Sikkim tour packages for 5 days

5 days / 4 nights from ₹20,000 per person. Five days covers Gangtok with the Tsomgo Lake day and two nights in Darjeeling. Six or seven days adds North Sikkim, a night in Lachung for Yumthang or in Lachen for Gurudongmar Lake, or a night in Kalimpong; six days can also do both North Sikkim valleys without Darjeeling. Eight days adds Pelling in West Sikkim, or both North Sikkim valleys with Darjeeling at the end.

3 plans: 5 Days Gangtok Darjeeling Escape (5D/4N, from ₹20,000); 5 Days Gangtok Darjeeling Getaway (5D/4N, from ₹20,499); 5 Days Gangtok Darjeeling Honeymoon Retreat (5D/4N, from ₹20,499).

5 Days Gangtok Darjeeling Escape5D/4N · ₹20,0005 Days Gangtok Darjeeling Getaway5D/4N · ₹20,4995 Days Gangtok Darjeeling Honeymoon Retreat5D/4N · ₹20,499

• Duration: 5 days; most travellers take 6 or 7.
• Price: from ₹20,000 per person, stays, local travel and the sightseeing listed on each trip page.
• Places: Gangtok and MG Marg, Tsomgo Lake and Baba Mandir, Lachung and the Yumthang Valley, Gurudongmar Lake, Pelling and Pemayangtse, Kalimpong, and Darjeeling's Tiger Hill, Batasia Loop and tea gardens.
• Travel: Every trip starts and ends at Bagdogra airport or NJP (New Jalpaiguri) railway station near Siliguri, where your private cab meets you; Gangtok is about four to five hours up the hill road from there. Flights and trains to Bagdogra or NJP are not part of the package.
• Stay: hotels in Gangtok and Darjeeling with breakfast, simpler hotels in Lachen and Lachung with the meals included there, and a hotel in Pelling or Kalimpong on the longer plans.
• Best time: October to early December and March to June are the best months: clear Kanchenjunga views and dry roads in the autumn, rhododendrons in the Yumthang Valley and mild days in spring.
• Weather: Gangtok sits at about 1,650 m and Darjeeling at about 2,000 m, with summer days of 18 to 25°C and winter days of 10 to 15°C, nights falling to about 3 to 5°C.
• Trip type: private trips planned around your dates and your group.

5 Days Gangtok Darjeeling Escape5D/4N · ₹20,0005 Days Gangtok Darjeeling Getaway5D/4N · ₹20,4995 Days Gangtok Darjeeling Honeymoon Retreat5D/4N · ₹20,499

These are the places Sikkim trips are built from. Each trip page lists exactly which of them it covers, and a private trip can swap one for another.

• Tsomgo (Changu) Lake and Baba Mandir: The glacial lake at about 3,750 m (12,300 ft) on the road east of Gangtok, frozen in mid-winter, and the shrine to the soldier Baba Harbhajan Singh beyond it; a full day trip from Gangtok.
• Nathula Pass: The pass on the India–China border at about 4,300 m, beyond Tsomgo Lake: open to Indian citizens only, on a separate permit and weather permitting, and added on the day.
• Gangtok and MG Marg: Sikkim's capital at about 1,650 m: the pedestrian MG Marg for cafés and shopping, and Ganesh Tok, Hanuman Tok and Tashi View Point for the Kanchenjunga range.
• Rumtek Monastery: The Dharma Chakra Centre across the valley from Gangtok, one of the largest and most important monasteries in Sikkim.
• Do Drul Chorten and the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology: The golden-spired stupa ringed by prayer wheels in Gangtok, and the museum of Tibetan manuscripts and icons next to it.
• Lachung and the Yumthang Valley: The North Sikkim village by the Lachung river, and the Valley of Flowers above it with the Shingba Rhododendron Sanctuary and the hot springs; Zero Point, higher up, is an add-on.
• Gurudongmar Lake: One of the highest lakes in the world at about 5,400 m (17,800 ft), sacred to Buddhists and Sikhs, reached by a pre-dawn drive from Lachen.
• Pelling and Pemayangtse: West Sikkim's Kanchenjunga views, Pemayangtse Monastery, the Rabdentse palace ruins, the Skywalk at the Chenrezig statue and the sacred Khecheopalri Lake.
• Ravangla Buddha Park and Namchi Char Dham: The 130 ft Buddha at Ravangla and the Char Dham pilgrimage complex at Namchi, stops on the road between Gangtok and Pelling.
• Darjeeling: Next door in West Bengal: the Tiger Hill sunrise over Kanchenjunga, the toy train at Batasia Loop, Ghoom Monastery, the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute and zoo, and the tea gardens.
• Kalimpong: A quieter hill town between Gangtok and Darjeeling: Deolo hill, Durpin and Zang Dhok Palri monasteries, and the Pine View cactus nursery.

What to eat

Momos, thukpa and thenthuk are everywhere in Gangtok, along with Sikkimese dishes such as gundruk (fermented leafy greens), phagshapa (pork with radish and dried chilli) and sel roti, the ring-shaped rice bread; MG Marg has the cafés and bakeries. Darjeeling is the place to taste its tea at an estate or an old tea room in town. Vegetarian food is easy to find in every town, and in Lachen and Lachung the meals the trip includes are taken at the hotel.

Every trip is private, so the plan below is a starting point: the days, the hotels and the pace are set around you.

• Day 1: your cab meets you at Bagdogra airport or NJP station for the four to five hour drive up to Gangtok; an easy evening on MG Marg.
• Day 2: Tsomgo Lake and Baba Mandir, a full day in the high mountains east of Gangtok, with Nathula as an add-on when it is open.
• Day 3: Gangtok's sights, such as Do Drul Chorten, the Institute of Tibetology, Ban Jhakri Falls and Ganesh Tok, then the drive across to Darjeeling.
• Day 4: the Tiger Hill sunrise over Kanchenjunga, Batasia Loop and Ghoom Monastery, then the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, the zoo, the Peace Pagoda and the tea gardens.
• Day 5: the drive down to Bagdogra or NJP for the journey home.

Sikkim packages start at ₹20,000 per person: ₹20,000 for 5 days. That covers the stays, the private cab from Bagdogra or NJP and back, the sightseeing each trip page lists, and the permits where the trip page includes them. Flights and trains to Bagdogra or NJP are not included; you book them yourself.

What moves the price is the season, the hotel category, the size of the car (a hatchback or an SUV for your group) and how many nights go to North Sikkim, where the meals are included. October to early December, the April to June holidays and the Christmas and New Year weeks cost the most; the July to September monsoon costs the least. Nathula, Zero Point and the other high add-ons are paid per vehicle on the spot, and the prices shown are before 5% GST.

Darjeeling is about four hours from Gangtok across the West Bengal border, and on the way back to Bagdogra: two nights there add the Tiger Hill sunrise, the toy train at Batasia Loop, Ghoom Monastery and the tea gardens.

3 trips on this page, from ₹20,000 per person: 5 Days Gangtok Darjeeling Escape (5D/4N, from ₹20,000); 5 Days Gangtok Darjeeling Getaway (5D/4N, from ₹20,499); 5 Days Gangtok Darjeeling Honeymoon Retreat (5D/4N, from ₹20,499).

5 Days Gangtok Darjeeling Escape5D/4N · ₹20,0005 Days Gangtok Darjeeling Getaway5D/4N · ₹20,4995 Days Gangtok Darjeeling Honeymoon Retreat5D/4N · ₹20,499

Couples: 1 plan with the quieter stays and private transfers, from ₹20,499: 5 Days Gangtok Darjeeling Honeymoon Retreat (5D/4N, from ₹20,499).

Families and couples take the private trips: the same places at your own pace, with the room category and the car chosen for your group.

5 Days Gangtok Darjeeling Honeymoon Retreat5D/4N · ₹20,499

Best time

October to early December and March to June are the best months: clear Kanchenjunga views and dry roads in the autumn, rhododendrons in the Yumthang Valley and mild days in spring. December to February is cold, with snow at Tsomgo Lake and in North Sikkim, and July to September is the monsoon, when landslides can close the hill roads, North Sikkim in particular.

• October to December, 5 to 20°C: The best window for views: dry roads and the clearest Kanchenjunga mornings from Tiger Hill and Pelling. The Puja and Diwali weeks and Christmas to New Year are the busiest; snow starts at Tsomgo and up north in December.
• January to February, 0 to 15°C: Cold and quiet, with snow at Tsomgo Lake, Nathula and Lachung; heavy snowfall can close the high roads for a day or more, so North Sikkim plans stay flexible.
• March to June, 10 to 25°C: Spring and early summer: rhododendrons in the Yumthang Valley in April and May, mild days in Gangtok and Darjeeling, and the school-holiday crowds from May. Haze can hide the peaks on some days.
• July to September, 15 to 25°C: The monsoon: heavy rain, mist over the views and landslides that can close the hill roads, North Sikkim in particular, so plans need a spare day.

What to pack

Layers in every month: a warm jacket, thermals, gloves and a woollen cap for Tsomgo Lake, Nathula and North Sikkim, which are cold even in summer and well below freezing from December to March; a fleece or light jacket is enough for Gangtok and Darjeeling from March to June. A rain jacket and quick-dry shoes from June to September, sunglasses and sunscreen for the snow and the high sun, motion-sickness tablets for the long hill drives, and a government photo ID with a few passport-size photos for the permits.

Getting there

From Hyderabad, fly to Bagdogra, the airport for Siliguri: as of September 2026 there are two daily non-stops of about 2 hours 15 to 30 minutes, and one-stop flights through Kolkata or Delhi otherwise. Your private cab meets you at Bagdogra or at NJP railway station, and Gangtok is about four to five hours up the hill road. The train to NJP takes well over a day, so most travellers fly.

From Bengaluru, fly to Bagdogra: as of September 2026 there is one early-morning non-stop of about 2 hours 50 minutes, and the other options connect through Kolkata, Delhi or Hyderabad. The trip starts at Bagdogra or NJP railway station with a private cab, and Gangtok is about four to five hours by road from there.

From Chennai, fly to Bagdogra through Kolkata or Hyderabad; as of September 2026 booking sites showed no non-stop, and the quickest one-stop journeys took about six hours. The trip starts at Bagdogra or NJP railway station with a private cab, and Gangtok is about four to five hours up the hill road.

Permits and fees

Indian citizens need no permit to enter Sikkim, only a government photo ID. Tsomgo Lake, Baba Mandir and Nathula in East Sikkim, and Lachen, Lachung, Yumthang and Gurudongmar Lake in North Sikkim, are protected areas: a permit is usually issued only through a registered tour operator, with a photo ID and a few passport-size photos, and the trips that go there arrange it for you; each trip page says whether the permit fee is in the price. Nathula is open to Indian citizens only, usually closed on Mondays and Tuesdays and subject to the weather and army clearance, so it is an add-on on the day. Foreign nationals need a Restricted Area Permit to enter Sikkim and some high areas stay closed to them; tell the planner before booking. Rules change, so confirm before you book.

Sikkim or Bhutan? Sikkim is the easier trip for Indian travellers: no passport and none of Bhutan's nightly Sustainable Development Fee, the high lakes, the North Sikkim valleys and Darjeeling next door in five to eight days from Bagdogra, and snow at Tsomgo and Lachung in the winter months. Bhutan is a different country with a quieter pace: the Tiger's Nest above Paro and the dzongs of Thimphu and Punakha. Indians enter with a passport or Voter ID, pay a Sustainable Development Fee for every night (₹1,200 per adult as of September 2026) and travel with a licensed guide. Pick Sikkim for the mountains, the snow and the value; pick Bhutan for the monasteries and a country of its own. Both are reached through Bagdogra, so one longer trip can do both.

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