The Green Lake Trek is considered rare because it is located in a remote part of Sikkim, far from the mainstream trekking routes. The trek offers unique landscapes and views, but due to its secluded location, it remains less explored.
Green lake trek
Sikkim Himalayas Trek
Duration: 15 days (4 days travel / 11 days trekking)
Best trek season: April & May and October & November
Grade: Difficult
Altitude: 4935 m
Total Distance of trekking Trails : 92 km
Main Attraction 180 degree view of Mt.
Follow -Arrival in Siliguri by flight/train/drive to Gangtok—Drive to Lachen-Drive to tallem-and trek—After back to Lachen—Gangtok-Siliguri.
An entire lot of the Sikkim Himalaya remains unexplored in massive detail. The adventure to this part of the Himalayas has been taken up by only a few who are aware of this haven. The Green Lake trek in Sikkim takes you to the bottom of Kanchenjunga, a sprawling green landscape dotted with a few alpine timbers and a serene lake.
The vicinity allows you to maintain the lovely horizon firmly, parted with the useful, beneficial resource of the manner of the Kanchenjunga at 8,586 meters, Kanchenjunga West, additionally referred to as Yalung Kang at 8,505 meters, Kanchenjunga Primary at 8,482 meters, Kanchenjunga South at 8,494 meters, and Kangbachen at 7,903 meters.
Those forms of component courters are a silver line parallel to the spotless blue sky and spanning over the limits of Nepal, Tibet, and the Indian America of Sikkim. The Green Lake Trek in Sikkim is one of the numerous complex and unexplored treks within the Sikkim Himalayan belt that traverses via a number of the secluded tribal villages perched at a lofty peak of the mountains.
Apart from the massive wooded area of rhododendrons and high-quality flowering plants, alpine timber, and plants and fauna, it’s the manner of existence that reverberates in the minds of numerous explorers who come in touch with this alpine trek. Further, the trekkers get a worthwhile view of the expansive green surroundings, encircling the lake at an altitude of 5,000 meters.
The Sikkim Green Lake Trek commences from Lachen, which is at an altitude of 2,730 meters and about 135 kilometers from Gangtok. The path results in Tallem at 3,240 meters via Zema. From Tallem, the route winds and gently climbs to Jakthang at 3,430 meters. Here's a day of acclimatization before you keep going further on the Sikkim Green Lake Trek.
From Jakthang, the route takes you through a first-rate alpine woodland and cuts via several small and gushing streams to Yabuk at 4,040 meters and after that to the rest camp at 4,725 meters. From the relaxation camp, the adventure to the inexperienced lake area faces several uphill and downhill treks until it expunges into the sprawling, inexperienced landscape. From Green Lake, the downhill journey to Lachen follows the identical path and later wheels to Gangtok.
Why is the expansive Green Lake trek so different compared to other treks?
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Green lake Short Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival at Baghdogra Airport or NJP and drive to Gangtok. Stay overnight.
Day 2: Gangtok-Lachen, 3100 m, 130 km, 5-6 hours drive.
Day 3: Lachen-Tallem (13 km 6- hours): Drive up to Zema Bridge and then begin the trek to Tallem.
Day 4: Tallem-Jakthang (3300m 8 km 4- hours)
Day 5: Jakthang-Yabuk (3850, 12km 5- hours)
Day 6: Yabuk-Rest camp (4500m 9km hours)
Day 7: Rest camp-Green lake (5050m 8km hours)
Day 8: Rest day at Green Lake:
Day 9: green Lake-Yabuk: Comeback Journey,
Day 10: Yabuk-Jakthang-Tllem:
Day 11: Tallem-Lachen-Gangtok
Day 12: Gangtok-Bagdogra or extended tour to the Kingdom of Bhutan , NEPAL.
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