Sikkim Delight Tour

Day wise Itinerary

• Day 1 : Arrive Bagdogra - Darjeeling (95 km / 3 hr)

  Arrive by Flight and after Traditional "Swagat" drive to Darjeeling , Queen of India's hill stations. Its setting is one of incomparable beauty. A Victorian town of old world charm 'discovered' by the British. It is surrounded by fragrant tea gardens which seem to flow over the layered slopes like emerald swells on a rough sea.
  Overnight Hotel - Darjeeling.

  • Themes : Hill Stations & Valleys
  • Meals & Drinks : Breakfast, Dinner

• Day 2 : Darjeeling Darjeeling Tea Gardens

  Today morning we visit Tiger Hill, famous for its magnificent view of Kanchenjunga, Mt. Everest & other eastern Himalayan peaks especially at the time of sunrise. On our way back we first visit Ghoom, as the name suggests it is gloomy & clammy with perpetual fog. A Tibetan village, one can hear the foghorn-like sounds of Buddhist monks blowing their giant Gyeling pipes from the rooftops of the nearby Yiga-Choling ' Yellow Hat' Buddhist Temple. Later we visit the two Buddhist monasteries Chholing & Darli.
  
  After some rest we take a ride of toy train of Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR), now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Also visit the Mountaineering Institute, created by the late Tenzing Norgay, the Sherpa who conquered Mt Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary. A display of equipment used on the climb is one of the highlights.. Next we visit the Tibet Handicraft Center & the beautiful Tea gardens. In the evening visit the Observatory Hill known locally as Makal-Babu-Ko-Thaan. According to legend, a Red Hat Buddhist Monastery called Dorje Ling, or 'place of the Thunderbolt', stood at this very spot. The Nepalese destroyed it in the 19th century, now the Shivas & Buddhists share the temple that stands there today.
  Overnight Hotel - Darjeeling.

  • Themes : Mountaineering
  • Meals & Drinks : Breakfast, Dinner

• Day 3 : Darjeeling - Pemayangtse (65 km - 4 hrs)

  Morning post breakfast drive to Pemayangtse. Pemayangtse plunges down into the hot, humid valley of the Teesta river where broad-leafed tropical plants thrive & then rises to a 2,085 m high ridge. Here in the 17th century, a Buddhist sage set up a hermitage which grew into Pemayangtse Monastery. Upon arrival assistance & check-in hotel.
  
  Later in the afternoon we will visit Pemayangtse monastery situated at a height of 6840 feet which is the second largest monastery in Sikkim. This ancient monastery belongs to Nyingma-pa sect & is the head of all other monasteries of this sect in Sikkim. Evening at leisure.
  Overnight Hotel- Pemayangtse.

  • Hotspots : Pemayangtse Monastery
  • Themes : Hill Stations & Valleys
  • Meals & Drinks : Breakfast, Dinner

• Day 4 : Pamayangtse - Gangtok (95 km - 03 hr)

  Today we drive to Gangtok, a fairytale capital in the clouds, balances precariously on Steep Mountain slopes, Surrounded by lush rice terraces, swifts flowing rivers & distant snow views. It is situated in the lower Himalayas & was a small hamlet until the construction of the Enchey Monastery in 1840 made it a pilgrimage center. It became a major stopover between Tibet & British India at the end of the 19th century. It is also a center of Tibetan Buddhist culture & learning with numerous monasteries & religious educational.
  Later in the evening visit to Enchey Monastery, built in 1909, & is home to about 100 Nyingmapa monks.
  Overnight Hotel - Gangtok.

  • Hotspots : Enchey Monastery
  • Meals & Drinks : Breakfast, Dinner

• Day 5 : Gangtok

  Today we visit Do Drul Chorten, are two exquisite Stupas, the Dul-dul-Chorten, was built to commemorate the victory of good over evil. The Jhang Club Chorten wasbuilt to perpetuate the memory of a great spiritualist of today. Thrul-Shik Rinpoche an ardent devotee of Buddha & one of his best interpreters died in 1962, the stupa immortalizes Rinpoche in the land of his birth. Next we visit Rumtek Monastery, meandering roads through emerald green rice terraces, lays Rumtek, the main monastery of Kagyud or 'Black Hat' sect of Tibetan Buddhism. Built in 1959 by His Holiness the 16th Reincarnated Gyalwa Karmapa, it is a replica of Tsurphu Monastery from the Kham region of Tibet.
  
  Later we visit Himalayan Zoological Park also known as Bulbuley. It has paved cement path that passes by fenced open air enclosure housing the Red Pandas, barking deer & bears in a semi natural habitat. Next Government Institute of Cottage Industries (GICI), which produces crafts in authentic Sikkimese designs. Hand woven Tibetan carpets sprout dragons in natural dyes, Sikkimese-style tables called Choktse are expertly carved & colored in red & gold. Also explore Lal bazaar, melody of color. Various ethnic groups from different villages gather to haggle, bargain, gossip their wares.
  Overnight Hotel - Gangtok.

  • Hotspots : Rumtek Monastery
  • Meals & Drinks : Breakfast, Dinner

• Day 6 : Gangtok - Kalimpong (80 km - 03 hr)

  Today we drive to Kalimpong, an incredible stunning backdrop of towering snow capped peaks. This exotic town of beautiful people, mystical & enchanting, with a rare ethnic blend of hill people. It also houses several Buddhist monasteries which hold a number of rare Tibetan Buddhist scriptures. It was ruled by Bhutan for 155 years & was annexed by the British only in 1865, after which it flourished as a center of wool trade with Tibet. Here Buddhism rubs shoulders with Hinduism & Christianity. Gumpas, unusual churches, temples & missionaries coexist in a jovial society.
  Overnight Hotel - Kalimpong.

  • Meals & Drinks : Breakfast, Dinner

• Day 7 : Kalimpong

  Today we drive to Kalimpong, an incredible stunning backdrop of towering snow capped peaks. This exotic town of beautiful people, mystical & enchanting, with a rare ethnic blend of hill people. It also houses several Buddhist monasteries which hold a number of rare Tibetan Buddhist scriptures. It was ruled by Bhutan for 155 years & was annexed by the British only in 1865, after which it flourished as a center of wool trade with Tibet. Here Buddhism rubs shoulders with Hinduism & Christianity. Gumpas, unusual churches, temples & missionaries coexist in a jovial society.
  Overnight Hotel - Kalimpong.

  • Meals & Drinks : Breakfast, Dinner

• Day 8 : Kalimpong - Bagdogara (75 km - 02 hr)

  Today we drive to Bagdogra to take a fight for onward Journey.

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