Darjeeling Gangtok

Tripoto
19th Dec 2020

Himalayas

Photo of Darjeeling Gangtok by Rajganesh
Day 1

Reached a calm and less crowded Bagdogra international airport in the noon, also it is operated as civil enclave by Indian Air-force.

Reached hotel and spent the evening in the Hong Kong market to purchase cold wearings.

Honk Kong Market

Photo of Siliguri, West Bengal, India by Rajganesh
Day 2

Started Travelling towards beautiful Darjeeling.

Visited several viewpoints on the way .

Photo of Mirik, West Bengal, India by Rajganesh

I Love Mirik

Photo of Mirik, West Bengal, India by Rajganesh

Mirik Lake

Photo of Mirik Lake, Mirik, West Bengal by Rajganesh

To Experience the floral aroma and richness of Darjeeling Tea, we went to a tea estate. As we know Darjeeling tea is world's one of finest.

Photo of Gopaldhara Tea Estate, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India by Rajganesh

Its India Nepal Border and we are at Simana view point, which is magnificent and very cold compared to last places. At an altitude of 7500Ft. We have only couple of shops here to eat. Thankfully we got some hot Bread omelettes, Noodles, Chow-mein, Momo.

Magnificent Simana View

Photo of Simana View Point, Simana Basti, Nepal by Rajganesh

Sunset reflection at Kanchenjunga

Photo of Simana View Point, Simana Basti, Nepal by Rajganesh

End of the day we reached mall road, In this particular area we cant drive so we walked to reached hotel.

Darjeeling Mall Market

Photo of Darjeeling Mall by Rajganesh
Day 3

Kanchenjunga at Tiger Hill

Photo of Tiger Hill, West Bengal by Rajganesh

Sun raise at Tiger Hill

Photo of Tiger Hill, West Bengal by Rajganesh
Day 4

Started our Journey to reach Gangtok (Sikkim)

Lamahatta Eco Park

Photo of Lamahatta Eco Park, Tukdah, West Bengal, India by Rajganesh

We Reached Gangtok in the evening , Sikkim was very beautiful , there should be no horn unless its absolutely necessary. Its very pleasant to walk in noiseless roads of Gangtok.

We didn't observe any waste dump in the city, its pretty clean.

Day 5

On the next Day we visited Tashi View point, Ganesh Tok, Hanuman Tok

Hanuman Tok

Photo of Hanuman Tok, Gangtok, Sikkim, India by Rajganesh

Water Falls

Photo of Hanuman Tok, Gangtok, Sikkim, India by Rajganesh
Day 3
Photo of Rock Garden, Darjeeling, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India by Rajganesh

Batasia loop

Photo of Batasia Loop, West Point, Darjeeling, West Bengal by Rajganesh

Darjeeling zoo, Red Panda is famous here

Photo of Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park, Darjeeling - Jorethang Road, near Birch Hill Resort, Jawahar Parbat, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India by Rajganesh

Peace Pagoda

Photo of Peace Pagoda, Darjeeling, West Point, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India by Rajganesh

Glenary's Bakery

Photo of Glenary's— Bakery, Resturant & Pub, Chauk Bazaar, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India by Rajganesh
Day 4

Triveni Beauty Spot

Photo of Triveni Beauty Spot, Melli-Nayabazar Road, Teesta Valley Forest, West Bengal, India by Rajganesh

Teesta River

Photo of Teesta River, Sikkim by Rajganesh

Teesta

Photo of Teesta River, Sikkim by Rajganesh

MG Marg

Photo of MG Marg, Vishal Gaon, Gangtok, Sikkim, India by Rajganesh
Day 5

We spent sometime in shopping in MG Marg and Lal Marg. Actually Lal Marg is little cheap cost compared to shops in MG Marg. Both are nearby each-other.

Day 6

Next Day we started towards Zuluk, We have take permit for our vehicles as well as we have to register ourselves in sikkim tourism gov website and get the tourist Id.

Finding Lost people: On the way we visited Aritar Lake, From the Aritar Lake we can go to Rhenock Gumpa / Mankhim Monastery by walk. We split in to two groups one is walking and other is reaching monastery by vehicle.

One group is reached Rhenock Monastery by vehicle. Other group is scattered and didn't reach Rhenock there is no straight way in that trekking path. so we tried to communicate through phone unfortunately we have very poor call quality.

Challenge is to find every one before it gets dark. Fortunatly with the help of live location we gathered with in two hour at Rhenock Monastery :)

Happy ending but due to delay we have to stay Phadamchen. Here there is no power at hotel . We enjoyed candle light dinner.

Photo of Rhenock Gumpa, Monastery, Mankhim Road, Aritar, Sikkim, India by Rajganesh
Photo of Phadamchen, Sikkim, India by Rajganesh
Day 7

Day 7 is most exiting day , Snow Day. We vistited tambi view point, Harbajan singh Baba mandir, Changu Frozen Lake.

Photo of Thambi View Point, Sikkim, India by Rajganesh
Photo of Thambi View Point, Sikkim, India by Rajganesh

Also we seen old Harbhajan Baba Mandir, New Harbhajan Baba Mandir and Rope car which costs around 350 per head

Photo of Baba Harbhajan Singh Temple, East Sikkim, Sikkim, India by Rajganesh

We reached Kalimpong for night stay which is a Christmas night and parties were around

Day 8

Kalimpong to Bagdogra its a 3 hour travel, We reached the airport on time and that's the end the story :)

Day 1

Had some iconic street food outside of Hong-kong Market. Chow-mein, Rolls, Momos of both veg &non Veg flavors.

Photo of Hongkong Market, Chauk Bazaar, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India by Rajganesh

Chicken Roll

Photo of Hongkong Market, Chauk Bazaar, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India by Rajganesh

Momo

Photo of Hongkong Market, Chauk Bazaar, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India by Rajganesh

Veg Roll

Photo of Hongkong Market, Chauk Bazaar, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India by Rajganesh

Chow-mein

Photo of Hongkong Market, Chauk Bazaar, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India by Rajganesh