Sikkim

Trip highlights

• 3 nights in Gangtok
• 1 night in Lachung
• 1 night in Pelling
• 2 nights in Darjeeling

Day by day

1. 1Arrive Bagdogra Airport

   Pick-up from Bagdogra airport at 1.00 pm and proceed to Gangtok immediately. (Approx. 120 km / 5 hrs) Gangtok is the capital of Sikkim state and is a cool hill station at an altitude of 5500 feet above the sea. After check-in at the hotel, rest and leisure. (For pick-up of tourists arriving after 1 pm, the traveler will have to pay approximately Rs. 4500 to 5000 per extra vehicle.) If you have a personal vehicle during your tour, there will be no time limit for any type of pick-up and drop.

2. 2Drive from Gangtok to Changu Lake and Baba Mandir

   After morning tea, drive from Gangtok to Changu Lake and Baba Mandir. (Approximately 55 kms 3 hours hill road) If this place or road is closed due to weather conditions, snowfall, landslides and traffic stop or jam, other alternative sights will be done. Visit to Changulek, Baba Mandir, Hanuman Tok and Ganesh Tok Changulek and visit Nathulapas at your own expense.

3. 3Gangtok to Lachung

   After morning tea and breakfast, check-out from the hotel in Gangtok, pack all warm clothes and only two pairs of clothes in the bag and leave for Lachung. (Approximately 110 km 6 hours – Hillroad) Lachung is located in the northern part of Sikkim state at an altitude of 8700 feet. After visiting various waterfalls en route to Lachung, arrive at hotel in Lachung and rest

4. 4Yumthang Valley Gangtok

   After early morning tea and breakfast leave for Yumthang Valley. Yumthang is an extremely cold hill station situated at an altitude of 12000 feet and surrounded by snow-clad mountains on all sides, also known as the Valley of Flowers. (Tourists who want to go beyond Yumthang to a place called Zero Point will have to pay extra.) After lunch at Lachung, leave for Gangtok. (Approximately110km.6hours–Hillroad)

5. 5Pelling to Gangtok.

   After early morning tea and breakfast visit the sights of Gangtok including Benzakhari water fall, Namchi (Chardham) and tea garden and proceed to Peling. (Approx. 150 km / 5 hrs – Hill Road) Pelling is a beautiful and picturesque hill station at an altitude of 6300 feet. (If you want to go to Ravangla (Buddha Temple), you have to pay extra rupees separately.)

6. 6Darjeeling from Pelling

   After morning tea-breakfast visit to Sky Walk with Chenrezig Statue, Pemayengesti Monastery, Rabdentse Ruins, Bird Sanctuary and depart from Pelling to Darjeeling. (Approximately80km/3hrs–HillRoad)

7. 7Darjeeling Sightseeing

   At 4-00 am reach Tiger Hill by vehicle and enjoy the breathtaking beauty of the sunrise, soaking up the magnificent beauty of the snowy peaks of the Kanchenjunga range, the third highest in the world and 28208 feet above sea level in Nepal and visible from India and bathed in the first golden rays of the Sun God. After visiting the War Memorial (Batasia Loop) and returning to the hotel, after tea and breakfast, get ready and immediately proceed to the Darjeeling sightseers such as Japanese Temple, Peace Pagoda, Zhu (Closed every Thursday) Tenzing Rock, Tibetan Refugee Center, Tea Garden and other places. Rest or leisure. (The toy train has to be booked from the IRCTC website after 3 pm at own expense and self-booking

8. 8TOUR END

   After morning tea and breakfast, Depart for Bagdogra airport

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