This trek takes one through Darjeeling , its tea plantation and on to exciting Goecha-La in Sikkim. Here one traverse at the base of Kanchenjunga. In this trek one walks through verdant tropical and alpine forests where a great variety of orchids and Rhododendrons and Primuleas carpet the alpine terrain. The valleys are warm and one can expect temperatures around 350C while night temperature drop below 00C.
| Day 1: | Transfer to Darjeeling by surface 90-km-4 hrs drive. Overnight stay in hotel. |
| Day 2: | At Darjeeling full day sightseeing – morning sunrise view from tiger hill, Ghoom Monastery, Himalayan Mountaineering Institute and the Tibetan self-help centre. Overnight stay at hotel. |
| Day 3: | Transfer to Pemayangtse- 118 km – 6 hours journey via Teesta valley and entering Sikkim via Melli. On arrival check into a hotel. |
| Day 4: | Morning visit to the Pemayangtse and Sangacholing monasteries. Drive to Yuksam 43-km- 2 hours drive. Overnight stay in camp. |
| Day 5: | Trek – Yuksam to Tsokha – 16-km – 5 hrs. Lunch en route at Praig. Overnight inn trekkers huts/ tents. |
| Day 6: | Trek up- hill Tsokha to Dzongri –9-km-3 to 4 hours with lunch at Phedang. Overnight in trekkers huts/ tents. |
| Day 7: | Trek downhill Dongri to Thangsing – 8-km. Lunch at Praig Chu. Overnight stay in trekkers huts/ tents. |
| Day 8: | Trek Thangsing to lake Samiti – 3 km easy walk. Lunch near the placid lake. Overnight stay in trekkers, huts/ tents. |
| Day 9: | Early morning trek upto Goecha La – 5-km uphill to get splendid views of the magnificent mountains. Return to Thangsing for overnight in camp. |
| Day 10: | Return trek Thangsing to Dzongri. Overnight stay in trekkers’ huts/ tents. |
| Day 11: | Trek Dzongri to Bakhim – 10-km – easy walk. Overnight stay in forest log house/ tents. |
| Day 12: | From Bakhim trek downhill to Yuksam –11-km. Overnight in forest log house/ tents. |
| Day 13: | At Yuksam spend a day at leisure. |
| Day 14: | Transfer Yuksam (also spelt as Yuksum) to Gangtok – 123-km. Overnight stay in hotel. |
| Day 15: | Gangtok full day sightseeing visiting Enchey and Rumtek monasteries, cottage industry, Institute of Tibetology. Overnight stay in hotel. |
| Day 16: | Departure for Bagdogra 124-km for onward journey. |