Leave Delhi by flight for Bagdodra arrive by afternoon, meeting our local person who takes you to Gangtok via Jeep (4hrs, or Helicopter, 30 min.) Proceed straight to hotel. Evening visit Namgyal** Institute of Tibet logy & the city. Overnight in Gangtok. **(it’s a place for knowing the Buddhism, holds the largest collection of books on Buddhism.)

Breakfast at hotel. Morning visit 200 yr old Enchey **Monastery later 24 Kms from Gangtok, a drive through beautiful countryside takes one to Rumtek Dharma Chakra (Monastery) **, also visit the holy Tsomgo Lake & 3500 mts high Nathula Pass while on way back. Overnight in Gangtok **(Rumtek- centre built in 1960'S by his holiness the late 16th GYALWA KARMAPA when he took refuge in Sikkim after the Chinese attack. It houses some of the world’s most unique art objects, manuscripts & icons)

Morning visit Phensang Monastery, situated in one of the best landscapes in Sikkim, we move on further north for the beautiful Phodang Monastery** visit Labrang while coming back (second oldest monastery in Sikkim). Evening visit the famous flower show in Gangtok. Overnight in Gangtok **( Phodang Monastery houses the old mural paintings and shelters around 260 monks. Quite similar to Ralong and Rumtek, the main annual Puja is performed at Phodang Monastery Sikkim on the 28th & 29th days of the tenth month of the Tibetan Calender, the time when the religious dances are performed.)

This is another important monastery belonging to the Nyingmapa order and is about 40 Kms. from Gyalshing by road via Legship (West Sikkim). It lies nestled on the top of a hill that looms up between the Rathong river and the Rangit river and is surrounded by a profusion of Prayer flags that flutter in the air. Overnight in tents or local small hotel. **(The Tashiding monastery was built in 1717 where Guru Padmasambhava shot an arrow and there is hardly any place to match its loveliness in the whole of Sikkim. It was considered to be the pilgrimage place for Tibetans of India, Nepal and Bhutan. Every Sikkimese wishes to die and be cremated at Tashiding.)

Reaching Pelling we visit the oldest monastery in Sikkim called Pemayangtse Monastery situated in West Sikkim at Gyalshing and commands an impressive view of Mount khanchendzonga. This monastery belongs to the Nyingma order and all other Nyingma monasteries in Sikkim are subordinate to it. ** (Founded during the reign of Chador Namgyal the third Chogyal in 1705 and perched at a height of 2085 mts, it is the second oldest and perhaps the most important monastery in Sikkim. The monastery contains numerous antique idols and objects of worship. The top wooden structure depicting the Mahaguru's Paradise 'Sangthokpeiri' was completed in five years, single handedly by the late Dungzin Rinpoche.)

Morning we spend at the monastery, while visit the very famous important lake lake called Kechopari Lake ,along with Kechopari Monastery near Yuksom. **(interested people can go for a small treks in the morning)

Early morning leave for the airport for the flight to Delhi. Arrive in Delhi

“Sikkim invites you, if you are the one whose aesthetic sense is superb, and the one who longs to spend a moment in the lap of Mother Nature. An independent kingdom before 1975, this "last Shangri-La" (forbidden place), really forbidden to the outside world for decades, Sikkim - the second smallest state of India lying in the North-East - is now open to you with all its abiding charms.”