Inclusions/Exclusions

What is included in the tour

  • 08 Nights 09 days Accommodation on 01 Double and 01 triple sharing basis at hotels.

  • Breakfast and Dinner (as per the itinerary).

  • All Meals in Lachen, Lachung & Zuluk

  • SUV from Bagdogra Airport to Bagdogra Airport.

  • Sightseeing As per the itinerary 

  • All north Sikkim Permits including Gurudongmar lake & zero Point, Nathula pass  

  • Airport Pick up and Drop

What is NOT included in the tour

  • Meals that are not mentioned in inclusions

  • Any personal expenses like laundry, telephone bills, tips, etc.

  • Any cost arising due to natural calamities like landslides, roadblocks. etc (to be borne by the client directly on the spot.)

  • Any other item which is not specified under cost inclusions

  • Any entrance fee to the monastery and monuments.

  • Travel Insurance

  • GST @ 5%

Highlights

DESTINATIONS

HOTELS

 

Gangtok                     

Sila Norbu retreat / Similar

 

Lachen

Deezong  / Similar

 

Lachung

Lachung Deezong / Similar

 

Darjeeling

White Yak / Similar

 

Zuluk Zuluk                 Homestay

Itinerary

 

North Sikkim Road Trip 8N/9D

 

 


11th June - Bagdogra Airport to Gangtok

After arriving at the airport, you will be transferred to Gangtok by our representative.

Check-in and enjoy the evening on your leisure by exploring on your own. Do not miss the opportunity to go to MG Road in the evening (on your own).

Overnight and dinner at the hotel.

 

12th June - Gangtok to  to Lachen (120km)

After breakfast Drive to Lachen (9500ft), a village surrounded by snow-capped peaks and beautiful alpine meadows via Chungthang, another quiet and picturesque hamlet on the higher Himalayas famous for its proximity to the Kanchenjunga National park. Chungthang is a sub-divisional town and the gateway to Northern Sikkim.

Also, visit Singhik view point, Naga Falls on the way.

Arrive at the beautiful Lachen and check-in to your hotel.

Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

 

13th June - Lachen - Gurudongmar Lake - Lachung (160km)

You will be starting early this morning, about 6 AM. Breakfast for the day will be at Thangu.

Arrive at the Gurudongmar Lake and delve into the beauty of this glacial basin. Gurudongmar Lake is one of the highest lakes in the world and in India, located at an altitude of 1,800 ft (5,430 m).The lake is named after Guru Padmasambhava—also known as Guru Rinpoche—founder of Tibetan Buddhism, who visited in the 8th century.

After returning, begin the transfer to Lachung, enroute where you will visit attractions like the confluence of Lachen Chu and Lachung Chu at Chungthang.

Overnight and dinner at Lachung.

 

14th June - Lachung - Yumthang Valley - Gangtok (120km)

After breakfast this morning, you will be leaving to see the famous Yumthang Valley, also known as the Valley of Flowers.

The Yumthang Valley or Sikkim Valley of Flowers sanctuary, is a nature sanctuary with river, hot springs, yaks and grazing pasture on rolling meadows surrounded by the Himalayan mountains.

A tributary of the river Teesta flows past the valley and the town of Lachung, the nearest inhabited center.

From here, a transfer will take you back to Gangtok.

Overnight and dinner at Gangtok.

15th June - Gangtok to Zuluk via Nathula

Mountain biking is incomplete until the meandrous roads spin off the head and the bike doesn't thunder around any mountain passes. Riding through the roads once marched upon by traders is as silky as its name (Silk Route). After breakfast, it begins with a narrow road with right, left, right, left turn. With 56 hairpin bends, Zuluk hands down is every rider’s utopia. Thambi view point gives a complete view of the loops.f We continue riding through quaint villages like Gnathang, Kupup and pass by numerous lakes until we scale high to Nathula pass. At 14,140ft the pass shows the mountain covers in foreign lands. Stay and Dinner in a hotel.

 

 16th June - Zuluk To Gangtok 

We rode across the adventurous North and East Sikkim. Now we embark on our journey back to Gangtok ,Overnight stay & Dinner  



17th June - Gangtok To Darjeeling
After breakfast, proceed for Darjeeling (7,200 ft. / 95 km / 4 hours), The Queen of Hill’s. Arrivals at Darjeeling check in at your hotel. Evening free for a walk in the Mall, where you will get curio and handicraft shop Overnight halt.

18th June : Darjeeling full Day sightseeing


Early morning, get ready for an exciting excursion tour to Tiger Hill (8,500 ft), the famous sunrise point in eastern Himalaya and get the breathtaking view of the changing color reflection over the Mt. Khnagchendzonga peak and en route back to the hotel visit Batasia Loop ,this is a war memorial. Also visit Ghoom Monastery ,one of the oldest monasteries. After breakfast proceed for Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park (closed on Thursday), Tenzing rock, Tibetan refugee self- help center (closed on Sunday), happy valley tea garden, Japanese temple & Peace pagoda and back to hotel, evening free to join in a delighted cultural evening at Darjeeling Nightingale Park, where the different traditional folk dance present by local people, overnight halt at Darjeeling.

19th June - Early morning departure to Airport

After breakfast this morning, you will be checking out and leaving for the airport. Move on with your return journey and bring the experience to an end.

North Sikkim Road Trip
08 Nights/ 9 Days

 

Pickup point
Sikkim, India View on Map