Upon arrival, we clear ICQ procedure and transfer to Holiday Inn Express Kolkata Airport to freshen up and rest.

After breakfast at hotel, check out and transfer to domestic airport for flight to Bagdogra, northernmost airport of West Bengal

Upon arrival, meet our host, lunch at Siliguri and then journey to Gangtok via Rangpo checkpoint.  After receiving our permit entry, we enter Sikkim and proceed to Gangtok.  On arrival, check into Mayfair Gangtok Resort Hotel or similar. Meet and brief by our host for the overall programme. Dinner and rest.

*Inner Line Permit (ILP) formalities at the border check post at Rangpo, Sikkim.

*Tea/Coffee and light snacks at Ricki’s while waiting for permit.

Start after breakfast and drive to Tshangu Lake (50 km), an oval shaped Sacred Lake enroute to Nathula Pass (Indo-China border/Restricted for foreign nationals) at over 12000 feet above sea level.  Highlight of the visit to the glacial lake is a Yak Safari (optional) - Yak is also known as the Himalayan wagon and often used to carry loads in the high passes of the Himalaya.  After a hot lunch, drive back to Gangtok via same route.  Drop by MG Marg shopping street till dinner meeting with RC Gangtok South.  Overnight stay at the Hotel. 

After breakfast, we drive to Tintek via Bojoghari to visit Rotary site project at Lee Aal Old Age Home for programme schedule with RC Gangtok South follows by lunch.  Back to Gangtok for sightseeing and then to Gangtok Grove restaurant for fellowship dinner meeting with RC Gangtok Smart City.  Back to hotel to rest.  (For SH members, this is optional and you may instead opt for city sights at no extra cost except if admission fee involved)

This morning, check out after breakfast with a brief visit to the Rumtek Monastery, the largest in Sikkim and seat of the Karmapa Lama, the third highest monk in Tibetan Buddhism. It also serves as one of the most important seats of the Kagyu (Black Hat) sect of Tibetan Buddhism outside of Tibet and is also known as Dharmachakra Centre.  Later in the noon after lunch, visit Tatha-Gatha Tsal or also called Buddha Park. The large statue of Buddha being the center piece opened in the year 2013 and consecrated by HH 14th Dalai Lama in the same year. 02 hrs more we reach to Pelling.  Check into the Nettle & Fern Farmstay Hotel, a private invitation by host Rtn Naresh and spouse Varsha Shrestha, with the Himalayan range in the background.  Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel. 

After breakfast, we travel to the Eklavya Model Residential School @ Gangyap, which translated to English means “Behind the Hills”, tucked away in a corner of Sikkim, one of India’s most picturesque states.  Here we meet the students and Interactors of Gangyap, who are mainly children of Sikkim’s tribal communities, and enjoy a simple lunch after meeting the teachers and principal before an interaction with the students.  Enjoy a specially arranged musical interlude for the D3310 delegation by the students of Gangyap.  

Back to Pelling (02 hrs), refresh and relax followed by dinner and overnight stay at the hotel. 

A relaxing day to enjoy the lovely season at 1 800 meters above sea level with its main attraction of the place - the breathtaking sight of the Kangchenjunga (8586m)and the neighbouring peaks.  We check out and drive to Pemayangtse monastery (02 km) which is 300+ years old belongs to the Nyingmapa order of Tibetan Buddhism and highly regarded for having a direct linkage of the consecration of the Kings/Princes of Sikkim erstwhile Kingdom.  

We then leave for the Sikkim border after lunch @ Jorethang.  ILP withdrawal at Ramman check post and enter West Bengal weaving through scenic tea plantation roads.  We arrive at Darjeeling this afternoon and check into the Mayfair Darjeeling Resort– once the summer retreat of the Maharaja of Nazargunj. Perhaps a visit to the popular Chowrasta with its tea shops before dinner back at our hotel and rest. 

The day programme starts after breakfast at the Hotel.  Enjoy a unique joy-ride (DarjeelingGhoom) on the heritage Darjeeling Himalaya Railway toy train (Batasia Loop).  Then visit Happy Valley Tea Estate established in 1854. This estate is located more than 2000 msl with a planted area of 100 hectares and is one of the highest tea plantations in the world.  After lunch at Glenary’s, we take in some more sights before dinner at our hotel and rest.  

Check out after the breakfast and drive to Bagdogra via Kurseong taking about 3 hrs to reach. After lunch at Siliguri, we reach Bagdogra airport to board a flight to Kolkata.  

Upon arrival at Kolkata, collect luggage and re-check in at Singapore Airlines counter for SQ529 2330/0630hrs+1.  Arrive Singapore early next morning (21Oct Mon).