Mangan district · Theme
Village homestays in North Sikkim
Sleep in the house, eat in the kitchen
Photo: Suniel Pradhan · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
In North Sikkim, village homestays works best in Dzongu, Lachen, Lachung and Mangan. We have 2 packages 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
valley
Dzongu1,200M
Dzongu
The Lepcha reserve across the Teesta from Mangan
village
Lachen2,750M
Lachen
Gurudongmar's base village, run by its own Dzumsa
village
Lachung2,700M
Lachung
A Dzumsa-run village at 2,700 m on the road to Yumthang
Mangan
District headquarters above the Teesta, gateway to Dzongu
viewpoint
Singhik1,500M
Singhik
A Lepcha village above Mangan with a view up to Kangchenjunga
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Indicative prices per person, twin sharing. Each one can be changed.
Budget
Top1,500M
Dzongu Lepcha village escape
Dzongu
Value
Top5,183M
Dzongu homestay and North Sikkim
Gangtok · Dzongu · Lachen · Lachung · Gangtok
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Hours that fit the theme
Food
Cooking with a Lepcha family in Dzongu
Join your host family in the kitchen for a Lepcha meal from their own fields: rice, greens, nettle or fern, local meat …
Village life
A village-to-village walk in Dzongu
Walk old footpaths between Dzongu villages with a local guide, past cardamom groves, paddy terraces, prayer flags and streams. Moderate effort, big …
Craft
The cardamom harvest in Dzongu
In autumn, follow a Dzongu family to their cardamom grove under the alder trees and watch the pods being cut, sorted and …
Nature
Streams, falls and hot springs of Dzongu
Spend a day with your host visiting the waterfalls, river bends and, where open, the hot springs of Dzongu, places that the …
Monasteries and shrines
Ngodrub Choling, Lachen's monastery
Climb to Lachen Monastery, built in 1858, for its murals, its monastic school and a wide view down the Lachen valley. This …
Culture
The hermit of Lachen and Alexandra David-Néel
Hear the story of the French scholar who studied with the Lachen Gomchen from 1912, lived in a cave hermitage above the …
Village life
Dusk walk through old Lachen
Before dark on arrival, walk up from the highway hotels into the older part of Lachen, where wooden houses, prayer flags and …
Culture
Yaks, herders and the high pastures
North of Lachen, herders keep yak and sheep on the pastures of Thangu, Chopta, Lashar and Lhonak. Learn from a Lachenpa host …
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Where we would book
Premium
Yarlam Resort
The most polished hotel in Lachung, set on the slope above the village near the army camp, with valley-facing rooms, room heating, a restaurant …
Comfort
Le Coxy Resort
A larger, modern resort at Fakha on the Lachung side of the valley, popular with families for spacious rooms, heated mattresses and a buffet …
Value
Fortuna Lachung
A well-reviewed mid-range hotel near the police check post on the Yumthang road, with valley views and staff who understand cold-weather guests. Good value …
Value
Snow Lion Mountain Resort
A friendly, modestly priced hotel near the State Bank ATM in Lachung, close to the river, often praised for its hosts and home-style food. …
Budget
Lachung family homestays
Several Lachungpa families take guests in their homes, with dinner and breakfast cooked in the family kitchen. It is the cheapest way to sleep …
Comfort
Summit Gangchen
Run by the Sikkim-based Summit Hotels group, Summit Gangchen is the largest and best-equipped hotel in Lachen, with electrically heated beds and a multi-cuisine …
Budget
Lachen family homestays
Lachenpa families in the old village above the road host guests in wooden and stone houses, with dinner and an early breakfast. A low-cost, …
Hotel Tamarind
A Jain Group hotel on the North Sikkim Highway at Mangan, one of the few larger hotels in the district headquarters. Useful as a …
Budget
Mayal Lyang Homestay
A Lepcha family homestay at Passingdang in Upper Dzongu, run by Gyatso Lepcha and his family, one of the first in Dzongu. Wooden rooms, …
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