Must-see attractions in Gangtok

  • Namgyal Institute of Tibetology

    Gangtok

    The NIT's 1958 core building feels like a Tibetan fantasy palace, with corner towers, colourful mural frontage and a forest-glade setting. The main hall…

  • Tsuklakhang

    Gangtok

    Gangtok's 'royal' monastery has a very impressive centrepiece temple whose superb interior incorporates a pair of carved dragon columns flanking the main…

  • Ganesh Tok

    Gangtok

    If you're visiting the zoo, whose ticket booth is 50m away, it's well worth stopping at this viewpoint tower to survey a vast sweep of cityscape: notice…

  • Enchey Gompa

    Gangtok

    On the city's northern outskirts, approached through rustling conifers, Enchey is a small but appealing Nyingma-Buddhist monastery that is, in a sense,…

  • Himalayan Zoological Park

    Gangtok

    Among India's best-maintained zoos, this lushly forested park occupies an entire hillside. The star attractions are Sikkim's animal emblems, the red…

  • Flower Exhibition Centre

    Gangtok

    Flower-wise it's less exciting than many a British garden-centre shop, but a visit to this small, covered collection of potted plants is perversely…

  • Tashi Viewpoint

    Gangtok

    When clouds lift, Gangtok's best glimpses of Khangchendzonga are from this roadside knoll at the junction of routes to Mangan and Nathu La, around 7km…

  • TV Tower

    Gangtok

    Useful orientation point.

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