The double-decker root bridge, and the 3,500 steps nobody warns you about

From Tyrna village it is roughly 3,500 steps down. That is the fact every blog mentions. What they don't mention is that you then have to come back up.

Nongriat itself is lovely — a handful of homestays, a blue pool, and the double-decker bridge that the Khasi have been growing for well over a century. Stay the night; the day-trippers leave by 3pm and it becomes a different place.

Homestay with dinner: ₹800. Guide not needed but pay a local kid ₹200 to show you the Rainbow Falls path.