating clouds, or visiting a beach while raining, all these experiences are too precious to be missed.
To help you make up your mind and plan your next trip, this article focuses on some of the most stunning places to visit during monsoon in India that becomes even more magnificent during this particular time.
Shillong
Considered as one of the best places to visit in monsoon, Shillong is also popularly referred as the ‘Scotland of the East’, and preferred as one of the top travel destinations in India during the monsoon session. With beautiful hills and scenic natural beauty, Shillong becomes even more fascinating when the it rains. With green mountains everywhere and beautiful waterfalls with an enchanting view, can certainly be the best motive for visiting this epic place of Meghalaya. People visit Shillong to take road-trips across the hills, visit the Elephant Falls and the Spread-Eagle Falls, during the rainy season.
Coorg
Coated with dense forest along with a wide variety of plants and animal species, Coorg becomes a gorgeous destination during the Monsoon period. The mesmerizing waterfalls, picturesque lakes, massive coffee plantations, and delightful cuisines to tickle your taste buds are some of the few reasons to take a trip to Coorg during monsoon. During their stay in Coorg, visitors often indulge themselves in trekking, sightseeing, bird watching, taking a horse ride, tour to a coffee plantation and many more.
Munnar
Munnar looks divine with rich greenery it has to offer during the monsoon. Witnessing the scenic beauty of this place while getting drenched in rain certainly gives one of the best experiences of the lifetime. Apart from offering a great view, the cloud cladded hills, silvery mist, and majestic tea gardens, the hill station also offers delicious Kerala cuisines. It has become one of the most favourite tourist places of India during monsoons because of its beauty, crowd free roads, trekking trails, sight-seeing, tea gardens, and so on.
Goa
Goa is certainly charming round the year, but its scenic beauty multiplies during the monsoon. It has emerged as a major tourist attraction point for the tourists who are attracted to sea and rain at the same time. Walking at the beach during the slow drizzle gives one of the best feelings of the world. The waves, the clouds and the soothing breeze collectedly make the monsoon memorable for the person by giving him a heavenly feeling. The beaches of Goa certainly become much gorgeous during Monsoon offering an everlasting view of the sea and other attractive sceneries. Goa is undoubtedly the ideal place for all nature lovers during the monsoon season. Vin Goa, visitors often indulge themselves in hiking, shopping, sightseeing, bird watching, heritage tour, and so on.
Darjeeling
Darjeeling has so much beauty and charisma engraved within its natural heritage; it can be rightly referred as the destination of the dreams. No matter how many times you visit Darjeeling it has its distinctively unique appeal that never gets old. Often referred as the Queen of Hills, Darjeeling is one of the best places to visit during the monsoon. Situated right at the foothills of the Himalayas, Darjeeling is exclusively famous for its huge tea-plantations and satisfying toy train rides. It has some beautiful hotels which offer the best places to take shelter and enjoy the captivating rainfall from a distance while sipping a cup of tea or listening to your favourite songs.
