Gyalshing district · Theme
Food and tea in West Sikkim
Momo, churpi, gundruk and Temi tea
In West Sikkim, food and tea works best in Darap, Gyalshing and Hee Bermiok. Sikkim cooks Bhutia, Lepcha and Nepali food side by side: momo and thukpa, phagshapa and sel roti, fermented gundruk and kinema, yak churpi. Add Temi's organic tea and a fully organic state since 2016.
Sikkim was declared India's first fully organic state in 2016. You taste it in the vegetables at Lal Bazaar, the buckwheat and the millet, and in Temi's tea.
The best meals are at home tables and small cafés, not hotel buffets. Tell us about allergies and diets when you enquire.
Places
Where to go
Darap
A Limbu farming village 8 km from Pelling, with homestays
Gyalshing
District headquarters and the transport hub below Pelling
village
Hee Bermi…1,950M
Hee Bermiok
Limbu heritage, cardamom farms and forest walks west of Pelling
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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 …
Kinema, gundruk and millet in a Limbu kitchen
Cook and eat with your Darap hosts, learning about Limbu food: kinema fermented soybean, gundruk greens, millet and seasonal vegetables cooked on …
Nature
Walk down to the Rimbi river
Walk from Darap down through fields and forest to the Rimbi river, its roadside waterfall and the Sewaro Rock Garden, and return …
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 …
Morning market walk in Gyalshing
Walk Gyalshing's market in the morning to see what West Sikkim's villages grow and ferment: greens, chillies, chhurpi cheese, gundruk and seasonal …
Monasteries and shrines
Kirateshwar Mahadev temple at Legship
Drive down from Gyalshing to Legship on the Rangeet to visit the Kirateshwar Mahadev temple, a Hindu pilgrimage site of 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 …
Sel roti and tea at a Gyalshing stall
Wait for your jeep with a cup of milky tea and sel roti, the ring-shaped sweet rice bread of Nepali kitchens, at …
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Daragaon Village Retreat, Darap
A community-minded eco homestay in Darap, the Limbu village 8 km from Pelling, offering farm walks, day hikes and home cooking. It won silver …
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