Nambu to Yuksom Trek

Yuksom Kanchanjunga Difficulty : Challenging Suitable Months : March -May, September-November

Day 01 : IXB/ NJP to Gangtok drive. 4-5 hrs from the Railway Station or Airport.
Day 02 : Gangtok Local Sight Seeing. Rumtek Monastery (Dharma Chakar Centre) Institute of Tibetology (Museum)/ Do-Durl Stupa/ Institute of Handicrafts/ Enchey Monastery.
Day 03 : Gangtok to Changu lake – 3750m drive. Drive towards Tibet Border. It’s a holy lake of Sikkim. Tsom (Head) Go (Lake).
Day 04 : Gangtok to Yuksom drive. One the way one can visit Tibetan Rufugee Camp at Rabongla/ Bon Monastery, the only one in Sikkim
Day 05 : Trek starts from Yuksom to Tshoka. – 7-8 hrs 2950m. Passing through the dense forest, Lots of Rohododendron Tree and Magnolia forests. Tshoka the last settlements, around 6-7 houses (family) they live there.
Day 06 : Tshoka to Dzongri 5-6 hrs 3950m. Stiff walk. Pass through lots of Pine Tree and a family of Rohododendrn called Chimal. Dzongri is also known as meeting place of Man and God
Day 07 : Dzongri rest for acclimatization. Dzongri the only place from where one can see the whole Kanchendzonga ranges. Early morning go to see the Sunrise with the panoramic view of the Kanchdzonga range. Day time walk around Dzongrilla pass.
Day 08 : Dzongri to Thangshing 5 hrs 3800m. Walk straight from the Dzongri. Crossing through the River. And the camp is just below the Mt.Tinchinkhang and Mt.Jopuno.
Day 09 : Thangshing to Samiti – 4-5 hrs 4500m. Previously trekkers were allowed to stay on a Samiti but these days they are not allowed due to disturbances of the Wild animals and there is a holy lake too. Stay at Lamune near Samiti, just below the Mt.Pandim
Day 10 : Samiti to Goechala pass 5000m and back to Thangshing. Start to walk early morning to go to Goechala. To see the view of the Mt.Kanchendzonga from the close
Day 11 : Thangshing to Dzongri – 3950m 4-5 hrs
Day 12 : Dzongri to Panding – 4210m.
Day 13 : Panding to Gomathang – 3735m. From this place one has to walk through the Nepal and Sikkim Border.
Day 14 : Gomathang to Dapheybir – 4420m
Day 15 : Dapheybir to Yambong – 3735m
Day 16 : Yambong to Nayapatal – 2500m
Day 17 : Nayapatal to Chongri – 2175m
Day 18 : Chongri to Sangkhola – 1850m
Day 19 : SangKhola to Rimbi – 1597m
Day 20 : Rimbi to Nambu 1600m and Drive to Pelling (Pemayangtse)
Day 21 : Pemayangtse to IXB/ NJP.