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ITINERARY: |
Day-01: Arrive Delhi
Arrive Delhi. Meet, assistance on arrival and transfer
to hotel. Overnight hotel. |
Day-02: Delhi - Bagdogra
-Darjeeling
Transfer to domestic airport to
board flight for Bagdogra. Meet at airport and transfer to Darjeeling - 04 Hrs.
drive. On arrival check in hotel. Overnight hotel. |
Day-03:
Darjeeling
Morning halfday
city tour of Darjeeling visiting Himalayan Mountaineering institute, Himalayan
Zoo, Tibetian refugee centre and Tea gardens. Overnight hotel. |
Day-04:
Darjeeling - Yaksum - 08 hrs Drive.
Depart
for Yaksum - 1770 Mts. In Yaksum who wish could walk up Dubdee monastery above
the village. In autum the magenta orchid pleione praecox can Br seen in flowers
on the trees around the monastery. Overnight in camp. |
Day-05:
Yaksum - Tsoka - 3050
Mts. - 07 hrs Walk
On the first day we walk
along the valley side crossing several small rivers over bridges In the autum
maples make a fine display of colour across the river. After crossing the Prek
Chu, we climb steeply to reach the village of Bakhim - 2790 mts, from where there
is a fine view looking back down the valley with ridge upon ridge of forested
hills disappearing into the haze. A further climb of one hour brings us up to
the fairly new Tibetan village of Tsoka. Overnight in camp. |
Day-06: Tsoka - Dzongri
- 4030 Mts. - 05 hrs Walk
We climb through
thick forest of rhododendron and fir, festoonned with lichin and moss, which gives
it a truly magical air. At Phedang there is a large grassy clearing surrounded
by rhododendrons and clematis Montana climbing everywhere. A steep climb from
Phedang brings us out of the forest at a vintage point where we get our first
really good views of the main peaks of the Kanchenjanga range. From here the trail
is quite easy continuing through shrub rhododendrons to Dzongri. Overnight in
camp. |
Day-07: Dzongri
- Thangshing - 3930 Mts. - 05 hrs walk.
After breakfast we set of climbing steadily to another
ridge 4250 Mts. passing herds of Yak among scrub juniper and rhododendrons, which
are mixed and burnt as incense by the local Buddishts. The trail then drops down
through seas of rhododendrons. After a steep descent we cross the Prek Chu again
in to the mixed forest and climb to our camp site at Thangshing. Overnight in
camp. |
Day
08 : Thangshing - Lam Pokhri - Thangshing - 05 hrs walk
We have a rest day in Thangshing and the more energetic
can take a long day walk to Lam Pokhri Lake - 4420 Mts. This will help acclimatization
considerably. Overnight in camp. |
Day
09 : Thangshing - Lumbini - 02 hrs walk.
Follow an easy trail up the valley through low scrub, with
Thangshing peak, Khang and Pandim to the right, and Kanchenjanga and Gocha peak
ahead. Afternoon we will take an acclimts to walk up to samiti lake. Back to Lumbini
for night. Overnight in camp. |
Day
10 : Lumbini - Gocha - La - 4750 Mts. - Lumbini - 08 hrs
walk
A free day to explore the region; most
people will probably want to climb to the Gocha-La pass quite a tough walk which
is well rewarded by some of the finest views of the Kanchenjanga range; those
who do not want to go all the way to the pass can go as far as they want and then
return to the camp. Overnight in camp. |
Day
11 : Samati - Thangshing
After
a free morning for further exploration, we walk back to Thangshing, an easy day
which provides a buffer in case of bad weather. Overnight in camp. |
Day
12 : Thangshing - Tsoka - 07 hrs walks.
We
return to Tsoka by a lower path avoiding Dzongri. Overnight in camp. |
Day
13 : Tsoka - Yaksum - 05 hrs walks.
We
walk back to Yaksum following roughly the same route as on the way up. Overnight
in camp. |
Day
14 : Yaksum - Gangtok - 07 hrs drive.
Breakfast
in camp. Depart for Gangtok. Overnight hotel. |
Day-15:
Gangtok - Rumtek Monastery - Kalimpong.
Breakfast
at hotel. Depart for Kalimpong via Rumtek. Overnight hotel. |
Day-16:
Kalimpong - Baghdogra - Delhi.
We
drive down from Kalimpong to Baghdogra, an then fly to Delhi. Meet on arrival.
Farewell dinner in Delhi. Transfer to airport for return flight. |
