Anjaw Hot Springs

Anjaw Hot Springs are situated in Anjaw District, India's easternmost district at the tri-junction of China, Myanmar, and Arunachal Pradesh in the far northeast of the country, a district of extraordinary remoteness where the Mishmi Hills rise to peaks exceeding 4,000 meters and the Lohit and Dibang river valleys drain some of the most pristine and least-disturbed primary forest remaining anywhere in the Eastern Himalayan region. The Mishmi people (Idu Mishmi and Digaru Mishmi) of Anjaw maintain traditional ecological knowledge of exceptional depth regarding the management of their forest environment, including intimate relationships with the tiger — the Idu Mishmi traditionally regard tigers as kin — that has contributed to research on human-wildlife coexistence and indigenous conservation practices in South Asian biodiversity hotspots. The district's forest cover includes species-rich subtropical and temperate forest zones harboring populations of red pandas, clouded leopards, Mishmi takin, and dozens of endemic bird and plant species found nowhere else on Earth. The hot springs here draw on geothermal sources in the Lohit suture zone, providing bicarbonate mineral bathing in India's most eastward and arguably most remote corner.