Start walking from
Yuksom in April
Sikkim’s first capital and the trekker’s gate.
Quick answer. Spring. Rhododendrons and orchids; comfortable trekking starts. For Yuksom specifically, April is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.
The essentials
- History
- First capital, 1642 coronation
- Trailhead
- Dzongri-Goechala trek
- Permit
- Trek permits via registered agencies
- Month
- April, Sikkim
- This month
- Spring.
Why April here
Where the first Chogyal was crowned and where the Dzongri trail begins.
Yuksom is where Sikkim began: the Norbugang coronation throne marks the 1642 crowning of the first Chogyal, and monasteries sit in the forest above the village. For trekkers it is the trailhead of the Dzongri-Goechala route into Kanchenjunga National Park.
What to do
Norbugang throne
The stone coronation seat under old chortens.
Kathok lake
The footprints-and-prayers lake above the village.
Pair it with
Yuksom in April, planned properly
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