Tea Tourism

Sikkim Organic Tea & Monastery Tour

Kathmandu → Gangtok

7 daysRs 232,000

Highlights

India's first fully organic state — explore Sikkim's Temi Tea Estate, ancient Buddhist monasteries, and the sacred Kanchenjunga range.
Tea Tourism · 7 Days
Small group, guide-led

Day-by-day itinerary

D1
Gangtok: Capital of the Clouds
Arrive in Gangtok, Sikkim's hill capital. Visit the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology to understand Sikkim's Buddhist heritage. Evening walk on MG Marg, India's cleanest pedestrian street.
Gangtok As per plan
D2
Rumtek Monastery & Temi Tea Estate
Morning visit to Rumtek Monastery, the largest in Sikkim and seat of the Karmapa lineage. Continue to Temi Tea Estate for your first organic tea tasting. Understand how Sikkim's organic conversion (completed in 2016) changed tea cultivation.
Gangtok As per plan
D3
Temi: Organic Tea Immersion
Full day at Temi: plucking with organic certification standards, factory visit showing chemical-free processing, and extensive tasting of Temi's first and second flush teas. Discussion on organic farming's challenges and triumphs.
Gangtok As per plan
D4
Ravangla & Buddha Park
Drive to Ravangla to see the 130-foot Buddha statue overlooking the mountains. Visit a local monastery for afternoon prayers. Stay in an eco-lodge with organic farm-to-table dining.
Gangtok As per plan
D5
Pelling & Pemayangtse Monastery
Drive to Pelling with its spectacular Kanchenjunga views. Visit Pemayangtse Monastery, Sikkim's oldest gompa (founded 1705), containing the masterpiece Sangtok Palri — a painted wooden vision of Guru Rinpoche's paradise.
Gangtok As per plan
D6
Kanchenjunga Views & Yuksom
Morning visit to the ruins of Rabdentse, Sikkim's ancient capital. Continue to Yuksom, the coronation site of the first Chogyal (king) in 1642. Walk to Kathok Lake through virgin forest. Evening tea ceremony with local monks.
Gangtok As per plan
D7
Departure from Bagdogra
Return to Bagdogra via the scenic Teesta River valley. Final tea shopping in Gangtok and departure.
Gangtok As per plan

Price includes

Local storyteller guide
Stays as per itinerary
Daily breakfast
All ground transfers

Make it yours (upsells)

Everything apart from the trip itself is an upsell — tick what you want.

Travellers1

Departure date

Kathmandu → Gangtok • 7 days • 1 traveller(s) • incl. fees

Rs 232,000

Before you go

Day-by-day itinerary

Gangtok: Capital of the Clouds

Arrive in Gangtok, Sikkim's hill capital. Visit the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology to understand Sikkim's Buddhist heritage. Evening walk on MG Marg, India's cleanest pedestrian street.

Gangtok As per plan

Rumtek Monastery & Temi Tea Estate

Morning visit to Rumtek Monastery, the largest in Sikkim and seat of the Karmapa lineage. Continue to Temi Tea Estate for your first organic tea tasting. Understand how Sikkim's organic conversion (completed in 2016) changed tea cultivation.

Gangtok As per plan

Temi: Organic Tea Immersion

Full day at Temi: plucking with organic certification standards, factory visit showing chemical-free processing, and extensive tasting of Temi's first and second flush teas. Discussion on organic farming's challenges and triumphs.

Gangtok As per plan

Ravangla & Buddha Park

Drive to Ravangla to see the 130-foot Buddha statue overlooking the mountains. Visit a local monastery for afternoon prayers. Stay in an eco-lodge with organic farm-to-table dining.

Gangtok As per plan

Make it yours (upsells)

Everything apart from the trip itself is an upsell — tick what you want.

Travellers1

Departure date

Kathmandu → Gangtok • 7 days • 1 traveller(s) • incl. fees

Rs 232,000