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Elephant Falls is one of the most popular tourist destinations located about 8 kilometres from the heart of the city. The drive from the city takes you through some of the most scenic roads where one can experience the beauty that the state of Meghalaya has been blessed with. The local name for the falls is Ka Kshaid Lai Pateng Khohsiew, which translates to three steps water as the water falls in three steps. The British named it Elephant Falls after the rock that resembled an elephant. Part of the rock was destroyed in the great earthquake that rocked the region in 1897. The falls is characterised by milky water that flows over black rocks.
