Sherween's Sikkim Trip with Thrillophilia: Seven Days, Four Destinations, Zero Stress
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PNR: BKDNDIFEMM8
Rating: ★★★★
Travellers: Sherween Mendon & Pavithra Mendon
Trip Duration: 7 Days | 6 Nights
Date of Travel: 11 Feb 2026 - 17 Feb 2026
Package Booked: Wonders of Gangtok | Journey Through Lakes & Tibetan Heritage
"The trip was really nice, comfortable, hassle-free and fun. Ambika gave us a good deal and an itinerary. Cab drivers were experienced and very helpful. So overall it was a good tour." - Sherween
That review probably sums up the experience better than anything else.
Seven days in Sikkim sounds manageable until someone starts listing everything involved. There are permits to arrange, hotel changes across multiple towns, long mountain drives, and sightseeing days that begin before sunrise. On paper, Sherween Mendon and Pavithra Mendon's itinerary looked like the kind of trip that would require constant planning.
In reality, they barely had to think about any of it.
Over the course of a week, the pair travelled through Gangtok, Lachung, Yumthang Valley, and Pelling, covering a surprising amount of ground in the process. Yet the trip never felt rushed. One destination simply flowed into the next, while the mountains quietly took over the role of keeping everyone entertained along the way.
Gangtok was where the journey began. The town had a lively energy, with cafés, local markets, and roads that seemed to constantly climb uphill. It felt like a comfortable introduction to Sikkim before the landscape began changing dramatically. The following day brought a visit to Tsomgo Lake and Baba Mandir, where the roads climbed higher into the mountains, and the scenery started to look noticeably different. Buildings became fewer, the air grew colder, and the views outside the vehicle became difficult to ignore.
Tsomgo Lake appeared almost unexpectedly. One moment, there were winding roads and mountain bends; the next, a vast stretch of water surrounded by rugged terrain. Visitors spread across the lakeside, trying to capture photographs while clouds drifted across the landscape and changed the view every few minutes. It was one of those places where people arrived with a plan and quickly forgot about it.
The Road to Lachung Felt Like a Different World
The journey towards Lachung was where the trip truly changed character.
The farther north they travelled, the quieter everything became. The roads felt more remote, the settlements became smaller, and mobile networks appeared less frequently. What started as a sightseeing holiday gradually began to feel like an escape from everyday routines.
By the time Sherween and Pavithra arrived in Lachung, the atmosphere was completely different from Gangtok. There were fewer crowds, fewer vehicles, and a sense of calm that seemed to settle over the town. Even simple moments felt more memorable here. Looking out of the hotel window in the morning often revealed a completely different scene from the evening before, depending on where the clouds had settled overnight.
One of the interesting things about travelling through North Sikkim is that people eventually stop asking how much longer the journey will take. Instead, they become more interested in what might appear around the next bend. Waterfalls emerged unexpectedly beside the road, streams cut through valleys below, and distant peaks appeared and disappeared depending on the weather.
It was the kind of route where the journey often became just as memorable as the destination.
A Morning in Yumthang Valley
The drive to Yumthang Valley brought some of the most dramatic scenery of the entire trip. The road wound through open valleys, crossed mountain streams, and passed stretches of landscape that seemed untouched by time. Every few kilometres, vehicles slowed down because somebody wanted a photograph of what they had just spotted outside the window.
From one viewpoint, a group of travellers spent several minutes carefully framing photographs of the mountains ahead. By the time they were satisfied, the weather had already changed, and a layer of cloud had rolled across the valley. Nobody seemed disappointed. In fact, most people simply started taking photographs again. The changing weather felt like part of the experience rather than an interruption.
For Sherween and Pavithra, Yumthang was one of those places that looked different in every direction. Streams flowed through the valley floor, mountains stretched across the horizon, and prayer flags added splashes of colour to the landscape. It was also one of the few places where even the most enthusiastic photographers occasionally lowered their cameras and simply looked around for a while.
After days of travelling through different parts of Sikkim, Yumthang felt like the point where the scale of the region became fully apparent. The mountains seemed larger, the valleys wider, and the distance between places somehow easier to appreciate.
Why Did Sherween & Pavithra Choose Thrillophilia For Their Sikkim Trip?
Covering Gangtok, Lachung, Yumthang Valley, and Pelling in a single week involves much more than booking hotels. The route passes through different regions of Sikkim, includes permit-restricted areas, and requires several long mountain transfers. Rather than piecing everything together themselves, Sherween and Pavithra chose to have the entire journey planned.
Their itinerary was curated by Ambika, a Sikkim destination expert at Thrillophilia, who helped them secure a good deal while ensuring they experienced both the popular attractions and the quieter corners of the state. From arranging accommodations to coordinating transfers between destinations, the team managed the details so that the travellers could focus on the experience itself.
The local drivers also played an important role throughout the trip. North Sikkim's roads are very different from what most travellers encounter in cities. Steep climbs, narrow mountain stretches, and rapidly changing weather conditions are all part of the journey.
Over seven days, Sherween and Pavithra covered some of Sikkim's most beautiful landscapes without having to think about permits, routes, hotel changes, or transfers. They simply got to enjoy the journey.