Gangtok & East Sikkim · way to travel
Food trails in Gangtok
Tibetan, Nepali, Lepcha and Bengali cooking meet in these hills. Eat momos in Darjeeling's lanes, thukpa in Gangtok, sel roti at Tihar, gundruk soup in a village kitchen and hard chhurpi on the trail.
Trips
Shoestring
Gangtok7 nights · Shared jeeps
A backpacker week in East Sikkim
Gangtok · Rumtek · Aritar
₹16,000per personabout ₹2,000 a day
Shoestring
Gangtok3 nights · Shared jeeps
Gangtok and Tsomgo Lake on a shoestring
Gangtok
₹8,000per personabout ₹2,000 a day
Shoestring
Gangtok2 nights · Shared jeeps
A Gangtok long weekend on a budget
Gangtok
₹5,000per personabout ₹1,650 a day
Value
Gangtok4 nights · Mixed
Rumtek and the monasteries of Gangtok
Gangtok · Rumtek
₹15,000per personabout ₹3,000 a day
Places
Things to do
Food · 2–3 hoursAn evening on MG Marg and Lal BazaarGangtok · Free · food ₹200–400
Monasteries · 1–1.5 hoursMorning prayers at Enchey MonasteryGangtok · Free · donation welcome
Culture and history · 2–2.5 hoursDo-drul Chorten and the Tibetology museumGangtok · Chorten free · museum small fee
Viewpoints · 2–3 hoursKanchenjunga at dawn from Hanuman TokGangtok · Free · taxi ₹800–1,500
Viewpoints · 30–45 minutesWatching the ridge-top runway at PakyongPakyong · Free
Culture and history · 2–3 hoursA walk through Pakyong's organic farm terracesPakyong · Free · tip a local guide ₹300–500
Food · 30–45 minutesSel roti and tea in Pakyong bazaarPakyong · ₹50–150 pp
Adventure · 1–1.5 hours by carThe ridge road from Pakyong down to RorathangPakyong · Part of your car hire
Culture and history · 15 minutes to 1 hourCrossing into Sikkim at the Rangpo checkpostRangpo · Free