Sikkim Adventure :: Botanical Tours & Treks to all parts of Sikkim, Darjeeling, West Bengal, Nepal, Bhutan and North East India by Sailesh Pradhan, Sikkim Adventure, 6th Mile Tadong, Gangtok,East Sikkim

Mt. Pandim with Rhododendron Wightii

Dendrobium ochreatum growing at Wayside Gardens & nurseries

Campsite at Thangsing with Mt. Pandim at the backdrop

Trekking through Daphay Bhir - The highest pass on the Singalila ridge trek from Utteray to Dzongri

Mt. Khanchendzonga

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Entry Formalities to Sikkim:

When you obtain an Indian visa in your country, please insist on a Sikkim entry permit for 15 days. Kindly note that different Indian Consulates and Embassies in different countries have varied stamps of this. In most cases, there is a stamp which states: “Also permitted to visit Rumtek, Pemeyangtse and Phodong in Sikkim for 15 days”. This is stamped usually on the same page, beside the Indian Visa. This is all that is required for you to enter Sikkim. In case you miss to get this additional stamp on your passport, you could get it at the Sikkim Tourism office in Calcutta, Delhi, or Siliguri ( Near the closest airport to Sikkim) on your way to Sikkim. In such an eventuality, kindly let us know in order for us to co-ordinate your visit to any of these Sikkim Tourism offices. “Contact Us”. BEST leave it to us to organize for smooth entry into Sikkim.

The trekking permits to the Dzongri - Khangchendzonga range trek, the Singalila range trek, other restricted area trekking and tour permits like example North Sikkim can only be obtained from Sikkim Tourism here in Gangtok. For which, we will need :

2 passport size photographs in original.
Photocopies of your passport – the photograph page with details and the Indian visa and Sikkim entry permit (if obtained) page.
You will then need to send these documents to us at least 2 weeks in advance to our postal address:

Sikkim Adventure
P.O. Box: 19,
G.P.O. Gangtok,
Sikkim 737101.
India.

Once we receive your Passport details and your photographs, we will process your papers with the authorities for your necessary tour and/ or trek and intimate to you as soon as this is done.

For visiting the green Lake area, Tholung and Kisongla areas as well as the trek between Yumthang and Lachen/ Chungthang, we will need two months time to process your papers as these are highly restricted areas.