Explore Sikkim and Darjeeling on a classic Singalila Ridge trek, blending hotel stays, full‑service camping, a toy train ride and an overnight sleeper train into Kolkata.
  • Explore Gangtok, Sikkim's hill capital, with markets and monasteries.
  • Visit Rumtek Monastery, seat of the Karmapa in exile.
  • Walk Martam village and the Nyingma Institute of Buddhist studies.
  • Ride the UNESCO Darjeeling Himalayan Railway toy train via Batasia Loop.
  • Explore the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute's Everest exhibits.
  • Trek rhododendron forests ascending to the Singalila Ridge.
  • Visit a Darjeeling tea estate to learn cultivation and processing.
  • See Everest, Kanchenjunga, Lhotse and Makalu from Sandakhphu and Sabargam.
We stay in a mix of locally owned two to three-star hotels, a lodge in Rimbik, full-service wild camping in two-person tents with dining and toilet tents, an overnight two-tier sleeper train from Siliguri to Kolkata, plus boutique Netuk House in Gangtok and Sinclairs in Darjeeling.