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Sikkim
Maenam Hill Trek
The Summit of South Sikkim
Ground notes
Why Maenam Hill Trek?
Maenam Hill (3,235m) is the highest point of South Sikkim — a protected wildlife sanctuary above Ravangla with one of the most varied altitude gradients in the region. The half-day trek climbs through dense subtropical forest that gives way to rhododendron and magnolia, then opens onto a bare summit ridge where Kanchenjunga, Pandim and the Kabru massif appear above a sea of cloud. Red pandas have been sighted here. The Maenam Monastery at the top is centuries old and often empty.
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Maenam Hill Trek in frames.
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Stories from Maenam Hill Trek
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