Day 1 - Bagdogra → Gangtok
📍 Approx. 125 km | 4-5 hrs
Your Tripjyada representative meets you at Bagdogra Airport or NJP Railway Station and your Himalayan story begins. The drive to Gangtok follows the sparkling Teesta River through winding mountain roads and lush green valleys — a beautiful introduction to what lies ahead. Arrive in Gangtok, check in, and spend the evening exploring MG Marg — Gangtok’s beloved car-free promenade. Grab a coffee, spin a prayer wheel, and soak in the mountain energy.
🏨 Overnight: Gangtok | Meals: Dinner
Day 2 -Gangtok → Tsomgo Lake → Baba Mandir (Optional: Nathu La)
📍 Approx. 55 km one way | 12,310 ft
Drive up into thin, cold air to the sacred Tsomgo (Changu) Lake — a stunning glacial lake at 12,310 ft that shimmers in different colours across different seasons. Sacred to the local Sikkimese community, the stillness around this lake is unlike anything you have experienced before. Continue to the legendary Baba Harbhajan Singh Mandir — a high-altitude shrine where soldiers and pilgrims seek blessings with equal devotion. Those wanting more can add the optional Nathu La Pass at 14,140 ft on the historic Indo-China border (permit required, additional cost). Return to Gangtok by evening.
🏨 Overnight: Gangtok | Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Day 3 - Gangtok → Pelling (Optional: Via Namchi & Ravangla)
📍 Direct: Approx. 115 km | 4 hrs | Via Namchi & Ravangla: Approx. 150 km | 5-6 hrs
Today the tour moves west into the quieter, more spiritual side of Sikkim. The direct route to Pelling is scenic and comfortable. For those who want more, the optional route via Namchi — home to the world’s largest Shiva statue at Char Dham — and Ravangla with its magnificent Buddha Park adds two extraordinary stops and turns the drive into a full cultural experience. Either way, arrive in Pelling at 7,200 ft with the evening view of Mt. Kanchenjunga filling the horizon ahead of you.
🏨 Overnight: Pelling | Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Day 4 - Pelling Full-Day Sightseeing (with Skywalk)
📍 Full day
Pelling earns its own full day — and uses every minute of it. Begin at the ancient Pemayangtse Monastery — one of Sikkim’s oldest and most important monasteries, dating back to the 17th century, with extraordinary murals and a commanding hilltop position. Continue to the atmospheric Rabdentse Ruins — the crumbling remains of Sikkim’s ancient capital, now a hauntingly beautiful heritage site. Visit the sacred Khecheopalri Lake hidden in the forest, considered a wish-fulfilling lake by the local community. The afternoon brings the unmissable Pelling Skywalk — a glass-floored bridge suspended above a sheer valley drop with Kanchenjunga directly ahead. Equal parts thrilling and breathtaking.
🏨 Overnight: Pelling | Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Day 5 - Pelling → Darjeeling
📍 Approx. 115 km | 4-5 hrs
Leave West Sikkim behind and cross into Darjeeling — the Queen of the Hills and one of the most romantically named destinations in all of India. The drive winds through tea estate country, with rows of emerald bushes covering every hillside in neat, fragrant lines. Stop at the beautiful Lover’s Meet viewpoint where the Teesta and Rangeet rivers merge far below. Arrive in Darjeeling, check in, and spend the evening on Mall Road with a freshly brewed cup of first-flush Darjeeling tea — simple, perfect, unforgettable.
🏨 Overnight: Darjeeling | Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Day 6 - Darjeeling Full-Day Sightseeing
📍 Early start — 4 AM wake-up
The 4 AM alarm is non-negotiable — and completely worth it. Drive to Tiger Hill to witness the sunrise over Mt. Kanchenjunga as golden light rolls across the snow peaks in one of the most spectacular natural displays anywhere in India. The day continues through Ghoom Monastery — one of Darjeeling’s oldest and most revered — the Batasia Loop spiral railway with its Himalayan panorama, the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, and the Padmaja Naidu Zoological Park where Snow Leopards and Red Pandas live at high altitude. End the day at the serene Japanese Peace Pagoda and a walk through the Darjeeling Tea Estates — the source of the world’s most famous tea.
🏨 Overnight: Darjeeling | Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Day 7 - Darjeeling → Bagdogra Airport
📍 Approx. 70 km | 2.5-3 hrs
A final Darjeeling breakfast — one last cup of that extraordinary tea — before the drive back down through the hills to Bagdogra Airport or NJP Railway Station. Six nights of glacial lakes, ancient monasteries, a glass-floored skywalk, a wish-fulfilling lake, and a sunrise that stopped time — all packed into memory and ready to be told.
✈️ Departure: Bagdogra | Meals: Breakfast
