Stepwise Planning for a Trip to Sikkim

When you decide on a destination for your holiday, the next tough task is to make the most of every day as see as much as you can around the place. For that, what’s important is for you to set the plan for each day differently and choose one direction and explore it. If you have planned for a holiday in Sikkim this year, you certainly have a lot of homework to do before you depart. Sikkim is a huge place, and you are lucky if you have planned the trip with a travel agent and have taken a Sikkim tour package because they must have done all the tough tasks for you. However, if you are a traveller and have thought of doing everything by yourself, here is a step by step guide of how the trip should go:

• Plan your journey: first things first, book your tickets for Sikkim and know that you will either land at the Bagdogra airport if you have taken a flight or will reach NJP station if you have booked train tickets. That’s just your arrival place, your journey shifts to its second phase from here.

• Next destination: you need to decide if you wish to head straight to Gangtok or you have time and wish first to visit Darjeeling and then go all the way to Gangtok from there. Well, whatever you decide, you will get cabs from NJP, and you can leave for the journey.

• If in Darjeeling: make sure you wake up early and not miss the sunrise from the tiger hill because amidst the lush green environment and the beautiful mountains crowning the place, the Queen of hills welcomes the morning most beautifully.

• If in Gangtok: you can wake up and have a filling. Breakfast and head to local sightseeing and monasteries. After you return from there, you can head straight to Pelling.

• When in Pelling: you will witness the beauty of mountains and the how amazing an artist the creator of the universe can be. The place is a small village in the foothills that is a junction point to a lot of different trekking destinations. Also, this place is culturally very different as it has a mixture of Tibet, Bhutan and Nepal. 

Well, these are the two major routes that you can take and plan the trip to Sikkim, where you will visit places like Lachen and Lachung. But one thing that stays constant in all of these places is the warmth with which the local people and the monks shall greet you. They will tell you stories about their lives, local foods and many more. Also, the markets have some of the most pocket-friendly products to shop for. If you wish to take a token of the place back home, you can do that grom markets of either Darjeeling or Gangtok. The monasteries are not just places of spirituality but the architecture is one of the most beautiful artworks that you will find.