Wonders of Sikkim

MEET & GREET ON ARRIVAL AT BAGDOGRA AIRPORT AT VERY FIRST DAY OF COMPLETE SILK ROUTE PACKAGE TOUR AND PROCEED TOWARDS SILLERY GAON TOUR. SILLERY GAON IS A SMALL VILLAGE, SITUATED AT A DISTANCE OF JUST AROUND 10 KILOMETERS FROM DELO IN KALIMPONG AND THE HAMLET IS WINNING HEARTS BY OFFERING A STUNNING VIEW OF THE KANCHENJUNGHA AND THE TEESTA RIVER, FLOWING BENEATH A MAJESTIC GREEN VALLEY. THE VILLAGE IS SITUATED AT AN ALTITUDE OF 6000FT, ABOVE AND A DENSE FOREST OF PINE AND OTHER HILLY TREES AND CINCHONA PLANTATION OFFERS ABSOLUTE TRANQUILITY, WHICH MANY VACATIONERS LOOK FOR. BEING A SMALL, UNDERDEVELOPED VILLAGE, WHICH HAS CAUGHT THE LIMELIGHT VERY RECENTLY, SILLERYGAON CANNOT PROVIDE YOU WITH LUXURIOUS ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS, BUT ONCE YOU REACH THE PLACE, PERHAPS THOSE LUXURIES WILL NOT MEAN MUCH TO YOU SINCE SILLERYGAON WILL DELIGHT YOU WITH ITS NATURAL TREASURES BY THAT TIME. OVERNIGHT STAY AT HOME STAY IN SILLERYGAON.

Activities : Adventure , Mountaineering , Sightseeing

AFTER BREAKFAST, START FOR ARITAR TOUR JUST ON TOP OF LAMPOKHRI LAKE [ALTITUDE OF ARITAR 1,498 M]. THIS LAKE IS THE HIGHEST LAKE WITH A BOATING FACILITY IN SIKKIM. ENJOY THE BOATING IN POST LUNCH SESSION. ENROUTE SIGHTSEEING TO MANKHIM TEMPLE, MANKHIM VIEW POINT, ARITAR MONASTERY AND ARITAR DAKBUNGLOW. OVERNIGHT STAY AT HOMESTAY IN ARITAR / MANKHIM.

Activities : Adventure , Mountaineering , Sightseeing

AFTER BREAKFAST, START FOR ZULUK - A SMALL VILLAGE IN EAST SIKKIM, PART OF OLD SILK ROUTE AT 10,000 FT. ABOVE THE SEA LEVEL GAINING POPULARITY AMONGST THE TOURISTS BECAUSE OF ITS NATURAL VIRGINITY, UNSPOILED NATURE AND AMAZING HIMALAYAN BEAUTY. CATCHING A GLIMPSE OF THE SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAIN RANGES OR SUN RISING ON THE SEA FROM THE WINDOW OF THE HOTEL ROOM IS SOMETHING THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF TIMES. OVERNIGHT STAY AT ZULUK HOMESTAY.

Activities : Adventure , Mountaineering , Sightseeing

TSOMGO LAKE AND BABA MANDIR ARE THE MUST-VISIT POINT OF THE ENTIRE SIKKIM. THESE DESTINATIONS NOT ONLY ARE THE GEOGRAPHICAL TREASURES BUT HAS A SERENE AMBIANCE WITH POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE. THE DRIVER WILL ARRIVE AT THE HOTEL AT 7:30 AM, GEAR UP YOURSELF TO VISIT THE FINEST AND UNBEATABLE NATURE BEAUTY IS SEEN NOWHERE WHICH. ABOUT ATTRACTIONS : TSOMGO LAKE: ALSO KNOWN AS CHANGU LAKE IS A GLACIAL LAKE IN SIKKIM AND LOCATED AT AN ALTITUDE OF 12,310 FEET. THE NAME TSOMGO MEANS ‘SOURCE OF WATER’. IT’S LOCATED 40KMS FROM GANGTOK TOWN. THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW AND AWESOME HIGH ALTITUDE LAKES IN INDIA. THE LAKE BECOMES DOUBLY ATTRACTIVE WITH THE REFLECTIONS OF THE SURROUNDING HILLS ON THE WATER. ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF THE PLACE WITH A YAK RIDE. BABA MANDIR: A MAJESTIC TEMPLE THAT HONORS BABA HARBHAJAN SINGH. HE WAS A SOLDIER AND FOLK HERO AND IS NOW A SAINT. AT AROUND 56 KM FROM GANGTOK, THIS TEMPLE IS SURROUNDED BY STUPENDOUS NATURAL BEAUTY. THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TSOMGO LAKE & BABA MANDIR IS ABOUT 16.3 KM, A JOURNEY OF 30 MINUTES BY CAR. LEARN THE FACTS AND STORIES OF THE TEMPLE AND INDIAN SOLDIERS OUT THERE. NATHULA PASS: VISIT NATHULA PASS, ONE OF THE HIGHEST MOTORABLE ROADS, LOCATED AT THE INDO-CHINA BORDER (SUBJECT TO PERMITS, WHICH ARE ARRANGED A DAY PRIOR)

Activities : Adventure , Sightseeing

WAKE UP IN EARLY MORNING TO BEHOLD THE MAGNIFICENT SUN RISE FROM THAMBI VIEW POINT. POST BREAKFAST PACK YOUR BAG AGAIN AND START FOR SIKKIM GANGTOK TOUR. IT IS GOING TO BE A LONG JOURNEY (4 HRS / 95KM), BUT AS WE WILL COVER SOME OF THE BEST TOURIST SPOT IN THIS ROUTE, SO TIME WILL PASS QUICKLY. ON THE WAY COVER THE PLACES LIKE 95 TURNS, LUNGTHUNG, LAXMAN CHOWK, GNATHANG VALLEY, TUKLA VALLEY, FOUR LAKE POINT, JELEP-LA PASS VIEW, KUPUP LAKE (13,900FT), CHUMBI VALLEY ETC. DON'T MISS THE ELEPHANT LAKE AT KUPUP, SEE THE WORLD'S HIGHEST GOLF COURSE, THE YAK GOLF COURSE AT 13,025 FT (GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS ACCLAIMED), AND THE ICE HOCKEY GROUND. HERE ALSO SEE THE HIGHEST COOL WATER POLO GROUND AT KUPUP. THEN COVERING OLD BABA TEMPLE WE WILL REACH GANGTOK IN THE EVENING. AFTER FRESHEN UP YOU CAN EITHER TAKE REST OR STROLL AROUND THE FAMOUS MG MARG. BEING THE CAPITAL CITY OF SIKKIM, YOU CAN HAVE MANY AMENITIES AND THINGS TO EAT, EXPLORE, SHOP AND ENJOY WHICH YOU MAY HAVE LACK DURING PROPER SILK ROUTE TOUR. SO ENJOY THE NIGHTLIFE AT GANGTOK. LOTS OF BARS AND RESTAURANT ARE THERE TO WARM YOU UP AND FILL YOUR APPETITE THAT WILL CERTAINLY GIVE YOU SOME VIBES OF GANGTOK NIGHTLIFE. RETURN TO HOTEL AND GOOD NIGHT SLEEP.

Activities : Adventure , Mountaineering , Sightseeing

AFTER BREAKFAST, IN THE MORNING START FOR GANGTOK SIGHTSEEING. FIRST VISIT : *TASHI VIEW POINT* - BUILT BY TASHI NAMGYAL, OFFERING A PANORAMIC VIEW OF MT KHANGCHENDZONGA *GONJANG MONASTERY -* GONJANG MONASTERY NEAR TASHI VIEW POINT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1981. THE FOUNDER IS H.E. TINGKYE GONJANG RIMPOCHE. HE WAS RECOGNISED AS AN INCARNATION OF YOLMO TERTON NGAKCHANG SHAKYA ZANGPO, A 15TH CENTURY NYINGMAPA TERTON. THE MONASTERY FOLLOWS JANGTER TRADITION OF NYINGMAPA SCHOOL OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM. *DO-DRUL CHORTEN* - BUILT BY THE VENERABLE TRULLSHI RIMPOCHE, HEAD OF THE NYINGMA ORDER OF TIBETEN BUDDHISM, IN 1945. INSIDE THE STUPA, THERE ARE COMPLETE MANDALA SET OF DORJEE PHURBA (VAJRA KILAYA), A SET OF KANG GYUR RELIC (HOLY BOOK), COMPLETE 'ZUNG' (MANTRAS) AND OTHER RELIGIOUS OBJECTS. AROUND THE CHORTEN, THERE ARE 108 MANI LHAKOR (PRAYER WHEELS). OVERNIGHT AT GANGTOK.

Activities : Adventure , Mountaineering , Monuments & Historical Places , Sightseeing

AFTER BREAKFAST PROCEED TOWARDS BAGDOGRA ENROUTE SIGHTSEEING NAMGYAL INSTITUTE OF TIBETOLOGY - THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD, NIT IS A TREASURE OF VAST COLLECTION OF RARE LEPCHA, TIBETAN AND SANSKRIT MANUSCRIPTS, STATUES AND RARE THANKAS (COLOURFUL TAPESTRIES USED IN BUDDHIST LITURGY). APART FROM AN ATTRACTIVE MUSEUM, IT HAS OVER 200 BUDDHIST ICONS AND OTHER PRIZED OBJECTS OF ART. *ORCHID HOUSE* - THE PARADISE MADE OF ORCHIDS IS LOCATED JUST BELOW NIT AND BOASTS A POPULATION OF 250 EXOTIC SPECIES OF ORCHIDS. *HUR HURAY DARA THE NAM NANG VIEW POINT* - PROVIDES A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE LUSH FORESTS AND THE VIBRANT GREEN VALLEY. *TSUKLAKHANG (PALACE MONASTERY)* - LOCATED INSIDE THE PALACE OF THE CHOGYALS, THE FORMER RULERS OF SIKKIM, IT IS THE MOST ACCESSIBLE MONASTERY WITHIN THE CITY. BUILT IN TYPICAL SIKKIMESE STYLE, THERE ARE INTERESTING MURALS AND IMAGES OF BUDDHIST PANTHEON. *WHITE MEMORIAL HALL* - A TYPICAL BRITISH STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTED IN 1932 IN MEMORY OF CLAUDE WHITE. *FLOWER SHOW HALL* - A POPULAR PERMANENT EXHIBITION OF SIKKIMS DIVERSE FLOWERING FAUNA, LOCATED NEAR THE WHITE HALL. *RUMTEK MONASTERY* - THE SEAT OF THE KARMA KAGYU LINEAGE OR THE "BLACK HAT" ORDER OF THE TIBETAN BUDDHISTS AND ONE OF THE MOST SACRED PILGRIMAGE SITES OF SIKKIM. OVERNIGHT STAY IN BAGDOGRA

Activities : Adventure , Mountaineering , Sightseeing

AIRPORT WITH SWEET MEMORY OF SILK ROUTE TOUR FOR 7 NIGHTS 8 DAYS. YOUR TRIP ENDS HERE

Activities : Sightseeing