Wonders Of Sikkim

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.

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.

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)

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.

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.

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

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