Small but beautiful is Sikkim the pearl of the eastern Himalayas, with its majestically 8534 m high Kanchenjunga in the West, the Tibetan high plateau in the North and the kingdom of Bhutan in the East. Kanchenjunga is not only a mountain but also protector deity of Sikkim. Surrounded by snow-covered mountain peaks, fertile valleys, wild mountain streams and paddy rice fields Sikkim is the tourist’s heaven on earth.

Spring is the best time to experience Sikkims vast variety of flowers. This colourful and sweet-smelling forest with blooming Rhododendron- and Magnolia-trees mark the mountain slopes. Orchids and Bougainvilleas are also at their peak in spring. The landscape is green and full of live. The spring sun warms the snow-covered mountain peaks, filling again the misty Himalayan Rivers.

Gangtok:
Gangtok which, at an altitude of 1,870m, is Sikkim's fairytale capital in the clouds, balances precariously on steep mountain slopes, surrounded by lush rice terraces, swifts flowing rivers and distant snow views, Gangtok has become the political and economic hub of Sikkim.