Sikkim Yak TrekDuration
: 18 Days
Destinations : Europe - Calcutta - Bagdogra -
Darjeeling - Pemayangste - Tsokha - Dzongri - Thangsing - Simiti - Goecha La
- Thangsing - Dorgi - Tsokha - Bakhim - Yuksum - Pemayangste - Bagdogra -
Calcutta - Europe
Day
01: Europe - Calcutta
Day 02: CalcuttaArrive Calcutta and transfer to
hotel.Room on immediate occupancy. PM city sight seeing- Botanical gardens-
India's oldest spread over 270 acres and containing over 30,000 varieties of
plants and trees.Its one of the major attractions Devotees continue to flock
to see the temples of shiva,kali,radha and krishna.It is here that Swami
Ramakrishna Parmahansa received his spiritual vision,his room is now a
museum.dinner and overnight at hotel.
Day 03: Calcutta -
Bagdogra - Darjeeling Transfer to airport for flight to Bagdogra
.Arrive Baghdogra and further drive to Darjeeling and transfer to hotel.
Day 04: DarjeelingFull day sight seeing -it has been a
very popular hill station since British established it as a rest and
recreation centre. Zoological park,botonical gardens,himalayan
mountaineering institute, the only one of its kind to train mountaineers,are
the main attractions in Darjeeling.Visit tiger hill for sun rise which has
the most beautiful view of sunset.pm visit ghoom monastery - it is probably
the most famous monastery. it enshrines an image of the maitreya Buddha (the
coming Buddha).dinner and overnight at hotel.
Day 05:
Darjeeling - Pemayangste Leave by surface to Pemayangste.it is one
of the state's oldest and most important monasteries.it was founded in 1705
but was badly damaged in earth quake of 1913 and 1960.It has been
reconstructed several times and belong to tantric nyingma-pa sect which was
established by the Indian teacher in the 8th century.the monastery is a
three stored structure filled with wall paintings and sculptures including
zandog-palri,a seven tired painted wooden model of the abode of guru
rimpoche,complete with rainbows,angels and a whole panoply of Buddha and
bodhisattvas on the third floor.dinner and overnight at hotel.
Day 06: Pemayangste We star our trek to Yuksum.We climb to a
height of aprox 1800 Mts from sea level. A eight hour of walking journey to
reach Yuksum walking through some good majestic views.Over night in tents.
Day 07: Pemayangste - Tsokha Early morning we start
our trek and climb upto a height of aprox 3000 mts.Area is covered by many
orchards and forests with lush green vegetation .In Tsokha there is a small
Tibetan village.The last point of habitants in this area.
Day
08: Tsokha - DzongriTrek to Dzongri. This day we hike to aprox 4000
mts height. The walk is through the Rhodendron forest. Deorali is the
highest peak on this journey. Here we will see the majestic view of Pandim
peak and on the left we have the great canyon of Goecha La. Over night in
tents.
Day 09: Dzongri - Thangsing
Trek to
Thangsing. A little climb we will be able to have an optimum view of the
Kanchanjunga peak.We walk over further to reach the prek-chur river a
gushing river from the mountains and end the walk at Rhododendron forest
reach Thanging at a elevation of 3.930 mts above sea level..
Day
10: Thangsing - SimitiTrek to Simiti. A small walk up the mountains
takes us to the higher mountains.The world of solid rock.For reaching the
Pandim peak there is a walk till Alm huts of Ouglathang. Here the only
civilizations is of hard rock mountains and icy glaciers.Over night back in
camp.
Day 11: SimitiSimiti is at a height of 4000
mts and 7 hours of walk will take us to Simiti lake a small and a beautiful
lake by itself. Further it gives us a change to rock climb some of the
nearest small peaks.
Day 12: Simiti - Goecha La - ThangsingTrek
to Goecha La - Thangsing. Today we reach the height place of the trek. 4940
Mts.The whole journey is done by the side and along the Morane Oblanthong
Glacier.Here we see some of the marvelous pictures sight of the Himalayan
ranges. The journey back takes about 10 hours.Over night in tents.
Day 13: Thangsing - Dzongri - DorgiTrek back to Dzongri.
We back trek the route over the glacier. Reach Dorgi and over night in
tents.
Day 14: Dorgi - Tsokha - Bakhim - YuksumTrek to
Tsokha and Bakhim and end at Yuksum. We have 5 - 6 hours of trek for Tsokha
and further after the walk we camp at Bakhim
Day 15: Yuksum
We walk back to Yuksum a walk of about 7 hours. Over night at
Tents. With some great memories of the last few days of trek.As the
programme of trekking is coming to end. One can capture few good moments on
camera or in their minds.The route has some charms to look at regional
beauty of the marvelous country and its history and civilization and
culture.
Day 16: Yuksum to PemayangsteThe final day of
the treking.We trek back to starting point for about 8 hours to reach
Yuksum. Later transfer to Pemyangaste. Over night at Hotel.
Day
17: Pemayangste to Bagdogra - CalcuttaEarly morning transfer to
Bagdogra airport for flight to Calcutta. Arrive Calcutta and transfer to
Hotel over night.
Day 18: Transfer to International Airport for
flight back to Europe Click
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