4N / 5D
Sikkim
Lachung & Yumthang Valley
The Valley of Flowers
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Why Lachung & Yumthang Valley?
Lachung is a 2,400m Bhutia village in North Sikkim. From it you drive each morning into Yumthang, the Valley of Flowers, where twenty-four species of rhododendron bloom in April-May, where hot sulphur springs bubble by the Teesta river, and where Zero Point at 4,800m marks the last stretch of civilian road before the Tibet border. An utterly different Sikkim from Gangtok.
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Stories from Lachung & Yumthang Valley
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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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