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Dzongri Trek in May
The five-day Kanchenjunga view trek.
Quick answer. Late spring. One of the two best windows; pre-monsoon build late in the month. For Dzongri Trek specifically, May is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.
The essentials
- Duration
- About 5 days return
- Max altitude
- About 13,000ft+
- Permit
- PAP trek permit, via agency
- Season
- Mar-May, Sep-Nov
- Month
- May, Sikkim
- This month
- Late spring.
Why May here
Rhododendron forest to alpine meadow at 13,000ft, with dawn views of the whole massif from Dzongri Top.
The Dzongri trek is Sikkim’s classic short high trek: five days from Yuksom through rhododendron cloud forest to the alpine meadow at Dzongri (about 13,000ft), with the pre-dawn climb to Dzongri Top for sunrise over Kanchenjunga and Pandim.
What to do
Dzongri Top dawn
Sunrise on the whole Kanchenjunga range.
Rhododendron forest
Spring bloom tunnels on the lower route.
Elsewhere in Sikkim in May
The wider Sikkim calendar this month: Saga Dawa (lunar, May-Jun, major monastery festival). Dates shift with harvests and moons; we confirm them when you plan.
Pair it with
Dzongri Trek in May, planned properly
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