Mangkolong Tea Garden

Mangkolong Tea Garden is a small community-managed tea plantation located in Mopungchuket village in Mokokchung District, Nagaland. Situated about 12-15 km from Mokokchung town, it lies amidst rolling hills and rural Ao Naga countryside. The garden is notable as part of local efforts to promote tea cultivation and rural tourism in Nagaland, offering visitors a quiet landscape of manicured tea bushes and scenic hill views.

Visitors can expect a tranquil, open plantation of neatly lined tea bushes spread across gentle slopes near Mopungchuket village. The setting is rural and green, with views of surrounding hills and village countryside. Visitors can walk along paths between tea blocks, observe tea plants and seasonal plucking activity, and enjoy photography and nature walks in a quiet, non-commercial environment with limited built structures.

Mangkolong Tea Garden is part of community-based tea cultivation initiatives in Mokokchung District aimed at diversifying agriculture and promoting rural tourism in Nagaland. It represents recent local efforts to develop small tea holdings in the Ao Naga region rather than a historic colonial-era plantation.

Located in Mopungchuket, a well-known Ao Naga heritage village, the garden is integrated with the village's community tourism and agricultural landscape, reflecting local Ao Naga rural livelihoods and village-based tourism initiatives.