Travel style
Family trips
Short drives, warm rooms, no surprises
Hill roads are slow: 70 km can take three hours. Families travel better with fewer hotel changes, a mid-day stop and drives timed for after breakfast. We cap most transfer days at four or five hours.
Altitude matters with children and older travellers. Gangtok, Darjeeling and Pelling are fine for almost everyone; Tsomgo, Nathu La and Gurudongmar are not ideal for infants or anyone with heart or lung conditions. We tell you before you book.
Journeys
Routes in this style
per person, twin₹21,000
per person, twin₹16,000
per person, twin₹14,000
per person, twin₹11,500
per person, twin₹15,000
per person, twin₹13,500
per person, twin₹17,500
per person, twin₹11,500
per person, twin₹20,000
per person, twin₹12,500
per person, twin₹7,000
per person, twin₹13,000
per person, twin₹10,500
per person, twin₹13,500
per person, twin₹21,000
per person, twin₹13,000
per person, twin₹10,000
per person, twin₹19,500
per person, twin₹33,500
per person, twin₹26,000
per person, twin₹26,000
per person, twin₹16,500
per person, twin₹13,500
per person, twin₹6,000
per person, twin₹12,000
per person, twin₹10,000 Build your own route Tell us your dates, who is coming and what you want to see. We draw the route and price it three ways. Start Working to a budget? Give us a number per person. We will tell you honestly what it buys, and where to save. Start Ask someone who has been A first plan and price within one working day. No payment to start. Start
Places
Where it fits best
Tea, toy trains and Kangchenjunga from the Mall
India's highest railway station, Batasia Loop and an old monastery
A lake, a monastery and orange orchards near the Nepal border
Tagore's hill retreat among the cinchona plantations
Orange orchards and hornbill forest below Kurseong
A trade town on a ridge above the Teesta
The river crossing below Kalimpong, for rafting and the Teesta
Lampokhari Lake, an 1895 dak bungalow and a gentle Silk Route start
The Army shrine to a soldier who died near Nathu La in 1968
Sikkim's hilltop capital, walkable, clean and good value
The India–China border pass at 4,310 m, open to Indians Wed–Sun
Lingdum Monastery and green farm country, under an hour from Gangtok
The Karmapa's seat in exile, on a quiet hill across from Gangtok
A sacred glacial lake at 3,753 m, 40 km above Gangtok
Where Lepcha and Bhutia leaders swore blood brotherhood
Base for Yumthang, run by its own village council
One of Sikkim's six great monasteries, 38 km from Gangtok
Meadows, hot spring and rhododendrons above Lachung
The end of the tourist road above Yumthang
Sky-high Namchi, two giant statues and the Lepcha flood hill
Kangchenjunga across the valley, a royal ruin and two old monasteries
A 130-foot Buddha, Pang Lhabsol and a ridge-top jeep junction
Sikkim's own tea estate, planted under the last Chogyal in 1969
The old capital where two rivers meet below a great dzong
A capital without traffic lights, under a giant golden Buddha
Small park, big watchtowers, and rhinos on the Murti and Jaldhaka
Bengal's rhino country on the Torsa grasslands
The base for Gorumara, with forest on both sides of the road
A clear river on the edge of Gorumara, and two riverside lodges
Arrive at NJP or Bagdogra, then find the right jeep
Build your own route Tell us your dates, who is coming and what you want to see. We draw the route and price it three ways. Start Working to a budget? Give us a number per person. We will tell you honestly what it buys, and where to save. Start Ask someone who has been A first plan and price within one working day. No payment to start. StartStays
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