Comprising of the South East Corner of Garo Hills, South Garo Hills district perhaps offers the best potentials for tourism development. It was from this area great minds and great leaders were born.

Places of Interest

Baghmara :
Baghmara the head quarter of the District is a fast growing town ship. It is situated on the banks of Simsang river on the international Bangladesh border. Nearby just below the picturesque Dilsa hill where the State Tourism Department had constructed a Tourist bungalow there is the Baghmara wildlife sanctuary for the unique botanical wonder of the State-an insectivorous pitcher plant known as Memang Koksi or the spirit's basket.

Nengkong :
14 kms north of Baghmara this place has 3 well known caves Tetengkol balwakol measuring 5,33 kms in length is one of the longest cave in the Indian Sub- continent. Two more caves-Dobakkol Chibe Nala almost 2kms long and another a little over 1 km long called Bok-bak dobakkol are also in the vicinity of the area.

Siju :
30 kms. North of Baghmara and 132 kms from Tura, Siju is famous for Dobakkol or the bat cave with impressive stalagmites and stalagtites. It is one of the longest cave in the Indian sub-continent and contains some of the finest river passages to be found any where in the world. The magnificent limestone rock formations inside epecially named princess.

Close by on the other side of Simsang River Siju bird sanctuary is the home for many rare and protected bird and other wildlife. The migratory Siberian ducks also come here during winter months. At the entrance to this bird sanctuary after a steep climb of nearly 1 km there is a stretch of fantastic rock formations that will take your breath away.

Balpakram :
Usually referred to as the land of perpetual winds, Balpakram is sacred to the Garos as the abode of the dead spirits. As mentioned earlier, the Garos are deeply spiritual and believe in myths as interesting and awe-some as the Greeks mythologies.
In support of their beliefs, there in Balpakram are many mysterious and unnatural phenomena that cannot be satisfactorily explained by modem science and logic.
Some of these mysterious sites are:-

Boldak Matchl Karam :
On the wayside there is a sturdy Boldak tree (schimawalliche) that has a mysterious depression around its trunk as if eroded by the constant tethering of animals on it. The Garos believe that the spirits of the dead tie their animals slaughtered for their funeral to this tree while taking a rest close by hence when one such tree was i el led by strong winds, soon after another tree close by started having the same symptoms.

Chidimak :
There is small pool in Balpakram which is absolutely charcoal black. It is believed that the spirits of the dead wash and clean themselves here before entering the realms of the dead. Hence the clear water turned black from their sins and soots of cremation.

Matchru :
Anti or Animal market. In the heart of the vast plateau there is a big stretch of flat rocks that is full of loot prints of all kinds of animals big and small. It is not understood how only that stretch of rock has thousands and thousands of footprints embedded there whereas the nearby rocks are completely bereft of such prints. Mythologically of course it is said that it used to be a market place where all kind of animals gather for their weekly markets.