Gyalshing district · Experiences
Village life in West Sikkim
Homestays, farms and harvests
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Nights with families in Lepcha, Bhutia, Limbu, Rai and Sherpa villages, paid fairly and booked directly. 8 experiences below, each with its time, cost and the best hour to go.
Village life
Two nights with a Limbu family in Darap
Stay with a Limbu family in Darap, eat home cooking, walk the fields and learn about Limbu language and customs, 8 km …
A working day on a Darap farm
Join your host family in the fields for a few hours: planting, weeding or harvesting depending on season, and learn how a …
Farm walk on the Dentam valley floor
Walk the footpaths between houses and terraces around Dentam bazaar with a local guide or homestay host, seeing how a West Sikkim …
Village life
Travel like a local on Gyalshing's jeeps
Use Gyalshing's shared jeep network to reach Pelling, Yuksom, Dentam or Uttarey for a fraction of a reserved car's cost, riding with …
Village life
Cardamom groves and orange orchards walk
Walk through the shade forests where Hee Bermiok's families grow black cardamom and through their orange orchards, and see how the crop …
Village life
Evening with a Khecheopalri homestay family
Spend a night with a family in Khecheopalri village: home-cooked dinner, stories about the lake, and a morning walk down before the …
Village life
Village fields walk from Norbugang
From Norbugang, wander the lanes and field paths of Yuksom past farmhouses, cardamom and vegetable plots, chortens and mani walls, and see …
Village life
Day drive: Dentam, Singshore and Uttarey
A full day from Pelling down into the farming valley of Dentam, across the Singshore Bridge and up to the forest village …
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