Chungthang - Chopta Valley - North Sikkim

Chungthang - North Sikkim

Chungthang is a little town on the convergence of the two chief rivers of North Sikkim Lachen Chu and Lachung Chu. The Lachen watercourse from west and stream of Lachung from east meet here and gives formation of Tista which is the most significant river in Sikkim. From Chungthang the road has separated into two, the road all the way through the left leads to Lachen (29 km) and the road leading through the right go to Lachung (23 km).

The valley is supposed to have been sanctified by Guru Rimpoche. This zone is rich in bio diversity with a great variety of plants, orchids and wildlife.
Chungthang is at a distance of 95 kilometers from Gangtok, 23 kilometers from Lachung, about 29 kilometers from Lachen and is primarily a area of the Lepchas.

Chopta Valley - North Sikkim

About 45 minutes drive from Thangu auxiliary north reaches to the virgin and unoccupied land of Chopta Valley. At the height of 13500 ft with proximity to Tibet the valley provides one of the hardly any accessible places in Sikkim where one can in fact walk over the freezing rivers.
The riot of numerous colors during spring belies this feature, through.

An audacious trek all the way through Chopta valley leads to Muguthang valley at an elevation of 15500ft, another unobserved destination in the greater Himalayas. Eyes, as faraway as it can arrive at, find here an enormous even pasture crisscrossed by plentiful snow-fed streams.

The soaring alpine valley of Muguthang is only habitable for exceptional high altitude ruminants and along with their predators. Nevertheless, several nomadic tribes from Tibet sporadically settle here for foodstuff and to graze their yaks.

How to get there:

By Road: Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim is connected by all weather road to Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Siliguri and also to all the District headquarters within Sikkim.

By Rail:Two nearest railway station are at Siliguri (114 km) and New Jalpaiguri (125 km) stabilizing link to Calcutta, Delhi, Guwahati, Lucknow and other important cities in India.

By Air:Nearest airport is Bagdogra in North Bengal( 124 km).