Pelling, Yuksom & South Sikkim · way to travel
Family trips in West & South Sikkim
Routes with drives under four hours, homestays with family rooms, the toy train, the zoo and the ropeway in Darjeeling, boating at Mirik and jeep safaris in the Dooars.
Trips
Comfort
West & South Sikkim8 nights · Reserved car
Grand West and South Sikkim loop
Ravangla · Pelling · Yuksom · Rinchenpong
₹45,000per personabout ₹5,000 a day
Comfort
West & South Sikkim5 nights · Reserved car
Buddha, Guru and tea in South Sikkim
Ravangla · Temi · Namchi
₹27,000per personabout ₹4,500 a day
Places
Things to do
Viewpoints · 1 hourKanchenjunga sunrise from a Hee Bermiok farmHee Bermiok · Free
Food · 2 hoursOrganic farm walk among cardamom and alderHee Bermiok · Free with homestay · tip ₹200–300
Culture and history · 2–3 hoursLimboo kitchen evening and tongba by the fireHee Bermiok · Included with homestay dinner
Viewpoints · 1 hourStargazing over the Kanchenjunga ridgesHee Bermiok · Free
Viewpoints · 1 hourKanchenjunga dawn from KalukKaluk · Free
Food · 2 hoursWinter walk through Kaluk's orange orchardsKaluk · Free · fruit bought from farmers
Culture and history · 1 hourKaluk's Lepcha heritage houseKaluk · Small fee or donation (check locally)
Treks and walks · Half day, 3–4 hours with stopsVillage trail from Kaluk up to RinchenpongKaluk · Free · donation at the monastery
Monasteries · 1.5–2 hoursSamdruptse and the Guru Rinpoche statueNamchi · Entry roughly ₹50–100 pp; check
Viewpoints · 1 hourKanchenjunga dawn from KalukKaluk · Free
Food · 2 hoursWinter walk through Kaluk's orange orchardsKaluk · Free · fruit bought from farmers
Culture and history · 1 hourKaluk's Lepcha heritage houseKaluk · Small fee or donation (check locally)
Treks and walks · Half day, 3–4 hours with stopsVillage trail from Kaluk up to RinchenpongKaluk · Free · donation at the monastery
Monasteries · 1.5–2 hoursSamdruptse and the Guru Rinpoche statueNamchi · Entry roughly ₹50–100 pp; check