Yumthang valley Sikkim , Gangtok
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Yumthang Valley is a beautiful valley situated in north Sikkim. It sits at an elevation of 3,500 metres above sea-level,
so naturally home to many beautiful Himalayan flowers. It is rightfully called a valley of flowers.
A closer look reveals more flowers, small in size, but beautiful never the less
There are some tiny yellow Buttercups, and some species of Clematis vine
There is no direct way of going to Yumthang Valley - one has to first go to the capital, Gangtok, and get permission to
go to the Valley.Yes, everybody needs permission to go to the Valley because of its proximity with the Indo-Tibet border
All foreign nationals require Restricted Area Permit (RAP) to visit any part of Sikkim.
This permit is also known as Inner Line Permit (ILP). Indians however do not require this.
If you are a national of Pakistan, China, Maynmar or Bangladesh, then it gets a little more difficult to enter Sikkim.
You must get a written approval from Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi before the Restricted Area Permit can be issued.
There are other restrictions for all including Indians for few specific places in Sikkim. Certain areas like Tsomgo Lake,
Dzongri etc are defined as Protected Areas and have special army deployment.
Both foreigners and Indians require a separate permit known as Protected Area Permit (PAP) to visit such places.
But few protected border areas like Nathulla are not accessible to foreigners at all, while Indians can still visit with the Protected Area Permit.
Restricted Area Permit is applicable only for foreigners. It is free of cost. You must have a valid Passport and an Indian visa. With proper documentation,
it takes less than 30 minutes to get the permit across the counter.
Assuming that you are Going to take a shared vehicle, there are packages available for Yumthang.Two days,
one night package which is very popular package costs Rs 1,500 per person,
which includes travel, stay overnight, and all the meals during the tour. Not a bad deal! The two-nights package costs around Rs 2,200 per person.
The only problem is that many a times,there are not enough takers for the two-nights package and the shared vehicle will not go unless all the 10 seats are filled.
7 hours Sumo travel takes you to Lachung, a small village 24 km before Yumthang. Next morning, at 6 AM, start for the Yumthang Valley, which takes about an hour.
You should plan your visit to Lachung and onward to Yumthang valley and Zero Point from Gangtok.
It requires an overnight stay at Lachung before you can return to Gangtok next day. For more information please comment down below , we will reply you instantly
Yumthang valley is about 24kms from Lachung located at an altitude of 11,800ft and takes about 1.5 hours of drive from Lachung
Restricted Area Permit (ILP) can be manually obtained at the following places:
New Delhi - Sikkim House, Panchsheel Marg, Chanakyapuri
Kolkata - Sikkim House, 4/1 Middleton Street
Siliguri - Office of Sikkim Nationalized Transport, Sevoke Road
Rangpo checkpost (on the way to Gangtok or East Sikkim).
NOTE: It takes only few minutes if you have all documentation in place.
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so naturally home to many beautiful Himalayan flowers. It is rightfully called a valley of flowers.
A closer look reveals more flowers, small in size, but beautiful never the less
There are some tiny yellow Buttercups, and some species of Clematis vine
There is no direct way of going to Yumthang Valley - one has to first go to the capital, Gangtok, and get permission to
go to the Valley.Yes, everybody needs permission to go to the Valley because of its proximity with the Indo-Tibet border
All foreign nationals require Restricted Area Permit (RAP) to visit any part of Sikkim.
This permit is also known as Inner Line Permit (ILP). Indians however do not require this.
If you are a national of Pakistan, China, Maynmar or Bangladesh, then it gets a little more difficult to enter Sikkim.
You must get a written approval from Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi before the Restricted Area Permit can be issued.
There are other restrictions for all including Indians for few specific places in Sikkim. Certain areas like Tsomgo Lake,
Dzongri etc are defined as Protected Areas and have special army deployment.
Both foreigners and Indians require a separate permit known as Protected Area Permit (PAP) to visit such places.
But few protected border areas like Nathulla are not accessible to foreigners at all, while Indians can still visit with the Protected Area Permit.
Restricted Area Permit is applicable only for foreigners. It is free of cost. You must have a valid Passport and an Indian visa. With proper documentation,
it takes less than 30 minutes to get the permit across the counter.
Assuming that you are Going to take a shared vehicle, there are packages available for Yumthang.Two days,
one night package which is very popular package costs Rs 1,500 per person,
which includes travel, stay overnight, and all the meals during the tour. Not a bad deal! The two-nights package costs around Rs 2,200 per person.
The only problem is that many a times,there are not enough takers for the two-nights package and the shared vehicle will not go unless all the 10 seats are filled.
7 hours Sumo travel takes you to Lachung, a small village 24 km before Yumthang. Next morning, at 6 AM, start for the Yumthang Valley, which takes about an hour.
You should plan your visit to Lachung and onward to Yumthang valley and Zero Point from Gangtok.
It requires an overnight stay at Lachung before you can return to Gangtok next day. For more information please comment down below , we will reply you instantly
Yumthang valley is about 24kms from Lachung located at an altitude of 11,800ft and takes about 1.5 hours of drive from Lachung
Restricted Area Permit (ILP) can be manually obtained at the following places:
New Delhi - Sikkim House, Panchsheel Marg, Chanakyapuri
Kolkata - Sikkim House, 4/1 Middleton Street
Siliguri - Office of Sikkim Nationalized Transport, Sevoke Road
Rangpo checkpost (on the way to Gangtok or East Sikkim).
NOTE: It takes only few minutes if you have all documentation in place.
.............................................................................................................
Music: Summer Smile - Silent Partner https://youtu.be/6wlbB1PTzJU
................................................................................................................
PACIFIC SUN by Nicolai Heidlas Music https://soundcloud.com/nicolai-heidlas
Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
Music provided by Audio Library https://youtu.be/kbqmEJTr3nU