Gangtok district · Theme
Village homestays in East Sikkim
Sleep in the house, eat in the kitchen
In East Sikkim, village homestays works best in Martam and Sang. We have 1 package built around it. Registered homestays in Dzongu, Kewzing, Okhrey, Uttarey, Zuluk and dozens of other villages, paid fairly and booked directly with families. The cheapest way to see Sikkim, and the way you learn the most.
Sikkim has a wide network of registered rural homestays, many run by families and village committees. Rooms are simple and clean, meals are what the family cooks, and the money stays in the village.
Expect shared bathrooms in some houses, early dinners and quiet nights. Bring a torch, cash and patience with the hot water.
Places
Where to go
Martam
Paddy terraces and family homestays an hour beyond Rumtek
village
Sang1,450M
Sang
A quiet Kagyu monastery village beyond Rumtek and Martam
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Budget
Top2,000M
Gangtok monasteries and food, 4 nights
Gangtok · Martam
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Village life
Walking Martam's paddy terraces
Walk the field bunds and village paths of Martam with a local guide, through rice terraces, bamboo groves and hamlets. Green in …
Food
Cooking and eating in a Martam kitchen
Join a farming family in their kitchen for a meal of home-grown rice, dal, local greens, gundruk or pickles, and perhaps chicken …
Craft
Large cardamom fields and drying kilns
Visit a shady cardamom plot under alder trees with a farming family, see the red pods cut from the base of the …
Wildlife and birds
Morning birding around Martam
The mix of fields, bamboo, cardamom and forest edges around Martam draws a good variety of common Himalayan birds. An early walk …
Monasteries and shrines
Sang Monastery and Phaya Lama's prints
Visit the Karma Dubgyu Chokhorling, a Kagyu monastery built in 1912, and ask to see the two stones bearing a footprint and …
Adventure
Guided walk to Phaya Lama's cave
With a local guide, follow a steep path down into the ravine near Sang to the cave where Phaya Lama is said …
Village life
Rumtek, Martam and Sang in a day
A full day on the western side of the Ranikhola valley: Rumtek Monastery in the morning, lunch at a Martam homestay, and …
Village life
Tea in the bazaar and a stroll in the fields
Slow down in Sang: sit with a glass of tea at a stall in the small bazaar, then walk the lanes between …
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Martam village homestays
Family homestays and small village guesthouses in Martam, a farming village of terraced paddy and cardamom about 29–34 km from Gangtok via Rumtek. Home-cooked …
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