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Sikkim
Gangtok
The Cloud Capital
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Why Gangtok?
Gangtok sits at 1,650m on a ridge that bends around the Ranipool valley. Former capital of the Kingdom of Sikkim, it is now a remarkably clean, well-planned Himalayan city where litter is fined and smoking on MG Marg is forbidden. Use it as a base for Tsomgo Lake, Baba Mandir, Rumtek Monastery and some of the best coffee houses east of Darjeeling.
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Gangtok in frames.
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Stories from Gangtok
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How to Prepare for the Goechala Trek
Eleven days, 4,940m, the east face of Kanchenjunga. Here is how to train — and why it matters.
Tshering Bhutia11 min read
Gangtok for First-Timers — a Walking Guide
A clean, cable-car Himalayan city. Here is a morning, an afternoon and an evening that you will remember.
Sonam Lepcha6 min read
Why North Sikkim Deserves Five Days, Not Two
The whirlwind two-day Lachung–Yumthang trip sold you a lie. Here is how to do North Sikkim at the pace it was built for.
Karma Bhutia8 min read
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