Dear Guests,
Greetings from Yak and Yeti Travels & Expeditions, Sikkim.
We are pleased to welcome all of you to Sikkim.
As you are aware, that visiting Sikkim is an experience of many
dimensions. It offers you a window to the natural bio-diversity, flora, fauna
and lifestyle of the Sikkimese people.
Nathula pass, Tsomgo lake and
baba mandir can be visited in an exclusive car also.
In the shared trip, there can be about 6 to 8 persons in the car
including your family and you have to transfer yourselves to the taxi stand,
you will be informed accordingly in due
course. We need the date of travel to Nathula if you wish to go for s shared
trip.
We have to process your permit to visit
this destination one day in advance.
Visit to Nathula pass – is subject to the
permit availability only which is issues by the permit authorities. (if Nathula pass permit is not possible then we
will organise the tour to Tsomgo Lake & Baba Mandir only.) Nathula pass tour is available from Wednesday
to Sunday only, which is also subject to the road conditions. The Guest
must leave Hotel by 9: 30 AM in order to get to North Sikkim & Tsomgo Lake.
Visit to this destination is also subject to road conditions due to
heavy snow in Winters and sometimes also due to sudden landslide on road., etc.
(
Please note: the permit to visit Nathula pass is regulated by a permit quota
system and also governed by the road conditions etc.) If we do not get the
permit , we will not be able to organise the Nathula trip and your deposit (
whatsoever) will be fully refunded in such case or can be adjusted with trip to
Tsomgo Lake & Baba Harbajan Mandir (temple) with applicable refund amount).
We will require 4 copies of passport size
photo each and photocopy of the photo ID with address
proof for all of you. PAN Card as ID is not accepted for the permit.
General Information on Nathu la pass:
·
Guest must reach 3rd
Mile Check post (30 minutes drive away from MG Marg) by 10 AM sharp. Entry
further on will not entertained by the Check post Police after 10 AM. It is
also directed by the Check Post Police to return back from Tsomgo Lake towards
Gangtok by 2PM and not later.
·
Mobile network does not
work after you cross 3rd Mile Police Check Post.
·
There are series of shops
below Tsomgo lake & also at 17th Mile where you can have tea
& snacks & also purchase jackets, Caps, shawl, gloves etc.
·
Photography at Nathula pass may be restricted.
·
Guests are suggested to
carry woollen clothes and walking shoes.
·
Your contribution /donation
for Tsomgo Lake Conservation is NOT included in the above given cost.
·
The permit is also likely
to be issued in “Clubbing”- which means either you have to hop- in a next
vehicle from Nathula gate to Nathula gate (15 mins drive), or you can expect
few guest to hop in into your car.
·
It is not recommended to
take alcoholic beverages in High altitude.
· Any persons with High Blood
Pressure must consult their Doctor before undertaking this trip. You can also
book portable Oxygen Cylinders @ 499 per can, if desired so.
·
Kids aged one year or above
can undertake this tour.
·
Please respect the
environment, YaknYeti strongly supports “Swaach Bharat” Abhiyan”.
·
Please do not allow your
Driver to consume alcohol at all.
·
Please do not travel in a
Car/Jeep which has grip- less tyres./
pre- drunken drivers. (Not a case with
YaknYeti).
·
Please report to 3rd
Mile Check Post without any hesitation, if you are harassed by your driver or
about his misbehaviour, over speeding, drunken driving, loud Music, himself driving & smoking in the car etc. (Not a case with YaknYeti).
·
Please do not stand in
front of Yak/s. Pl, allow them a easy passage if you see them coming into your
direction.
·
Please bring back all
garbage to Gangtok and please use garbage bins/dust bins for the disposal. (
YaknYeti Thanks you in advance).
Contact Yak and Yeti Travels & Expeditions today.
Further reading and pictures: http://sadanandsafar.blogspot.in/2014/11/sightseeing-trip-to-gangtok-nathula.html
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