The highest peak in Mizoram: Phawngpui

Known as the Blue Mountain in Mizoram not due to its colour but as it is covered most times by thin stretches of clouds which make it blue in appearance giving it the added name "Blue Mountain."

The name Phawngpui is derived from the Lai language, phong meaning "grassland" or "meadow", and the suffix -pui meaning, "great". Since 1992 Phawngpui Tlang was declared the Phawngpui Blue Mountain National Park, one of only two national parks of India in Mizoram.

It is the highest mountain peak in the Lushai hills and in the state of Mizoram with an elevation of 2157 m.

Phawngpui has resurfaced as home to the elusive Clouded Leopard Neofelis nebulosa categorized as vulnerable by IUCN.

The best time to take a tour to Phawngpui Blue Mountain National Park is between the months of October to April.

Source inputs: netourism.shillong.com

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