From our notebook

See Sikkim the Tag Along way.

No package tours. No rushed checklists. Just the places, people and experiences we'd recommend to a friend.

01 / OUR PICKS

Skip the Guidebook

HALF DAY

Cooking Workshop

Learn a local recipe, then sit down and eat together.

HALF DAY

A local's loop

A day in Gangtok, a route that locals know. 

HALF DAY

Pottery Studio

An afternoon with clay, conversation and hands that don't need to check their phone.

02 / Favourite cafés

We love the competition.

  • Cafe FictionFor the timeless stories.
  • The Local CafeFor the third glass, always.
  • Gangtok Bisauni CafeFor Jhol Momos.
  • Baker's Cafe For the cheesecake.
03 / Walks

Two feet, no hurry.

Easy

Ridge Park & White Hall

45 min

Easy

Enchey monastery loop

1.5 hr

Moderate

Radio Dara

2.5 hr

Moderate

Ganesh Tok → Tashi View Point

3 hr

04 / Villages

Bayul Sikkim (Hidden Valleys)

5 HRS AWAY

Daarapari, Bermoik

A mud house, long breakfasts, and nowhere to be.

2 HR AWAY

Dhuni, Yang Yang

Pick herbs, light the fire, stay for lunch

4 hr away

Rumlyang, Dzongu

The Lepcha heartland. Ask us before you go.

05 / Day trips

Leave at sunrise, back for dinner.

We can arrange a shared taxi or a driver we trust. Pack layers, snacks, a book you don't mind losing.

06 / Seasonal notes

Four kinds of light.

Spring

Rhododendrons, first strawberries, quiet trails.

Monsoon

The valley disappears into mist. Read a lot.

Autumn

Clearest skies, Kanchenjunga at breakfast.

Winter

Wood stoves, orange season, snowline visible.

Local map

A hand-drawn key to the neighbourhood.

Print it, fold it wrong, spill chai on it. That's how a map earns its keep.

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