Tshangu Lake: A must see place of Sikkim

From the capital of Sikkim, Gangtok, several tours are conducted throughout the year. One of the major tour is Tshangu tour.

Tshangu is actually known as Tshangu Lake which has an altitude of 12,000 ft and it will take nearly 2 hrs to reach Tshangu from Gangtok. After reaching that place you will see a large lake in adjacent to which there is wide range of hill covered with snow. In the winter season the lake sometimes get freezed. Even some people walks through the frozen lake at that time.

In the month of March, Tshangu is fully covered with snow. At one side of the lake, there are several places to sit. People can trek on that hill and on the way you will find snow, scattered everywhere.

There is a small market in Tshangu. If you are lucky then you can get the snowfall there at the day time. Specially in the month of Jule-July the chance is high to see snowfall in the day time. In winter the temperature at that place remains near to 1 degree C or even low in the day time and if you trek to the hill then it will be as low as -7 degree C.

Major side scenes of Gangtok

Gangtok has several tourist spots. From monasteries to historical monuments and museums, there are lot of places to see.

Rumtek Monastery: The distance of this monastery from Gangtok is 24 km. It is the most popular monastery of gangtok. Here you can find some of the unique art objects of the world.

Enchey Monastery: It is just 3 km away from gangtok and 200 year old monastery. If you are visiting Gangtok in the month of January then you must visit this monastery to see the mask dance of cham.

Deer Park: You can see different kind of deer including himalayan deers here. There is also a majestic statue of Lord Buddha.

Sikkim Research Institute of Tibetology: It is a renowed worldwide center for study of Buddhist philosophy and religion. You can find here various collection of invaluable and rare Buddhist books.

Besides this places there is Orchid Sanctuary where you can see over 200 species of Orchids, Government Institute of cottage industry where you can see and buy the sikkimese handicrafts, woolen carpets, clothes etc.
To visit all this places, 1/2 days will be enough.

East India's attractive tourist place....Gangtok

Do you like mountains? do you want to play with snow? do you want to go to a heavenly place? then Sikkim would be the ideal tourist destination for you. Gangtok is the capital of Sikkim.

Mainly the Gangtok tour starts from New Jalpaiguri(NJP)/Siliguri. These two places are situated at north Bengal. So for Coming to Gangtok, you have to come first at NJP/ Siliguri. It will take 4-5 hrs to reach Gangtok from NJP/Siliguri by car.

Gangtok is situated in the Shivalik Hills of the Eastern Himalayan Range at an altitude of 4700 ft. It is the largest town of Sikkim and the major tourist center of Sikkim. Now a days Gangtok has become a huge crowded town. Thousands of hotels and houses are being made in the last few years. There are several big markets in the town. Two theaters are there in Gangtok one of which has the feature of Dolby digital sound.