Gangtok & East Sikkim · way to travel
Photography in Gangtok
Kanchenjunga at first light, the toy train at Batasia Loop, prayer flags on the Singalila Ridge, mist moving through tea rows and the Zuluk hairpins from Thambi View Point.
Trips
Comfort
Gangtok9 nights · Reserved car
The grand East Sikkim loop
Gangtok · Rumtek · Pakyong · Zuluk
₹48,000per personabout ₹4,800 a day
Comfort
Gangtok8 nights · Reserved car
Nathu La, Zuluk and the Silk Route in comfort
Gangtok · Aritar · Zuluk · Gnathang
₹45,000per personabout ₹5,000 a day
Value
Gangtok4 nights · Mixed
Rumtek and the monasteries of Gangtok
Gangtok · Rumtek
₹15,000per personabout ₹3,000 a day
Shoestring
Gangtok5 nights · Mixed
Zuluk and the Silk Route by shared jeep
Gangtok · Rongli · Zuluk · Aritar
₹12,000per personabout ₹2,000 a day
Value
Gangtok6 nights · Reserved car
The Silk Route by homestay: Zuluk and Gnathang
Gangtok · Padamchen · Zuluk · Gnathang
₹24,500per personabout ₹3,500 a day
Value
Gangtok3 nights · Reserved car
Tsomgo Lake and Nathu La from Gangtok
Gangtok
₹12,000per personabout ₹3,000 a day
Places
Things to do
Culture and history · OvernightA night in the Gnathang valleyGnathang · ₹1,200–2,000 pp with dinner and breakfa…
Culture and history · 30–45 minutesThe old Baba Mandir bunker shrineGnathang · Free · offerings optional
Culture and history · 30–60 minutesThe 1888 memorials around GnathangGnathang · Free
Culture and history · 1–1.5 hours on footYak pastures and the village monasteryGnathang · Free · donation welcome
Viewpoints · 20–30 minutesElephant Lake from the road above KupupKupup · Included in your Silk Route car
Viewpoints · 15–20 minutesThe army's Yak Golf CourseKupup · Free to view from the road
Culture and history · 30 minutes, as part of the driveLooking up the old road to Jelep LaKupup · Free
Adventure · 2.5–3.5 hours to GangtokOver the top from Kupup to TsomgoKupup · Part of a ₹5,000–7,000 a day SUV
Viewpoints · 20–30 minutes at the topAt the fence on the India–China borderNathu La · Included in your car and permit