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Dates: October 5th to 18th 2008
April 5th to 18th 2009
Grade & trek days:
Gentle (grade 1), 2 trekking days
Number of days:
14
Accommodation:
12 nights hotel, 1 night train
Trip cost '09:
Ex Delhi: £1,245 incl.Bagdogra flight
Min group size:
2
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A varied journey from visiting monasteries to trekking through the lush forests of Sikkim and finally to Darjeeling hill station. Sikkim is famous for its large variety of flora especially its orchids of which they are over 600 species and a wide variety of animals including bears, red pandas, silver foxes, leopards and monkeys.
We stay at high standard hotels every night apart from the second night when we take the Inter City Radjani Express train to Siliguri. The combination of exploring a new destination each day while staying in good hotels has proved to be a very popular way of seeing the beautiful Indian states of Sikkim and West Bengal. For details of the hotels used see the Accommodation section in the Trip Dossier.
The itinerary has been written by Roland who spent time exploring this area in 2005- it has been designed to show you the best places. You will visit takes wildlife sanctuaries, tea gardens, national parks, monasteries and the interesting Everest museum (where you can see the original British flag planted by Ed Hilary and Tenzing Norgay on the first ascent of Everest in 1953).
If you would like more information click here to download the Trip Dossier .
OUTLINE ITINERARY
- Day 1 Arrive Delhi.
- Day 2 Overnight train to Siliguri.
- Day 3 Arrive Siliguri, drive to Gangtok.
- Day 4 Morning sightseeing in Gangtok., afternoon drive to Rumtek monastery.
- Day 5 Drive to Rabangla via Temi tea gardens.
- Day 6 Walk up Maenam Hill- 6 hours walking.
- Day 7 Drive to Yuksom via the Bon Po and Tashiding monastery.
- Day 8 Sightseeing in Yuksom, then drive to Pelling.
- Day 9 Sightseeing in Pelling, visit Rabdantse and Pemayangtse monastery.
- Day 10 Drive to Darjeeling- 6 to 7 hours driving.
- Day 11 Trek to Tiger Hill for view of Kanchenjunga- 5 hours walking.
- Day 12 Toy train in the morning and sightseeing afternoon.
- Day 13 Drive to Bagdogra, fly to Delhi.
- Day 14 Sightseeing in Delhi, evening fly home.
Recommended books & maps:
India
Sikkim
Kanchenjunga
Take a look at our other Sikkim itinerary:
Sikkim Goecha la trek with Darjeeling and Kalimpong
The Singalila ridge with Darjeeling and Kalimpong
Take a look at our other Kanchenjunga trek:
Kanchenjunga north and south basecamps
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