Facts About Sikkim Kanchenjunga Trekking

Grade

Easy

Max Size

2-12

Transportation

Flight / Private Bus

Accomodation

Hotel / Lodge

Major Activity

Trekking

Himalayan Sights

Kanchanjanga

Starts/Ends

Kathmandu

Duration:

15 Days

Trip Overview

Sikkim Kanchenjunga trek is a high elevation trek with the trail heading through basically apline vegetation comprising of wonderful snowcapped blooms and plants of medicinal quality.

Sikkim is the beautiful city located in the eastern Himalaya of India between Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet. Sikkim Kanchenjunga trekking is undoubtedly the most popular trek in Sikkim which offers superb mountain views and pristine forests with full of beautiful flowers.

The trails passes through beautiful forest without any villages, lodges but we can start our own camping. Sikkim Kanchenjunga trek requires special trekking permit and passes through the Kanchendzonga Bio-Sphere Reserve. This trek offers very close and majestic views of Mt. Kanchenjunga, Mt. Spinach, and Mt. Simon, Tent Peak, Nepal peak, the Shorten Mina Range and several others.

Itinerary

Day 01:Bagdogra /Bhadrapur (Nepal) / Darjeeling.

Day 02:Sightseeing in Darjeeling

Day 03:Darjeeling to Yuksom (Sikkim)

Day 04:Trek Begins from Yuksom

Day 05:Trek Tshoka to Dzongri

Day 06:Acclimatization

Day 07:Dzongri to Thangsing

Day 08:Trek- Thangsing to Samiti

Day 09:Trek-Samiti to Goechala

Day 10:Samiti to Thangsing.

Day 11:Thangsing to Tshoka

Day 12:Tshoka to Yuksom (5hrs)

Day 13:Yuksom to Pemayangtse

Day 14:Gangtok Cherry City Tour

Day 15:Return drive to Bhadrapur for flight to onward journey.

Cost Includes

All airport/hotel transfers
All accommodation and meals during the tour
Domestic flights (Kathmandu-Bhadrapur-Kathmandu)
A comprehensive medical kit
All government and local taxes

Cost Excludes

Nepal Visa fee (bring accurate USD cash and two passport photographs)
Airport departure tax (Rs. 170 per person)
International airfare to and from Kathmandu
Excess baggage charges
Extra night accommodation in Sikkim and Kathmandu
Travel and rescue insurance
Personal expenses (phone calls, laundry, bar bills, battery recharge, extra porters, bottle or boiled water, shower etc.)
Tips for guides