Top 5 places to visit in Gangtok

1. Tsomgo Lake

Tsomgo Lake, also known as Tsongmo Lake or Changu Lake, is a glacial lake in the East Sikkim district of the Indian state of Sikkim, some 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the capital Gangtok. Located at an elevation of 3,753 m (12,313 ft), the lake remains frozen during the winter season. The lake surface reflects different colors with change of seasons and is held in great reverence by the local Sikkimese people.

2.Nathula 

Nathula, one of the highest drive roads in the world, is a mountain pass in the Himalayan peaks that co-joins Sikkim and China. Nathula Pass is situated on the Indo-Chinese border and is one of the biggest tourist attractions in India.Ô_Several tourists flock here every year for trekking in the valley and enjoying the scenic beauty. There are a number of waterfalls that gush along the way from Gangtok to Nathula. It also offers an opportunity to see beautiful snow peaks encircling the area.

3.  Khangchendzonga National Park

The Khangchendzonga (High Altitude) National Park extends from the cold deserts of Lhonak Valley and the ridges of Lachen in the North District to the historical place at Yuksom.The Western boundary of the Park runs along the international boundary with Nepal and China. The Park covers an area of 1784 sq.kms. and occupies as much as 25.14% of the total geographical area of Sikkim.
Khangchendzonga National Park was initially commissioned in August 1977 ,Initially the area of the National Park declared was 850 Sq km, when first notified in August 1977, but was subsequently extended to 1784 Sq km in May 1997 by including 


4. Government Institute of Cottage Industry

The unique culture and tradition of Sikkim needs no illustrative information to prove its identity. Diversity that works in common fold to preserve the ethnicity of the land is so much sealed and allure within the Cottage industries of Gangtok that it has grown as a new tourism sector of Sikkim.
Traveler must understand that its historic lines are attached with the Chogyals of Sikkim. To understand its narration traveler would require walking back to the phase of 90’s when vivid cultural aspects of Sikkim’s people were brought into the doors of this government facilitated exhibition center.

 5. Dul Dul Chorten

This huge stupa or monument is located at a short walking distance from the Research Institute of Tibetology and on a hillock. Car will drop you at the base from where a short but steep uphill pathway leads to the stupa. The Chorten Stupa is marked by a golden top dome. This golden top can be seen from various places in Gangtok. 

 

It is believed that this entire place was once haunted by evil spirits and many people who wandered around this place became victims and died. Later a very respected and celebrated lama of Tibet Trulshig Rinpoche who followed Nyingma Order of Buddhism came to this place for hermitage. He built this stupa in 1946 to drive away the spirits.