Pelling: A ideal place for spending holidays

Pelling is the one of the mojor tourist spots of Sikkim and Pelling tour generally starts from NJP/Siliguri(North Bengal). Both bus and cars are available to go to pelling. Generally it'll take nearly 5 hrs from NJP station to pelling. On the way u'll enjoy the scenic beauties of mountains.

Pelling is a town in the district of West Sikkim and is located at an altitude of nearly 7200ft. Generally I think the best time to visit pelling is from the month of december to march. u'll get clear weather all the day long in the month December and january. In night, temperature falls down to 2/3degree C. After reaching pelling u can enjoy the glorious view of the world’s 3rd highest peak Kanchanjangha. This is best viewed in the month of December and January and the view of Kanchanjangha from pelling is better than that from Gangtok.

Generally the town pelling is divided into 2 parts…Upper peling and lower pelling. The local market is situated at lower pelling and upper peling is comparatively less congested and full of hotels. Every year in the christmas eve, a festival is organized at the heart of pelling where people from all over the sikkim comes and have a great time. Even many people from Bhutan also comes. Bands from several corner of sikkim and siliguri comes to perform at the festival. The center of upper pelling is the former helipad ground where the festival takes place and from this position 5 peaks of Kanchanjangha can be seen.

Tukala and Baba-Mandir

From Tshangu Lake it will take around 1 hr to reach Baba-Mandir. Actually this is a temple surrounded by hills and it falls beside the main road. The name of the temple ‘BabaMandir’ was given in the name of an Indian army who died few years back. After his death the temple was formed. U may also get snow near to BabaMandir temple.

From Baba-Mandir, the road goes to Nathula and Tukala. there is a place which is quite unknown to most of the tourists in Sikkim. The name of the place is Tukala and it is 10 km away from Nathula. But the place Tukala is one of the best places of Sikkim and it is a must see place. The view of Kanchanjangha from that place is awesome. U’ll get the wide glamorous view of Kanchenjangha and infront of the peak u'll see the whole space is covered by cloud. Believe me u’ll feel that u r seeing Heaven infront of u and to see that view of Kanchenjangha will be a lifetime achievement. On one side of the road u’ll find snow in the slope of the mountain and u can play with snow at Tukala.

The Tshangu tour which is conducted from Gangtok includes Tshangu Lake, Baba-Mandir, Nathula, Tukala. This four places are covered in one day.