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Village homestays in Sikkim

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.

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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.

Packages

Trips built around it

Sorted by price. Indicative per person, twin sharing.

Every package
Rinchenpong weekend from NJP, budget Budget Top1,700M

Rinchenpong weekend from NJP, budget

2 nights, 3 daysEasy

Rinchenpong

From, per person₹5,500
Aritar weekend: lake, Mankhim and villages Budget Top1,980M

Aritar weekend: lake, Mankhim and villages

2 nights, 3 daysEasy

Aritar

From, per person₹6,500
Dzongu Lepcha village escape Budget Top1,500M

Dzongu Lepcha village escape

3 nights, 4 daysEasy

Dzongu

From, per person₹8,000
Budget Top1,980M

Rolep riverside village stay, 3 nights

3 nights, 4 daysEasy

Rolep

From, per person₹9,000
Okhrey, Hilley and Barsey rhododendron walk Budget Top3,000M

Okhrey, Hilley and Barsey rhododendron walk

3 nights, 4 daysBalanced

Okhrey · Hilley · Okhrey

From, per person₹9,000
Silk Route from Gangtok on a budget, 3 nights Budget Top4,100M

Silk Route from Gangtok on a budget, 3 nights

3 nights, 4 daysBalanced

Zuluk · Nathang Valley · Aritar

From, per person₹10,000
Gangtok monasteries and food, 4 nights Budget Top2,000M

Gangtok monasteries and food, 4 nights

4 nights, 5 daysEasy

Gangtok · Martam

From, per person₹10,500
Old Silk Route on a budget, 3 nights from NJP Budget Top4,100M

Old Silk Route on a budget, 3 nights from NJP

3 nights, 4 daysBalanced

Padamchen · Zuluk · Nathang Valley

From, per person₹10,500
Kewzing and Yangang homestays, 4 nights Budget Top2,100M

Kewzing and Yangang homestays, 4 nights

4 nights, 5 daysEasy

Kewzing · Yangang

From, per person₹14,000
Silk Route winter snow trip, 4 nights Budget Top4,100M

Silk Route winter snow trip, 4 nights

4 nights, 5 daysBalanced

Padamchen · Zuluk · Nathang Valley

From, per person₹14,000
Pelling and Yuksom on a budget Budget Top2,200M

Pelling and Yuksom on a budget

5 nights, 6 daysBalanced

Pelling · Yuksom

From, per person₹15,000
Borong hot spring slow trip, 5 nights Budget Top2,100M

Borong hot spring slow trip, 5 nights

5 nights, 6 daysEasy

Ravangla · Borong

From, per person₹15,000
Uttarey and Hee Bermiok village escape Budget Top2,300M

Uttarey and Hee Bermiok village escape

5 nights, 6 daysEasy

Hee Bermiok · Uttarey

From, per person₹15,500
Gangtok and the Silk Route on a budget, 5N Budget Top4,100M

Gangtok and the Silk Route on a budget, 5N

5 nights, 6 daysBalanced

Gangtok · Zuluk · Nathang Valley · Aritar

From, per person₹15,500
Silk Route family trip, 4 nights Value Top4,100M

Silk Route family trip, 4 nights

4 nights, 5 daysEasy

Aritar · Padamchen · Zuluk

From, per person₹16,000
Full Silk Route loop on a budget, 6 nights Budget Top4,100M

Full Silk Route loop on a budget, 6 nights

6 nights, 7 daysBalanced

Aritar · Padamchen · Zuluk · Nathang Valley · Gangtok

From, per person₹18,000
Temi tea and Kewzing farmstay, 4 nights Value Top2,100M

Temi tea and Kewzing farmstay, 4 nights

4 nights, 5 daysEasy

Temi Tea Garden · Kewzing

From, per person₹18,500
Pakyong villages: Aritar, Mankhim and Rolep, 4N Value Top1,980M

Pakyong villages: Aritar, Mankhim and Rolep, 4N

4 nights, 5 daysEasy

Aritar · Mankhim · Rolep

From, per person₹19,500
Gangtok and the Silk Route, 5 nights Value Top4,100M

Gangtok and the Silk Route, 5 nights

5 nights, 6 daysBalanced

Gangtok · Zuluk · Nathang Valley · Aritar

From, per person₹26,500
Silk Route to Gangtok via Kupup and Tsomgo, 5N Value Top4,100M

Silk Route to Gangtok via Kupup and Tsomgo, 5N

5 nights, 6 daysBalanced

Aritar · Zuluk · Nathang Valley · Gangtok

From, per person₹27,000
Dzongu homestay and North Sikkim Value Top5,183M

Dzongu homestay and North Sikkim

5 nights, 6 daysBalanced

Gangtok · Dzongu · Lachen · Lachung · Gangtok

From, per person₹29,500
Pelling, Gangtok and the Silk Route, 8 nights Value Top4,100M

Pelling, Gangtok and the Silk Route, 8 nights

8 nights, 9 daysBalanced

Pelling · Gangtok · Zuluk · Nathang Valley · Aritar

From, per person₹37,500

Where to go

Places for village homestays

village Martam1,300M

Martam

Paddy terraces and family homestays an hour beyond Rumtek

Best Mar – May · Oct – Nov1–2 nightsEast Sikkim
Sang village Sang1,450M

Sang

A quiet Kagyu monastery village beyond Rumtek and Martam

Best Mar – May · Oct – Nov0–1 nightsEast Sikkim
Dzongu valley Dzongu1,200M

Dzongu

The Lepcha reserve across the Teesta from Mangan

Best Mar – Apr · Oct – Dec2 nightsNorth Sikkim
Lachen village Lachen2,750M

Lachen

Gurudongmar's base village, run by its own Dzumsa

Best Apr – May · Oct – Nov1 nightsNorth Sikkim
Lachung village Lachung2,700M

Lachung

A Dzumsa-run village at 2,700 m on the road to Yumthang

Best Apr – May · Oct – Nov1–2 nightsNorth Sikkim
town Mangan956M

Mangan

District headquarters above the Teesta, gateway to Dzongu

Best Mar – Apr · Oct – Dec0–1 nightsNorth Sikkim
Singhik viewpoint Singhik1,500M

Singhik

A Lepcha village above Mangan with a view up to Kangchenjunga

Best Oct – Feb0 nightsNorth Sikkim
village Darap1,800M

Darap

A Limbu farming village 8 km from Pelling, with homestays

Best Mar – May · Oct – Dec1–2 nightsWest Sikkim
valley Dentam1,400M

Dentam

A farming valley on the road to Singshore Bridge and Uttarey

Best Mar – May · Oct – Nov0–1 nightsWest Sikkim
Hee Bermiok village Hee Bermi…1,950M

Hee Bermiok

Limbu heritage, cardamom farms and forest walks west of Pelling

Best Mar – May · Oct – Dec1–2 nightsWest Sikkim
Khecheopalri Lake lake Khecheopa…1,700M

Khecheopalri Lake

The sacred lake where birds are said to clear the fallen leaves

Best Oct – May0–1 nightsWest Sikkim
Uttarey village Uttarey2,000M

Uttarey

A forest village on the Singalila Ridge by the Nepal border

Best Mar – May · Oct – Nov1–3 nightsWest Sikkim
Yuksom village Yuksom1,780M

Yuksom

Sikkim's first capital and the gateway to Kangchenjunga

Best Mar – May · Oct – Nov1–2 nightsWest Sikkim
village Borong1,770M

Borong

Farm village above the Rangeet with a winter hot spring

Best Apr · Oct – Feb2 nightsSouth Sikkim
village Kewzing1,550M

Kewzing

A Bhutia village where homestay income is shared

Best Mar – May · Oct – Dec1–2 nightsSouth Sikkim
Ravangla town Ravangla2,050M

Ravangla

A cool ridge town between Buddha Park, Ralang and Maenam

Best Mar – May · Oct – Nov1–2 nightsSouth Sikkim
Yangang village Yangang1,500M

Yangang

Lepcha, Bhutia and Nepali farms below Maenam's Bhaleydhunga

Best Mar – May · Oct – Dec2 nightsSouth Sikkim
Aritar village Aritar1,400M

Aritar

Lake village on the old Kalimpong trade road

Best Mar – May · Oct – Nov1–2 nightsPakyong and the Silk Route
Lingtam village Lingtam1,500M

Lingtam

Warm river village just above Rongli

Best Oct – Apr1 nightsPakyong and the Silk Route
Mankhim pilgrimage site Mankhim1,980M

Mankhim

Kirat Rai temple on a ridge above Aritar

Best Mar – May · Oct – Nov0–1 nightsPakyong and the Silk Route
Padamchen village Padamchen2,200M

Padamchen

Forest village halfway up the Old Silk Route

Best Mar – May · Oct – Nov1 nightsPakyong and the Silk Route
village Rolep1,200M

Rolep

Riverside farming hamlet for slow days

Best Oct – Apr1–3 nightsPakyong and the Silk Route
Rongli town Rongli1,585M

Rongli

Permit town and old market at the foot of the Silk Route

Best Oct – Apr0–1 nightsPakyong and the Silk Route
Zuluk village Zuluk2,800M

Zuluk

The old caravan halt below the zigzag road

Best Mar – May · Oct – Dec1–2 nightsPakyong and the Silk Route
village Daramdin950M

Daramdin

Flat farmland, Limbu and Lepcha villages and a tower of clay pots

Best Oct – Mar1 nightsSoreng
Kaluk village Kaluk1,550M

Kaluk

A breezy bazaar village and the comfortable base below Rinchenpong

Best Feb – Apr · Oct – Dec1–2 nightsSoreng
Okhrey village Okhrey2,300M

Okhrey

A Sherpa village of homestays below the Barsey rhododendron forest

Best Mar – May · Oct – Nov1–2 nightsSoreng
Rinchenpong village Rinchenpo…1,650M

Rinchenpong

A ridge village with a 1730 monastery and a full Kangchenjunga view

Best Feb – Apr · Oct – Dec2 nightsSoreng
Sombaria town Sombaria1,500M

Sombaria

The last bazaar on the road to Okhrey, Hilley and Barsey

Best Mar – May · Oct – Nov0–1 nightsSoreng
Soreng town Soreng1,315M

Soreng

A farming district town with a sunrise hill above the bazaar

Best Feb – Apr · Oct – Dec1 nightsSoreng
heritage site Tharpu an…880M

Tharpu and Mangardzong

The fort site of the last Mangar raja, in a warm paddy valley

Best Oct – Feb0 nightsSoreng

Things to do

Experiences on the way

Every experience
Walking Martam's paddy terraces 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 …

2–3 hoursMartam≈ ₹800–1,500 for a local guide
Cooking and eating in a Martam kitchen 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 …

2 hoursMartamIncluded with a homestay; ≈ ₹400–700 per person as a meal visit
Large cardamom fields and drying kilns 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 …

1.5 hoursMartam≈ ₹500–1,000 for a local guide
Morning birding around Martam 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 …

2–3 hoursMartam≈ ₹1,000–2,000 for a birding guide
Sang Monastery and Phaya Lama's prints 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 …

1 hourSangFree; offering welcome
Guided walk to Phaya Lama's cave 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 …

2–3 hoursSang≈ ₹500–1,000 for a local guide
Rumtek, Martam and Sang in a day 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 …

Full daySang≈ ₹3,000–4,000 a car
Tea in the bazaar and a stroll in the fields 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 …

1.5 hoursSang≈ ₹50–150 for tea and snacks

Where to sleep

Stays that fit

Every stay
Budget

Martam village homestays

Homestay villageMartam

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 …

≈ ₹1,500–2,500 per person a night with meals (indicative)
Yarlam Resort Premium

Yarlam Resort

ResortLachung

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 …

≈ ₹9,000–15,000 a room a night (indicative)
Le Coxy Resort Comfort

Le Coxy Resort

ResortLachung

A larger, modern resort at Fakha on the Lachung side of the valley, popular with families for spacious rooms, heated mattresses and a buffet …

≈ ₹5,000–8,000 a room a night (indicative)
Fortuna Lachung Value

Fortuna Lachung

HotelLachung

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 …

≈ ₹3,000–5,000 a room a night (indicative)
Snow Lion Mountain Resort Value

Snow Lion Mountain Resort

HotelLachung

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. …

≈ ₹2,500–4,000 a room a night (indicative)
Lachung family homestays Budget

Lachung family homestays

Homestay villageLachung

Several Lachungpa families take guests in their homes, with dinner and breakfast cooked in the family kitchen. It is the cheapest way to sleep …

≈ ₹1,200–2,000 per person a night with meals (indicative)

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