Travel style
Treks and walks
From village trails to the Goecha La
You do not need to be a mountaineer to walk here. Many of the best days are half-day trails between villages, through tea gardens or up to a monastery, with a car to meet you at the end. The longer treks, Sandakphu and Goecha La, need a few days of fitness work beforehand.
Trekking in Singalila National Park and in Kangchenjunga National Park needs permits and, in most cases, a registered guide. Spring (April–May) brings rhododendrons and autumn (October–November) brings clear views. Check current status before you travel.
Journeys
Routes in this style
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Places
Where it fits best
An eco-village inside Senchal forest, above Sonada
Tea gardens, Netaji's house and the train in the bazaar
A pine-forest hamlet past Ghum, quieter than Darjeeling
West Bengal's highest point, with Everest on the skyline
Sunrise on Kangchenjunga from the top of Senchal
The road junction above Kalimpong, with Damsang Fort in the forest
A small homestay village of forest trails, birds and mountain views
Homestay village on the edge of the Neora forest
Pine-forest bazaar at the gate of Neora Valley
Canopy walk, cypress forest and a Jhandi Dara sunrise
Red panda forest from the foothills to Rachela Danda
The widest Kanchenjunga panorama in the Kalimpong hills
A ridge-top homestay village above Pedong with big Kanchenjunga views
Lampokhari Lake, an 1895 dak bungalow and a gentle Silk Route start
Oak, rhododendron and red panda country an hour from Gangtok
Border bazaar on the old Kalimpong–Jelep La road into Sikkim
The Lepcha reserve across the Teesta from Mangan
Forty-odd rhododendron species on the road to Yumthang
Meadows, hot spring and rhododendrons above Lachung
Guras forest on the Singalila Range, a 4 km walk from Hilley
Sikkim's classic high trek, from Yuksom to the face of Kangchenjunga
Sky-high Namchi, two giant statues and the Lepcha flood hill
Sherpa homestays on the road to Barsey's rhododendrons
A 130-foot Buddha, Pang Lhabsol and a ridge-top jeep junction
Sikkim's own tea estate, planted under the last Chogyal in 1969
A Limbu border village under the Singalila Ridge
Sikkim's first capital and the start of the Goecha La trail
Bhutan's highest motorable pass, between Paro and Haa
Five days over the ridge from Paro to Thimphu, past high lakes
Hot springs and a frontier dzong at the top of the Mo Chhu
Tiger's Nest, the airport valley and Bhutan's red rice fields
A wide glacial valley where black-necked cranes spend the winter
A Bhutanese fort, a freedom fighters' jail and a forest that climbs to Bhutan
A small forest watchtower and the tea hills of Chalsa
A wide riverbed at the foot of the Bhutan hills, inside Buxa
The Jaldhaka valley on the Bhutan border, river and forest
Where the plains end: tea slopes, river stones and a hanging bridge
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