About Lum Travels

Meghalaya is not
a backdrop.
It’s a world.

Most tours hand you a checklist. We hand you a story — with a local who can actually tell it. Slow travel, deep access, zero itinerary anxiety.

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Why we exist

We fix the actual
problems.

Our entire fleet is Meghalaya-registered. When political disruptions hit generic operators, we are unaffected. We operate from inside the community.

We train every guide in narrative, ecology, and cultural interpretation. Our only rule: never be boring.

We’ve vetted the best homestays and eco-lodges across all three hill districts, far beyond the crowded city limits.

The wettest place on earth is most alive in the rain. We curate specific monsoon itineraries for cave exploration and rainforest walks.

We didn’t start Lum because the world needed another tour company. We started it because Meghalaya deserved better than what tourists were getting.

Community commitments

100%

Local

Every single guide and driver is from Meghalaya.

₹200

/night

Donated directly to dorbar shnong conservation funds per traveller.

Zero

Plastic

Reusable kits provided on all tours.

Max 8

Travellers

Strict cap on group departures to respect ecological carrying capacity.

Most Meghalaya tourists come back with photographs. Lum travellers come back with stories they’ve been telling for a year.

Or talk to us about a custom trip.