Singalila Trek and Green Lake Trek

For those of you who enjoy walking in a remote, pristine region of the world, this makes a good combination.  The Darjeeling Sandakphu Trek makes a good preparatory walk for a more demanding walk to the Green Lake in Sikkim. While the Darjeeling and the Sandakphu Trek is more accessible and makes a pleasant walk, it is useful to do help with the acclimatisation for the Green Lake walk that takes you to 4935m The walk to the Green Lake also requires you to walk through slush and slippery paths – but the rewards are just stunning. The route is that used by the early expeditions to Kangchenjunga from the Sikkim side.

Our trip starts in Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim. After a day's exploration of this fascinating Buddhist centre we drive to the village of Larchen in the north of Sikkim. From Larchen we trek through thick forests following the valley of the Zemu Chu (river) to its source of the Zemu glacier. It is here in the great glaciated bowl on the northeast flank of Kangchenjunga and surrounded by the spectacular peaks of Siniolchu (6878m), Sugarloaf (6455m), Tent (7365m) and Nepal (7168m) that we camp near to Green Lake (which, incidentally, is dry!). We return to Larchen and then Gangtok by our inbound route. This trip finishes in Gangtok

Itinerary

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