Kardzong Tours, Treks & Travels will guide you about the famous tourist places of sikkim so you can opt for the best tour packages of Sikkim. Here you will find the number of Sikkim tours including trekking in sikkim, wildlife of sikkim etc. Also you get the information about sikkim hotels and sikkim tourism. Mount Kanchenjunga (8,598 m), the third highest mountain in the world. Lying between 27 to 28 degree North .

 

History of Sikkim

 

The original inhabitants were the Lepchas or the “raven folks” who came to the area from Assam and Burma. From the 1200’s the Bhutias or the Tibetan people moved into Sikkim. They included the Namgyal clan who arrived in the 1400’s and gradually won political control over Sikkim. In 1642,Phuntshok Namgyal (1604-1670) became the first Chogyal (King).

 

A former Kingdom and a fascinating Himalayan Jewel, Sikkim is situated in Eastern Himalayas spreading below latitude and 88 to 89 degree East longitude, it is barely 7,096 sq. km in size yet has an elevation ranging from 224 m to 8,540 m above sea level in a distance of 110 km from North to South and 64 km from East to West. The state’s about 64 km width is squeezed between the mountainous kingdoms of Bhutan and Nepal to the east and west respectively. The high plateau of Tibet lies 40 km to the north India’s and state of Bengal to its south.

 

ACCESS

 

By Flight :The closest Indian Airport is at Bagdogra,124 kms from Gangtok, where scheduled flights operates from Calcutta, Delhi, Guwahati. Travel time from the airport to Gangtok is 4 hours. Sikkim Tourism Development Corporation also operates a daily helicopter service flight from Bagdogra to Gangtok (20 minutes). From Kathmandu, fly to Biratnagar Airport , then drive to Kakarbhitta (Nepal-India border,35 kms), to Siliguri (37 kms) and to Gangtok (110 kms,4 hrs).

 

By Rail : The closest Railhead is at New Jalpaiguri and Siliguri which are connected to Calcutta ,New Delhi Guwahati and other major Indian cities.

 

By Road : Gangtok is at a distance of 110 kms from Siliguri and will take 4 hours from Siliguri to reach Gangtok. Gangtok is connected by road with Darjeeling, (4 Hrs) and with Bhutan, Phuentsholing (6 Hrs).

 

CLOTHES TO WEAR: SUMMER: Light Woolen, WINTER- Heavy Woolen

 

ADVENTURE  TOURISM : Trekking, Mountaineering, MountainBiking Rafting and Yak safari

 

ACCOMMODATION: There are modern hotels and restaurants in Gangtok. Comfortable resort lodges are available in the outlying areas.

 

TRANSPORT is provided by buses. Vehicles are also available on hire. Taxis are available for getting around Gangtok. Sikkim helicopter service operates sight-seeing flights to different points in Sikkim.

 

PERMITS 

In addition to an Indian visa, foreigners must obtain inner line permit (ILP) to visit Sikkim, the permits can be obtained from all Indian missions, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), New Delhi, Sikkim Tourism office, New Delhi, Sikkim Tourism Office, Calcutta and Sikkim Tourism Office, Siliguri on the strength of an Indian Visa. Foreigners are issued a permit for initial period of 15 days duration on the spot without any delay provided photocopies of Passport and Visa details along with two passport photos of applicants are made available then and there. It can be extended for further 30 days from the Home Dept., Govt. of Sikkim, depending on the merits of the case. If you are visiting the interior regions, you also require a Protected Area Permit which is obtainable in Gangtok from the Department of Tourism. We will handle all the official formalities for you.

 

Foreigners require Inner Line Permit (ILP) to visit Sikkim

15 days stay permits can be obtained from all India Mission. 

Sikkim Tourism Office, 14 Panchasheel Marg, Chanakyapuri, New DelhiSikkim Tourism, Middleton Street, Kolkata.Sikkim Tourism:  SNT Complex, Hill Cart Road, SiliguriRangpo Tourist Lodge,  Rangpo.

Permit is issued on the strength of Indian Visa, foreigners are advised to carry Passport Photos and Photocopies of passport and visa copy if seeking extension.

 

Permit is extendable by 15 to 30 days in two request and can be done from the following places:• Foreigners Registration Office, Kazi Road, Gangtok, Sikkim • Superintendent of police, Gyalshing, West Sikkim • Superintendent of Police, Namchi, South Sikkim • Superintendent of police, Mangan, North District