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.
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Explore Gangtok, Sikkim's hill capital, with markets and monasteries.
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Visit Rumtek Monastery, seat of the Karmapa in exile.
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Walk Martam village and the Nyingma Institute of Buddhist studies.
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Ride the UNESCO Darjeeling Himalayan Railway toy train via Batasia Loop.
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Explore the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute's Everest exhibits.
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Trek rhododendron forests ascending to the Singalila Ridge.
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Visit a Darjeeling tea estate to learn cultivation and processing.
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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.