Duration: 8 Days / 7 Nights
Priced From: $ 1,890 pp dbl.occ.
Date: May - Sep

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Itinerary

Day 1:   Arrive Darjeeling 
Your representative greets you in Bagdogra and drives you to Darjeeling to explore this paradise of incomparable scenery and ancient Buddhist monasteries.  This evening is at leisure.  Stroll around Observatory Hill for awesome views of the mountains and city.  Curio shops on Nehru Road sell crafts such as thankas (paintings), brass statues, religious objects, jewelry, carpets and woodcarvings.  Hotel Windamere (D)

Day 2:    Darjeeling
Experience a dazzling sunrise over Himalayan peaks.  Visit Ghoom Monastery, oldest and most famous in Darjeeling.  Tour Botanical Gardens and Tibetan Refugee Self Help Centre, which produces superb wool items, wood carvings and leather work.  Himalayan Mountaineering Institute trains mountaineers and maintains a small museum. Hotel Windamere (B,L,D)

Day 3:   Darjeeling /  Pemayangtse
After an early breakfast, drive through stunning landscapes to Pemayangtse.  Hotel Norbu Gang Resort. (B,L,D)

Day 4:   Pemayangtse
Magnificent, magical, majestic – words fail when compared to the snow-capped Himalayas.  See Pemayangtse Monastery, second oldest in Sikkim.  Enjoy peaceful Khechipalri Lake. Hotel Norbu Gang Resort. (B,L,D)

Day 5:  Pemayantse / Martham Village Resort
Each day, each bend in the road reveals more spectacular scenery than the one before.  Drive along terraced fields and Teesta River, past wild banana plantations and through quaint Sikkimese villages, little touched by tourism, to Martham Village Resort.  Indulge in a traditional herbal bath, watch folk dances, meet a witch doctor. Martham Village Resort. (B,L,D)

Day 6:   Martham
Morning at leisure for a nature walk or a drive to nearby villages.  Visit 16th century Rumtek  Monastery, built on the site of an older monastery.  This dramatic building, with its red pillars, brilliantly painted fretwork and superbly glowing murals, glitters like a jewel. Martham Village Resort. (B,L,D)

Day 7:   Martham / Gangtok / Martham
Today, travel to Gangtok, capital of Sikkim.  Visit Tsuk-la-Khang Chapel, a principal site of Buddhist worship.  Namgyalk Institute of Tibetology researches Tibet’s traditions.  Orchid Sanctuary, nearby, houses hundreds of orchid specimens found in the region. Visit a monastery for young lamas.  Institute of Cottage Industries produces hand-woven items for sale.  Hotel Martham Village Resort. (B,L,D)

Day 8:    Martham /  Depart
Depart this morning and drive to Bagdogra airport to connect to your onward flight (B)

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