Our Journey begins - Fly to Sikkim

• You can choose to travel from any of the airports in Coimbatore, Chennai, Bangalore or Madurai.

• Let us know your preference and we will suggest the flights so that you can travel with the other participants.

• More details of the flight and timings are provided in the General Info section of this page below.

• We will land in Pakyong Airport Sikkim (Airport Code: PYG) by 10:45am.

• By afternoon we will arrive at Gangtok, and next two days is going to be time for fun, food and party. We will be staying at a premium backpackers hostel, carefully picked by CAC. You will love the stay here. You must experience the glass roof top dorms in this hostel. Don't worry about cleanliness, this could be the cleanest hostel you have ever been to.

• After a short rest, we will go for a Gangtok local sightseeing.

• The backpackers hostel hosts will guide us to the best exotic eateries of Gangtok. This city is known for some of the unique gastronomical experiences.

Stay: Backpackers Hostel | Meals: None | Travel time: 1 hour by road

Drive to the Nathu La and Tsomgo Lake

• After breakfast, drive towards the high-altitude mountains, to Nathula pass. The pass connects the Indian territory of Sikkim with an autonomous region in China. Since atop the mountain place, you are required to climb a few steps. This pass is also an offshoot of the ancient Silk route.

• While on the way back, we will stop at Tsomgo Lake. The following best describes the beauty of this place - glacier lake, snow capped mountains, Colorfully decorated Yaks, Peaceful serene crystal clear water, delicious food all at one place 

• Once back in Gangtok, we will go for a cable car ride on top of the buzzling gangtok city.

Stay: Backpackers Hostel  | Meals: Breakfast | Travel time: 5 hours

Off to Dzongu, Sikkim

• This day, we will proceed to Dzongu in Sikkim - a hamlet which completely isolates you from the world. 

• At Dzongu, experience life at its most natural. It wouldn’t be exaggerating if we called Dzongu as Sikkim’s best-kept secret.

• Untrammelled by tourists, who skip it for the popular places like Lachen-Lachung, Dzongu is not your typical hill resort where you hire an overpriced taxi, visit the mandatory spots in a rush, eat pastries and act touristy while sharing countless on-the-go Instagram stories. It’s an undisturbed land where you’d appreciate nature at its purest and nurture lifetime bonds with the simple, warm and hospitable Lepchas—the original inhabitants of Sikkim.

• We will be staying at a charming little wooden homestays of the Lephas, who believe that a life spent being true to nature would bless them with a rewarding afterlife.

• This is a place for those who truly love nature. Its inhabitants depend entirely on nature for their livelihood.

• Leading a self-sustained life, they grow their vegetables and crops with organic manure, in their backyard. As we being their guests, we will be served the purest food we have ever tasted.

• You will surely fall in love with Dzongu - the genuinely pristine nature, the people, the food, altogether it feels like you are in a different country.

• Anyone visiting the Dzongu Reserve must get an inland permit before entering. Like a visa to enter a restricted place within our country. But don't worry, we have taken care of the permits.

• We will reach Dzongu for lunch, and after Lunch, we will be going for a short hike, to the banks of the Teesta river.

Stay: Homestay at Dzongu | Meals: B, D | Travel time: 3 hours

Leisure Trek at Dzongu

• There's enough that can be done at Dzongu. We will begin the day with a nature walk, visit the local school, converse with the kids, cross some of the scariest bridges you have ever set foot on, visit a Monastery and few chortens, feel the lazy vibe of the village and the silence, before we head back to the homestay for Lunch.

• When you are back in the homestay, you must try some of the exotic food, which are really unique to this part of the country, unavailable elsewhere.

• Try the chaang, a local beer made from fermented millet and different varieties of local fruit and herb wines – mulberry, rasberry, plum etc

• Your time at Dzongu will be filled with warm affection by the Lepchas. They are proud but shy, steely but gentle, hard working but relaxed. When you depart, its going to be best check-out experience, something so genuine that you will never get even in a highest possible star hotel.

• After lunch, we will begin our journey back to the capital city of Sikkim, Gangtok.

• The journey back to Gangtok is so picturesque. We will cross numerous rivers, bridges and reservoirs, each one make us stop for a picture.

• On reaching Gangtok, time for shopping at the MG road, try some of the best cusines around Sikkim, and enjoy the night life of this region.

Stay:  Backpackers Hostel | Meals: B, L | Travel time: 3 hours

Last day of the trip

• It finally comes to an end and you would have realized your new found affection - the Northeast. It will be really hard to depart, but we are sure you will be taking the pleasant memories of Northeast and will decide to return sometime during the later part of your life.

• By 8am we will start to Pakyong Airport Sikkim.

• The flight from Pakyong Airport towards Delhi is at 11:15am.

• Reach Delhi at 2:35pm. Take any flights after 6pm to Coimbatore / Chennai / Bangalore / Madurai.

Meals: None  | Travel time: 1 hour by road