We arrived at Gangtok from New Jalpairguri railway station. The commute time between Gangtok and New jalpaiguri is around 5 hours. After reaching Gangtok at 7 PM , we checked in our hotel and then went to the beautiful and happening MG marg to enjoy nightlife and try delicious cuisines.
On second day of our trip , we visited north Sikkim.
I definently recommend visiting this part of sikkim , mentioning some of the spots that I covered on this day-
1) Nathula Pass ( You will need a permit for this )
2) Baba Mandir
3) Tsomgo lake
4) Asia's Highest ropeway at Tsomgo lake
Covering these 4 spots will take a complete whole day and remember, you will have to return back to Gangtok on the same day so be on time as travelling in dark and late hours is not very much safe and recommended.
For nathula pass , the permit is for one entire one car and it costs around 4000 . You can take help from your hotel or the cab service if you book any.
On day 3 , we went to lachen from gangtok. It is at a height of 9500 fts. In the way you can do sightseeing at Chung thang valley.
From Lachen , our plan was to visit gurudongmar lake and trust me without visting this place , you can never say that you completed your sikkim trip. One of the most beautiful places that I have ever seen for sure. The route and the mountains , everything is pleasent and a total surprise.
Note : We started our journey to Gurudongmar lake at 6 Am in the morning and reached there by 9:30-10 am . Stayed there for 2 hours and then returned back to our stay at lachen by 2:30PM. If you have any problem in breathing , dont forget to take any necessary precautions or you can even drop the idea of visiting as the oxygen level at gurudongmar is really low.
After coming back to lachen and having our meal at the stay , we travelled to lachung on the same day.
It takes around 3 hours to travel from lachen to lachung.
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We had our breakfast at lachung and then started our day 5 at 8 am in the morning. Our first spot on day 5 was - zero Point and this place is also a must visit on your sikkim trip. Though it also requires special permission and you can arrange it in the same way as mentioned above for Nathula pass.
On our return from Zero point , we stopped at Yumthang valley to enjoy the beauty of so called flower valley. On the same day , we travelled back to gangtok and went straight to Mg marg to enjoy nightlife and do some shopping.
End day :
We did some more shopping in the morning and visited local tourist spots , after having our lunch at mg marg , we left for the Bagdogra airport to travel back to our home.
