Best Traditional Indian Sikkim Gangtok Darjeeling Toy Train UNESCO 1999 Kangchenjunga 8586 m Pelling Tsomgo Lake and Sikkim Deep Heritage Tour Destinations
Browse more guides: India travel | Asia destinations Best Traditional Indian Sikkim Gangtok Darjeeling Toy Train UNESCO 1999 Kangchenjunga 8586 m Pelling Tsomgo Lake and Sikkim Deep Heritage Tour Destinations TL;DR The eastern Himalayan corner that holds Sikkim and Darjeeling is one of the most layered short-range trips in India. In the space of a week you can wake up in a Karma Kagyu monastery courtyard outside Gangtok, drink first-flush tea on a colonial veranda in Darjeeling, ride a coal-fired toy train that has been running since 1881, and stand at a frozen pass on the Chinese border at 4,310 m. Anchor stops are Gangtok and Rumtek , Pelling and the Khangchendzonga UNESCO 2016 zone , North Sikkim with Lachung, Yumthang and Gurudongmar , Darjeeling with the Toy Train and Tiger Hill , and Sandakphu in Singalila plus Kalimpong . Plan a 8-10 day Sikkim Darjeeling trip. This is the part of India where Buddhist Bhutia-Lepcha culture, British hill-station nostalgia and a third-high...