Itinerary
Day 1: Fly to Bagdogra Airport from Delhi or Kolkata and Bhadrapur Airport from Kathmandu. After arrival to Bagdogra Airport or Bhadrapur Airport, drive to Gangtok Check in hotel at Gangtok. Leisure overnight.
Day 2: Today enjoy an Sikkimese breakfast and transfer for the city tour. Visit the world famous Rumtek Monastery. Then in the evening briefing for the tour to Lachen.
Day 3: After breakfast departure for Lachen Village, via Phodong, enroute Kabi and other Sikkimese Villages. The Lunch for the day will be served on the way. Reach Lachen after 6 hours drive. Overnight halt at Green Lake Lodge, our own company’s property at Lachen. In Lachen only the basic facilities are available here. There is no electricity. It will be a Village stay, but the nature vistas compensate all those facilities.
Day 4: Acclimatization hike at Lachen to Lamo-ang-dang and back to Lachen. Lamo-ang-dang is the New trekking route in North Sikkim and it is opening by 2007 it was a great pleasure for Company that this new trek route was reeked by our Director Operation Mr. D. Lachenpa with the Government officials of Tourism Department,Govt. of Sikkim.
Day 5: Today Hike from Lachen to Zema Chu. (Chu means River) Zema is at an altitude of 2728m and is 6 KM from Lachen. Overnight in Tents at Zema
Day 6: Today After breakfast the trek starts from Zema to Tallem altitude (3468m). 5-6 hours walk along the Zemu River towards west. The going in this section is usually slow as the path travels through water logged Rhododendron thickets and fallen tree trunks. Lunch at Tallem and in the afternoon free for excursion in the area. Overnight at Camp.
Day 7: Tallem to Jakthang (3176m) 4-5 hours walk. Trek from Tallem to Jakthang. This route is a walk in the paradise passing through at least twenty different kinds of Rhododendron varying in colours from white to the deepest red and in height from trees of 6m to scrubs of not more than a foot. Lunch at Camp.
Day 8: Jakthang to Yabuk (3978m) 4- 5 hours walk. The path to Yabuk climbs through the forest and after about three hours of steady walking you reach the snout of the Zemu glacier. Lunch at Camp. In the afternoon free for excursion in the area.
Day 9: Yabuk to Rest Camp (4570m) 5 Hours Walk. The path from Yabuk to Rest Camp follows the Zemu Glacier; the path is mainly over boulders. As the trail opens into the valley the great peaks come into view. The Rest Camp is situated just opposite Mt Siniolchu which is one of the most beautiful and graceful peaks in Sikkim.
Day 10: Rest Camp to Green Lake (5050m) 4-5 Hours walk.The trail from Rest Camp gently climbs up the valley. On a clear day this is one of the most beautiful walks in the Himalaya. Mt Siniolchu, Simvo, Twin Peaks, Nepal Peak and The Khangchendzonga are some of the giants that dominate the horizon. The Camp at Green Lake Plain.
Day 11: Rest Day for sight seeing at Green Lake. Spend the day lazing in the sun watching the panoramic view of the Great Mountains of Sikkim. Climb for about an hour or so to the hill behind the Green Lake one will come to a high point where you will get the grandest view of the Mt Khangchendzonga divide and the distant Mt Chomolhari in Bhutan.
