itinerary advice for sikkim/darjeeling tour

avanind

We are 7 guys planning to visit sikkim and darjeeling in first week of May for 8 days including journey.We want to make our visit more adventurous. We made a itinerary ,kindly give yor valuable advice so that we can cover more and more places and also looking for some adventours.

DAY-1 (05-05-07)

Reach to Bagdora by 15:30 PM, then move towards Gangtok and take halt at midway to Gangtok (may be at Siliguri)

DAY-2 (06-05-07)

Start travel by 5:00 AM then reach to Gangtok by 9:00 AM (4 hours), take breakfast and then move to Nathula Pass (54 KM) on the way cover Changu lake and Baba Mandir then return back to Gangtok by 5:00 PM

Night stay at Gangtok

DAY-3 (07-05-07)

Start travel by 5:00 AM then reach to Lachung (120 KM, 7-8 hours) by evening. On the way we can enjoy so many waterfalls at Mangan, Singik,Theng, Chungtang. Take lunch and then enjoy at Lachung local in evening.

Night Stay at Lachung.

DAY-4 (08-05-07)

Start travel by 5:00 AM then reach to Yumthang (25 KM, 2 hours ) , enjoy there and start journey towards Gangtok (145 KM) via lachung, chumthang.singhik,Mangan reach by 2:00 PM and take lunch then visit Gangtok local
Night Stay at Gangtok.

DAY-5 (09-05-07)
Start travel by 5:00 AM towards Peling (117 KM) via Rumtek and Ranka. Monastries. Take lunch and then visit nearby areas of Peling.
Night Stay At Peling

DAY-6 (10-05-07)
Take early morning view of Kacchenjanga and start travel toward Darjeeling and reach by there 9:00 AM. then enjoy ride on Toy Train(Start at 10:00 AM Darjeeling-ghum-Darjeeling , 2 hours) and then take lunch and enjoy evening at Darjeeling.
Night Stay At Darjeeling.

DAY-8 (11-05-07) Go to Tiger Hills in early morning and view kanchenjanga. and then start travel toward Bagdogra (Reach by 12:00 noon) and take flight to destination..

It is feasible???

SteamBuff

Hiya

Just my opinion -

Why break your journey on day 1 ... I would go all the way from Bagdogra to Gangtok in one go. (Siliguri is not half way) It will make Day 2 a lot easier and less tiring for you.

Day 6 - I doubt if you will get to Darjeeling on time for the 10am train.

Day 7 - Forget Tiger Hill ... You will see nothing new.

Fond of the early morning arn't you.

I think you are trying to do too much, but someone who knows Sikkim better might be able to give better alternatives.

avanind

we are reaching bagdogra airport by flight at 3.30-4pm evening . so can we go directly go to gangtok i.e. is night journey safe???

SteamBuff

No problems with that journey after dark, the local taxi/bus drivers know the road well.

jyotirmoy

I did a tour in line with yours & I had posted it in the Sikkim forum... might be of help to you

Sradha Sharma

I agree with SteamBuff, even if you leave for Gangtok directly from Bagdogra you should be in Gangtok by 9:00pm so why waste precious time in Siliguri

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clawhammer

In my opinion, while traveling to mountains, its best not to have a very tight schedule ... though the road conditions are comparatively very good in Sikkim (thanks to the army) ... it is best to have some extra days at hand.
Also thr r certain practical difficulites ... like the permits for Nahtula r issued only on certain days of the week n its takes at leat one day.
Starting every day @ 5am may not be feasible.
What I suggest is instead of covering many places in hurry, enjoy a few places well.
Like instead of visitng Nathula-Changu, you can visit Yumthang in a more relaxed way. In my personal experience Changu in Summer won't be that awesome.

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