Where you stay
4 nights in 2 cities, 2 rooms. Similar hotels may be used if one is full.
What's included
- Accommodation
- Sightseeing
- Meals
- Pickup and drop
- Welcome Drink on Arrival
Trip details
Day by day
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Day 1 Gangtok
NJP/IXB TO GANGTOK. (125 kms, 4-5 hrs approx)
ON ARRIVAL AT NJP RAILWAY STATION / IXB AIRPORT OUR REPRESENTATIVE OF YOUR TRIP PLANNER WELCOMES YOU AND TRANSFER YOU TO GANGTOK.
PLEASE NOTE SIR PICKUP WILL BE DONE AT 4 AM AT MORNING , WE ALWAYS PROHIBITE NIGHT DRIVE AT WINTER AND BECAUSE OF FOG IT BECOMES DIFFICULT TO DRIVE. AT NJP STATION THERE IS A WAITING ROOM OF AC 3A YOU CAN REACH THERE AND REST FOR 1 - 1.5 HR THAN AT 4 AM THE PICKUP WILL BE DONE.
GANGTOK IS A CITY , MUNICIPALITY, THE CAPITAL AND THE LARGEST TOWN OF THE INDIAN STATE OF SIKKIM. IT ALSO IS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE EAST SIKKIM DISTRICT. GANGTOK IS IN THE EASTERN HIMILAYAN RANGE, AT AN ELEVATION OF (5410 FT). THE TOWN'S POPULATION OF 100,000 ARE FROM DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES SUCH AS BHUTIA, LEPCHAS AND INDIAN GORKHAS. WITHIN THE HIGHER PEAKS OF THE HIMILAYA AND WITH A YEAR-ROUND MILD TEMPERATURE CLIMATE , GANGTOK IS AT THE CENTER OF SIKKIM'S TOURISM INDUSTRY.
CHECK-IN TO YOUR HOTEL GET FRESHEN UP.
WELCOME DRINK AT ARRIVAL.
LATER
RUMTEK MONASTERY, JHAKRI WATER FALL , GANESH TOK , HANUMAN TOK.
OVERNIGHT AT THE HOTEL IN GANGTOK. (ALTITUDE 1,650 M) -
Day 2 Gangtok
TSOMGO LAKE & BABA MANDIR EXCURSION (NATHULA PASS OPTIONAL)
THIS MORNING START FOR A HALF DAY TRIP TO TSOMGO LAKE (12400FT), WHICH IS ONLY 32KMS FROM GANGTOK CITY, (Tentative time to leave from the hotel is 8-10 AM basis availability of permit, the same will be communicated by the driver) , THE LAKE IS ALMOST ABOUT 1KM LONG AND 15 MTRS DEEP. THE LAKE IS CONSIDERED SACRED BY THE LOCAL PEOPLE, FURTHER 12KMS VISIT THE BABA HARVAJAN SINGH MANDIR.
(NATHULA PASS DEPENDING ON PERMIT , YOU CAN PAY ON THE SPOT 4500/- IF THE PERMIT IS ISSUED)
EVENING FREE AT GANGTOK FOR SHOPPING AND INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY.
OVERNIGHT AT THE HOTEL IN GANGTOK. (ALTITUDE 1,650 M) -
Day 3 Darjeeling
GANGTOK TO DARJEELING. (98 kms, 4 hrs approx)
AFTER YOUR BREAKFAST IN GANGTOK, YOU WOULD BE DRIVEN TO DARJEELING AROUND 9-10 AM. THE JOURNEY WOULD TAKE AROUND 4 HOURS. DARJEELING , KNOWN AS THE "QUEEN OF THE HILLS" , IS LOCATED IN THE HIMALAYAS AND OFFERS AN UNFORGETTABLE VIEW OF THE SNOW-CAPPED MOUNTAINS. THE TEA GARDENS, TINY WAERFALLS, LITTLE VILLAGES AND A NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY TRACK ADD TO THE CHARM OF THIS HILL STATION.
AFTER YOU REACH, CHECK-IN TO YOUR HOTEL & EVENING TIME FREE FOR LEISURE.
OVERNIGHT AT THE HOTEL IN DARJEELING. (ALTITUDE 2042M) -
Day 4 Darjeeling
DARJEELING LOCAL CITY TOUR.
EARLY MORNING AT 4.00 AM VISIT TIGER HILL (SUNRISE POINT OVER MT. KANCHENJUNGA) WITNESS THE GLORIOUS HIMILAYAN MOUNTAINS AT DAY BREAK. THE SUNRISE AGAINST THE HIGHEST PEAK IN INDIA IS A SIGHT TO BEHOLD, AND BACK TO HOTEL FOR BREAK FAST. AFTER BREAKFAST HALF DAY CITY TOUR COVERING GHOOM MONASTERY, BATASIA LOOP, HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINEERING INSTITUTE, P.N. ZOOLOGICAL PARK (CLOSED ON THURSDAY) TENZING ROCK, TIBETAN REFUGEE CENTRE (CLOSED ON SUNDAY), TEA GARDEN (OUTER VIEW), AND JAPANESE TEMPLE. AFTERNOON ENJOY LOCAL TOWN OF DARJEELING.
OVERNIGNT AT THE HOTEL IN DARJEELING. (ALTITUDE 2042M) -
Day 5
DARJEELING TO NJP/IXB VIA MIRIK (90 kms, 3.5 hrs approx)
EARLY MORNING AFTER BREAKFAST CHECK OUT FROM THE HOTEL AND TRANSFER TO NJP/ AIRPORT FOR ONWARDS JOURNEY.
ON THE WAY VISIT MIRIK LAKE , THE DRIVE IS THROUGH SCENIC ROAD WITH OCCASIONAL STOPPAGE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY. MIRIK IS CENTERED ROUND SAMENDU LAKE AND IS KNOWN FOR ITS LANDSCAPE GARDENS, TEA GARDENS, ORANGE ORCHARDS, CARDAMOM GROVES AND SPECTACULAR VIEWS OF THE HIMALAYAN RANGES. FULL DAY EXCURSION OF MIRIK LAKE (horse riding and boating facilities are available aroung the lake). THIS HIGH ALTITUDE LAKE IS WORTH VISITING.
LATER DRIVE TO NJP/IXB.
TOUR END !!