Why do people choose Pelling?
Most Indian people as nature lovers may be familiar with the Pelling in the small town. Bike riders, rock climbers, or nature lovers can spend their holidays. Nature lovers can see various kinds of floras i.e., rare species, orchids, and others. Moreover, there are many architectural Monasteries those places are suitable for meditation. The visitors can notice the Kanchenjunga mountain. It seems to be like a Sleeping Buddha which is a little bit scenario of the Eastern Himalayas in India. Yet, the travelers can listen to the water sounds of waterfalls and the Rimbi River. This tour guide plan may help to decide on visiting Pelling a remote area of the nicest places.
Importance of Travel :
Traveling plays a significant role in human life and cultural society. Travelers can meet new traditional practices and foods on the visiting sites. It also can boost mental fitness and bring happiness to the daily work pressure and stress. Besides, it opens an opportunity to earn money for the local people on the visiting sites.
Geographical Location of Pelling:
Hill small town, Pelling is present in the Himalayan Mountain Ranges about 6100 feet. The location of Pelling is under of Indian Government and district of West Sikkim.
Cultural and Traditional Practices in Pelling:
Pelling is an off-beat regional part of West Sikkim in India. There is population density is low on the demographic census. Most of the local people are flowering garden lovers. Whereas, the number of tourists is high and also available all year round. Pelling town and surrounding tourist places or Monasteries are open to all people. The local people of Pelling are hard workers to cross the long distance to the hill station on a walk. The regional people engage in hotel-restaurant-bar-related activities to provide hospitality facilities. Rice, Momo, vegetables like squash, and Indian and Chinese dishes are available. Here liquor is tax-free. Yet, tourists come to take pleasure in these remote hill areas from the other countries.
Favorable seasons for Pelling trip:
Summer and winter seasons are the most favorable seasons of Pelling for travelers. While other visitors choose to adventure during the monsoon. Here, tourist spots are usually open throughout the years. The peak seasons are September, October, December, March, and April.
Summer season
The best time for summer is a suitable period from March to May because of a lower temp. of 7℃ and the highest temp. of 28℃. During this time, travelers can get a little bit of cold temp.
Monsoon season
The rainy season starts from June and September. During this period, some tourists come here to get pleasure from the waterfalls. Visitors are more concerned about “frequent” and “heavy” rainfalls causing landslides & road blockage. The precipitation of heavy rainfalls is around 735 mm.
Winter season
The cold season usually starts in December month up to February month. The temperature at this moment is too chilling and moves around between 4℃ and 14℃. Travelers can carry warm clothes to keep body heat. They may take medicines, or Ayurvedic remedies, “Chyawanprash” or honey to boost immunity.
The festive mode in Pelling
Most Indian travelers visit West Sikkim Pelling between September and December. Many people come here to celebrate and enjoy the X-mas party and New Year, and “Colour of Festival”.
Travel communication:
Transportation modes are different through buses, flights, or railways up to New Jalpaiguri. From Siliguri Bus Depot or New Jalpaiguri Govt. buses, shared cars, or private cars are available to arrive here.
Bus routes
Non-AC & AC Siliguri bound Tourist buses are available in Kolkata, Esplanade. Travelers may follow the online bus booking system through the website Goibibo. The ticket prices of non-AC buses are cheaper than the AC buses.
Flight modes
Nowadays, travellers can easily reach Sikkim from the Dum-dum airport in Kolkata by flight mode. The nearest aero station of West Sikkim is “Pakyong Airport” and “Bagdogra Airport”. In such cases, the visitors have to remember that 4 hours and 2 min time may be taken from Pakyong airport to Pelling while 4 hours and 46 min time consuming for Bagdogra airport. Travellers can book online flight tickets by following these websites MakeMyTrip or Yatra.
Railways
The visitors may choose the railways from the Howrah
station up to New Jalpaiguri station by Kamrup or Shatabdi
Express, Kolkata station for Haldibari or Kaziranga
Express, and Sealdah station for Kanchan Kanya or Uttar
Banga Express. Apart from this, it could be suggested that people can
book their online train tickets through the irctc website after online registration.
Travelling cost:
The travelling cost per head might be 8k to 10k on average
for the 4 to 5 days tour in West Sikkim from Kolkata. Therefore, the expense of
money for visiting Pelling is estimated depending on the mode of transportation,
seasons, range of hotel category, number of visitors in a group, types of
consuming foods, cost of buying products, number of retailing shops, and
financial values of the country.
Range of Hotel rent:
The rent of hotel rooms may vary based on the seasons and year.
|
Season |
Months |
Hotel Category |
Average Price cost (INR) for Hotel Room/Day |
|
PEAK |
April To June & September to December |
Top |
4K - 7K |
|
Middle |
3K - 5K |
||
|
Low |
2K - 3.5K |
||
|
OFF |
January To March, July to mid-September |
Top |
3.5K - 5K |
|
Middle |
1.8K - 2.7K |
||
|
Low |
1K - 1.5K |
Table 1: Rent of Hotel Cost (Source: Self-made)
Itinerary for Pelling:
Day 1:
• Arriving at the Siliguri Junction in the early morning
• Booking
the Government bus of West Sikkim or sharing or rental car
• Sharing
cars firstly go to the Jorethang town and then another car goes to Pelling in the evening time
• Searching hotel rooms on an affordable budget and booking a private car for the next day.
Day 2:
• After breakfast, at 7:00 am the travellers may visit the nearest sightseen of Pelling such as Rimbi River, Rimbi waterfalls, Orange Garden, Kanchanjungha waterfalls, Wishing Lake or Khechiperi Lake
• Returning to the Hotel during lunchtime at 12:00 pm
• After the lunch break, around 1:00 pm go to the Swami Padmasova Monastery, a glass bridge, suspended and Asia's second-highest Singshore bridge
• Swami Padmasova Monastery usually closes at 4:00 pm
Day 3:
• During sunrise with a clear sky, watching the Kanchenjunga seems like a sleeping Buddha
• After taking breakfast around 7:00 pm, leave the Hotel room
• Visiting the nearest and old Pemayangtse Monastery of Pelling
• Departure from the Pelling town and go towards the Ravangla
• After reaching Ravangla around 12:00 to 1:00 pm, visiting in the Ravangla Buddhist monastery and then take a lunch break
• Enjoying night views of Ravangla
Day 4:
• In the early morning, people may ride on the Government bus for going to Siliguri or NJP
• If travellers hire a private car, they may visit the Namchi ongoing towards the NJP or Siliguri
• On the way, people may get pleasure due to Pine Forest, Teesta River, and Kanchenjunga hill station
• In the evening time, Passengers can get ready to board the express train.
Day 5:
• People can be ready to return back home in the daytime
Beautiful floras:
The visitors may be able to find out different kinds of
flowering plant species, orchids, wild squash plants and other rare
species.
Fig 1: Magellanica Alba
It can be seen near Pelling Town.
This type of wild flowering plant is available beside the hill roads of Pelling. Nowadays, many flower lovers are involved in gardening with this native flowering plant.
Beautiful place near Pelling:
The visitors to Pelling town can see the beautiful sightseen and enjoy other tourist spots. The beautiful places surrounding Pelling are Swami Padma-Sova Monastery, Sing-shore Bridge, Wishing Lake, Kanchenjunga waterfalls, and Rimbi River including Rimbi orange garden.
In the early morning, during the sunrise, the Kanchenjunga
Hill Mountain seems to be a Sleeping Buddha from Pelling town.
Therefore, in the hill region, the sky becomes covered by clouds around 11:00
am to 12:00 pm.
Fig 5: Swami Padma Sova Monastery
Source: (Blog owner)
This nice architectural Monastery is located at a high altitude from the Pelling. The visitors may have to collect the ticket and usually, it opens up to 4:00 pm.
There, shoes are not also allowed on the glass bridge. However, this glass bridge is also known as India's first skywalk glass bridge. The visitors may be able to notice a nice view from this glass bridge. In such cases, people must be more concerned while taking photos and ignore reclining on the glass walls. Visitors may pay around ₹ 150/- per head for booking Pelling Skywalk tickets before entering the gate.
Various types of principles or mantras of Lamas have been written on these Holy flags.
Different types of fish are found in this lake. Some people pray to God near this wishing lake. Some travellers also climb the nearby hill to get a nice view from the watch tower at the top position.
Fig 9: Sing shore Bridge
Source: (Blog owner)
This Sing Shore Bridge is the second highest-hanging bridge in Asia.
Fig 10: Monastery of Goutam Buddha
Source: (Blog owner)
This monastery is situated at the Ravangla. It is generally
closed by 4:00 pm.
Recommendation for travellers:
The travellers have to keep their own identification proof
such as Aadhar Card during crossing the Sikkim Border. The visitors may carry
dry foods and water, and also some common necessary medicines with them because
there is no availability of retail shops for grocery items and medicines.
During the post-pandemic situation, border security was checking Musk, Aadhar
Card, and proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Apart from this, it could be said
that people should not carry any kind of suspicious things. However, during peak season, people can book the hotel's room in the previous months.
Reference Lists:
Britannica.com (2023). Kanchenjunga. [Accessed on 18.1.2023]
Ftd. travel (2023). Culture of Pelling. [Accessed on 19.1.2023]
Goibibo.com (2023). Esplanade Bus Stand, Kolkata. [Accessed on 19.1.2023]
Irctc.co.in (2023). IRCTC Next Generation e-Ticketing System. [Accessed on 19.1.2023]
Makemytrip.com (2023). Kolkata to Bagdogra Flights. [Accessed on 19.1.2023]
Sikkimtourism.gov.in (2023). Pelling. [Accessed on 18.1.2023]
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