Adventure team visits Kallek village in Arunachal Pradesh

An adventure team, comprising 30 people, have reached Kallek village in Arunacal Pradesh to promote tourism in the area, with 'Atang Ane', the largest tree of the state, as the centre-point of the expedition.

'Atang Ane, the Ficus elestica (Indian rubber bush), found near the remote village under Pangin forest division in Siang district, is the largest tree of the state under the multi-trunk tree category.

Situated on the northern side of Kallek, it takes two hours of trekking from the nearest motorable road to reach the giant tree.

In 2012, the tree with a circumference of 59.8 metres, was located by one Takom Tamuk of the village.

Apart from trekking down to 'Atang Ane' from Kallek, the team also participated in bird watching and visited Hiirep Waterfall near the village on Sunday.

"The basic idea of organizing the expedition was to highlight and promote the tourism potential of Kallek village, programme coordinator of the expedition, Tajir Tamuk, said.

Tamuk, who is a resident of Kallek village, said the village has many things to offer to visitors such as adventure tourism and wildlife tourism.

The expedition was jointly organized by the villagers of Kallek and an Itanagar-based tour agency.