OUR REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE THERE TO RECEIVE YOU AT NEW JALPAIGURI RAILWAY STATION (NJP) / BAGDOGRA (IXB) – YOU WILL BE ASSISTING FOR THE TRANSFER TO GANGTOK – GANGTOK THE CAPITAL OF SIKKIM SUITS ALL FROM TRANQUILITY TO ADVENTURE, LAND OF MONASTERY, MYSTIC RITUALS & FESTIVALS AT AN HEIGHT OF 1670 METERS / 5480 FEET AND IS THE MOST VISITED SPOT OF INDIA. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TOWN WITH VARIETIES OF RHODODENDRON, ORCHIDS AND BUTTERFLIES - NEARLY 120 KILOMETERS 4 HOURS DRIVE – CHECK INTO HOTEL – EVENING FREE TO ROAM AROUND MG ROAD (MALL) OR LOCAL SHOPPING CENTER - OVER NIGHT STAY AT GANGTOK.
MORNING BREAKFAST - EXCURSION TO TSOMGO LAKE & BABA MANDIR NEARLY 40 KILOMETERS AND 2 HOURS DRIVE - SITUATED AT AN ELEVATION OF 3753 METERS / 12310 FEET - THE LAKE IS OVAL SHAPED LAKE NEARLY 50 FEET DEEP - GENERALLY COVERED IN SNOW FOR MOST OF THE YEAR THE YEAR – THIS LAKE IS HOME TO THE BRAHMINI DUCKS & MANY MIGRATORY BIRDS – NEARBY IS THE SACRED BABA MANDIR KNOWN TO BE A VERY HOLY SITE FOR ALL – BACK TO GANGTOK - EVENING FREE TO ROAM AROUND M G ROAD (MALL) OR LOCAL SHOPPING CENTER - OVER NIGHT STAY AT GANGTOK. (IN CASE OF BAD WEATHER CONDITION, LAND SLIDE OR POLITICAL MOVEMENT FROM STDC;: TSOMGO LAKEBABA MANDIR IS CLOSED WE WILL
THIS MORNING AFTER BREAKFAST VISIT FLOWER SHOW, DIRECTORATE OF HANDICRAFT & HANDLOOM (CLOSED ON SUNDAY), DRO-DUL CHORTEN, BAKTHANG FALLS, GUNJAN MONASTERY. AFTER LUNCH TRANSFER TO DARJEELING– NEARLY 110 KILOMETERS 4 HOURS DRIVE- AT AN HEIGHT OF 2123 METERS / 70001 FEET LIES THE LAND OF BREATHTAKING BEAUTY, SLOPING TEA GARDENS WITH SPECTACULAR VIEWS OF THE MOUNT EVEREST IS THE QUEEN OF THE HILLS – IT IS ALSO HOME TO THE FAMOUS WORLD HERITAGE TRAIN – THE DARJEELING HIMALAYAN RAILWAY (DHR) - EVENING FREE TO STROLL AROUND THE MALL AREA OR CHOWK BAZAAR - OVERNIGHT STAY AT DARJEELING
EARLY MORNING AT AROUND 3:45 AM DRIVE TO 8000 FEET / 2440 METERS THROUGH PRIMITIVE FORESTS OF OAK, MAGNOLIA TO TIGER HILL TO VIEW SUNRISE OVER KANCHENJUNGA PEAK (SUBJECT TO CLEAR WEATHER) – ON THE WAY BACK VISIT GHOOM MONASTERY, PEACE MEMORIAL & BATASIA LOOP – BACK TO HOTEL -– AFTER THAT HALF DAY CITY TOUR INCLUDES PADMAJA NAIDU ZOOLOGICAL PARK, HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINEERING INSTITUTE (CLOSED ON THURSDAY), ROPEWAY, TENSING GUMPO ROCK, TIBETAN REFUGEE SELF HELP CENTER (CLOSED ON SUNDAY), NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM (SUNDAY CLOSED)ETCBACK TO HOTEL - OVERNIGHT STAY AT DARJEELING
MORNING BREAKFAST -TRANSFER TO NEW JALPAIGURI RAILWAY STATION (NJP) / BAGDOGRA (IXB) - NEARLY 80 KILOMETERS 3 HOUR DRIVE- GUEST IS ADVISED TO START EARLY AND NOT TO RUSH - FORWARDING JOURNEY