Yaari wali Trip

Day 1

It's very hard to describe North Sikkim in words but still I will try to give every details and also describe about North Sikkim.

As I have mentioned this was my yaari wali trip because first time I stepped out from my home to some place where I never discussed about never checked out anywhere and never thought it will be so beautiful with my best friends without any proper planning. We just wanted to go some hills and we ended up with 3 places, within a week we booked our cab and hotel but due to instant plan we couldn't book train tickets.Our journey was for 4 days which included Lachung,Lachen and Gangtok.

We started our journey from kolkata to New Jalpaiguri which is near by station for Darjeeling as well as Sikkim. As we had some discussions about traveling and time was limited we had to reach Sikkim by morning 9 so that we can reach our destination on time. We left with no option since we traveled at peak time our journey started with general tickets. It is better to travel by train if you are travelling with low budget or else you can take flight, but bus can never be a good option because they say bus will reach by morning 6/7 but it never reaches. If you are taking train it is always recommended to take train in such a time so that you can reach New Jalpaiguri by morning 5/6. After reaching to New Jalpaiguri station we took a share cab for Gangtok since it was within our budget. For share cab they charge Rs 500/person and small cabs like (swift desire) they charge Rs 3500 in peak time.

Day 2

After we reached to Lachen, we had our dinner at hotel and next day we started for Gurudongmar Lake at 4AM which is 65 km away as gate of Lake closed by 10AM so our Driver suggested to start early. We reached our destination at 8:30AM and it was most beautiful lake I have ever seen. Gurudongmar Lake is one of the highest lakes in the world and in India, located at an altitude of 5,430 m (17,800 ft). One should carry oxygen pumps or Camphor as height is too much where Oxygen level is very low. The best time to visit Gurudongmar Lake is from March until June as the weather is pleasant and one can see clear crystal blue skies, with lush greenery in the surroundings along with beautiful and divine Gurudongmar Lake. The temperature during these months fluctuates between 5°C / - 5°C. Well said by someone, If you visit Gurudongmar Lake you will feel like you are visiting Pangong Lake(Ladakh). After Gurudongmar Lake, we went to Kala Pathar which is hidden Gem of North Sikkim which is 186 km away from Gurudongmar Lake. The place was fully covered with snow and the drive to this place was awesome. The roads are bad but it's worth going. It started snowing when we reached there and was a bonus enjoying snowfall in the month of May end. One should visit both places if going to Lachen.

DAY3

It is advisable to pre book all hotels before starting trip during vacation time. Morning 7AM we had our breakfast and started for zero point which is 34KM from Lachung and is located at altitude of 14500 ft where again we enjoyed snowfall and tried Rum coffee which was amazing and speciality of that place one should try this.Next we went to Yumthang Valley which takes approx 1.5hours from zero point and from Lachung to zero point it takes approx 3-4 hours.Zero Point is also known as YumeSamdong. Yumthang valley is a valley of flowers and is absolutely must visit place and one should visit this place if vising sikkim. Visit time for yumthang valley is between March-May. Also there are some stalls to have tea and maggie.

Day 4

After yumthang valley we had our lunch at mid way and returned to Gangtok. Due to very less time we had only one evening to roam around Gangtok, so we went to very famous MG Market and had our dinner. We have done some shopping from market also one can purchase some home decoration items. We booked Tag Along Backpackers hostel and it was amazing, facilities 5/5, room 5/5, cleanliness 5/5 and they have provided breakfast for next day as complementary and it costs only Rs 800/bed as we were in group so we booked 4 bed dorm room and it was super comfortable

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