SIKKIM GOECHA-LA TREKKING & TOUR

On arrival at Kathmandu and Nepal International Airport, received by our guides and staff for short transfer to your hotels in the hub of Kathmandu city.
Checking your lovely room, and after a refreshing rest join with other members for Sikkim Goecha-La Trekking & Tour. Our guide or group leader brief you about the treks, do’s and don’ts, local culture, as well foods provided and lodges on route trek.

A full good information which will help to enjoy your adventure with us, followed with welcome group dinner in a Nepalese restaurant with folk-culture program as entertainment while you enjoy the dinner.

Morning after breakfast at given time, our city guide will meet for interesting sightseeing of best world heritage sites around Kathmandu.
Tour includes old Durbar (royal palace and courtyard) square, with Temple of Kumari (Living young virgin Goddess). Visit famous Nepal landmark Swayambhunath Stupa a 2,500 years old, a Buddhist Stupa with all seeing eyes of Lord Buddha. Afternoon tour of holy Hindu Temple of Pashupatinath and visit Bouddhanath, Asia’s largest Stupa with four cardinals eyes of Buddha surrounded with prayer wheels and small market, this place is also known as Little Tibet due to strong Tibetan influence.
After an exciting day tour back to hotel for preparation trip to Sikkim with last minute briefing from your leader and guide.

Depart from the hotel, after early breakfast transfer for short drive to Kathmandu domestic air terminal. After checking in, board on a plane for 45 minutes flight to land at South Eastern Nepal at Bhadrapur airport.
An exciting flight facing views of high snow peaks includes Everest, Makalu and Kanchenjunga, on arrival at Bhadrapur received by our staff. Drive takes you at the border town at Kakarvita for necessary immigration formalities, and then cross the border to Indian side at Pani Tanki, for another passport and visa, custom checking. After clearing all formalities, an interesting drive heading higher green hills covered in dense forest and sea of Tea plantation.
After an interesting drive following the hilly road, reaching at nice lovely Gangtok town, transfer into a nice hotels.

Morning after breakfast, our local guide of Sikkim receives you for exciting tour at places of interest around Gangtok visiting famous Buddhist monasteries, and palace of late king Chogyal of Sikkim with afternoon free to browse around the interesting market of Gangtok.
Gangtok is the capital of the mountainous northern Indian state of Sikkim, which was established as a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the 1840s. The town became capital of an independent monarchy after British rule ended, but joined India in 1975. Today, it remains a Tibetan Buddhist center and a base for hikers organizing permits and transport for treks through Sikkim’s Himalayan mountain ranges
Enjoy tour of Tashi View Point and the Bakthang falls, a visit to Ganesh Tok is an absolute necessity while in Gangtok. The temple is dedicated to Lord Ganesh and is situated amidst beautiful nature. The view from this temple is mesmerizing. Spend time at the gallery close to the temple to enjoy a gander view of the scenic nature. After a pleasant tour around Gangtok visiting at places of great interest back to hotel, afternoon at leisure to browse around the streets of Gangtok.

Leaving Gangtok after a pleasant time, having good breakfast our adventure starts heading beyond Gangtok to Pelling. Drive leads through maze of tea plantations to low sub-tropical area at Teesta River, after crossing the bridge. Drive leads to climb uphill on winding road to Pelling onroute Yuksom. On arrival at Pelling transfer to a nice hotel. Pelling is a placid travel destination, situated at above 2,060 m. A small town famous where visitors can enjoy magnificent view of massive Mt. Kanchenjunga and its adjoining peaks.

Enjoy the morning grand vista of Kanchenjuna peaks, after breakfast drive to Yuksom the starting and ending point of our trek. As drive climbs from the town of Legship, and then on hilly road to Yuksom, a small farm town at one time the capital of Sikkim. At Yuksom enjoy the comfort of a nice hotel for overnight.
Yoksum was the first capital of Sikkim and it was here that the 1st Chogyal a king or monarch, consecrated and received blessing by the three holy Lamas in 1642 AD. At Yoksum enjoy short walk to Dubdi monastery one of the oldest in Sikkim

From Yuksom, adventure begins on leaving the town area with climb and skirting the hilly trails through meadows and meandering through small farm villages. After an hour of gradual walk through sub-tropical forest and crossing bridges, the climb begins of another 3-4 hrs on a path lined with sky embracing trees and carpeted with leaves from the surrounding vegetation brings you to Bakim.
From here another one hour climb to our overnight camp at Tsokha the last village on route to our destination. Tsokha a small Tibetan village consisting of dozen houses and a monastery with a Government Trekkers Hut. Camp is made on the premises of this hut an excellent campsite on a flat surface with a view of Pandim peak towards northeast.

A leisure day for local excursion around the village of Tshoka and hike around, visit to the monastery and free afternoon for individual activities and to catch up with your dairy. As well interact with the local Tibetants and witness the culture of age-old heritage.

After a pleasant rest day at Tsokha, morning after breakfast prepared by our kitchen staff and camping cook. Clearing the nice camp, and start the adventure heading for a climb past the monastery reaching on top of the village.
As walk progresses entering lovely woodland of rhododendron, pines and hemlocks trees. After a steep climb for some hours, and then on reaching a small clearing at Pedhang for lunch stop. A nice place with grassy meadow with a small hut and an old rundown view tower, from Pedhang an hour steep climb then reaching a wide scenic valley at Deurali. Facing grand view of Mt.Kanchenjunga massif and Kabru peak, walk continues as tree lines fades for short vegetation of dwarf rhododendron (azalea) and juniper bush. Another hour of undulating walk brings to Dzongri for overnight camp on a wide valley with number of huts of cattle herder.
From Dzongri enjoy majestic view of Mt. Pandim offers excellent view of Kanchenjunga and adjoining snow peaks.

Today's walk on relatively gradual path with superb vista of Mt.Kanchejunga, our route diverts heads north, as walk follows with short climb and then on gradual trail, after few hours of good walk descend to a river, as the trail leads to steep downhill slope for less than hour reaching a stream. Walk leads back again within tree lines, continue walk with few steep ups then reachin a wide glacial valley at Thangsing for lunch and overnight camping. Thangsing has good camping ground with a large hut which serves as a Guest House also.

Another short day walk to Samiti Lake our final destination before hike to Goercha-La Pass. From Thangsing a walk of 4 hours on pleasant winding path towards our overnight camp near the lake of Samiti, located on a glacial valley. Samiti Lake, regarded as a holy spot a glacial fed lake, once a year on auspicious time as per the Tibetan Buddist calendar, the place is flooded with pilgrims from all around Sikkim and Darjeeling for worship and a bathe on the lake.
Samiti Lake with couple of lodges and a wooden hut for travelers, where our overnight camp is set nearby on a wide valley.

At Samiti Lake for another overnight, an early morning start after good breakfast and carrying pack lunch for the day hike. Starts with climb through a narrow gully, as walk leads on uneven trails over moraine of rocks and boulders. After a strenuous hike uphill as altitude gains then reaching our main highlight on top of the pass of Goecha-La. The highest point of the adventure enjoy magnificent panorama Mt.Kanchenjunga South East Face with more than fourteen snow peas that lines the Kanchenjunga range. The pass also a base camp for mountaineering expeditions to Mt. Kanchenjunga, which borders with Nepal on the North-West.
After an enjoyable tough hike reaching our goal, head downhill to Samiti Lake for overnight stop, after an exciting day.

From Samati Lake, today a long walk to Thangsing following on the same trail to Thangsing, and then on an alternate route to reach at Yuksom via Bakhim instead of trekking back to Dzongri. The route follows downhill to Bakhim entering dense forested area, and then a steep climb for few hours with some gradual sections and eventually arriving at Kok Tshering for overnight camp. A junction where trail from Tshoka to Dzongri meets. Kok-Tsering situated in amidst beautiful forest surroundings.

A short day walk back to Tshoka of little less than four hours, after a good breakfast, walk heads to a long descend till Tshoka for lunch and overnight camp on the high hills of Sikkim and Kanchenjunga area.

Enjoy the last day walk of trekking, as you leave the campsite at Tshoka following a nice pleasant trail for few hours, and then downhill on the same trail all the way to Yuksom for the last overnight around Sikkim and the end of trekking adventure.

After a wonderful time and adventure on the high hills of Mt. Kanchenjunga from Sikkim side. From Yuksom staying in a nice hotel, after breakfast morning drive down to Testa River at Melle Bazaar on route to Kalimpong one of the hill town within Darjeeling district. From the Meller Bazaar having lunch in a local restaurant, drive leads North East to Kalimpong, another sub division town of Darjeeling district. About 50 km away from main Darjeeling town the area is much warmer as you reach the town of Kalimpong for overnight in a nice hotel.
Kalimpong once a busy trading town and the gateway to Tibet, Bhutan and Sikkim as well to Nepal during the British Raj days of 1800 to 1947 AD.

Kalimpong located on route Sikkim / Bhutan and to other parts of Indian cities like Siliguri, Kalimpong, famous for flower and orchids nurseries and it exports to other foreign countries also, afternoon visit monasteries and Nepalese Buddhist temple offers magnificent views of surrounding rolling green hills.

From Kalimpong back to Nepal, after a wonderful trek and stops in lovely villages, where drive takes you to low warmer areas. Where route diverts towards India and Nepal border on the same place as earlier.

After a brief time at immigration at Pani Tenki in India, then enter Nepal border at Kakarvita, here again for immigration formalities, and continue an hour drive to Bhadrapur town airport.
As per the flight time check into air terminal and board on respective airlines aircraft for scenic flight to Kathmandu. On arrival at Kathmandu airport transfer to your hotel, after an exciting experience around Darjeeling and Singali-La Trekking.

Last day in Nepal and at Kathmandu, as per the time for your international flight homeward bound or to respective port of call. Our staff transfer you to airport, after a wonderful time and adventure of a lifetime experience on Sikkim Goecha-La Trekking & Tour.