It is located in the eastern part of Mizoram and is the district headquarters of Champhai. It is 194 kms from Aizawl, the capital. The climate is cool and healthy and the emerald town of Champhai offers a clean view of the hills of Myanmar. The town is a developing venue for Indo-Myanmar border trade. It is an ideal place for shopping of all kinds of imported goods.

The legendary placid lake ‘Rih Dil’ is located 22 kms inside Myanmar from Champhai town. Champhai has charming patches of lush green paddy fields usually set in the valley between two hills and Champhai is popularly known as rice bowl of Mizoram