Gayboo's Traditional Lodge

Arunachal Pradesh


Mechuka's longest-running guesthouse has 12 wood-panelled rooms with hard beds and varying levels of comfort according to price (shared bathrooms for the cheapest). It serves up satisfying meals (dinner veg/nonveg ₹200/300, breakfast ₹150) and owner Gebu Sona also runs Menchukha Tours & Travels, organising tours and treks.

It's about 750m west of the town centre, on the south side of the airfield.


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