Dhotrey-Tonglu-Kalapokhri-Sandakphu-Phalut-Gorkhey Trek

Trip Detail

We were 16 enthusiast in the team who were part of the trek. The youngest member aged 22 and oldest was 62. Following is the detail of how our trip was organized.

Watch the cover video:

Day 1 (13-Mar-2016)
We started our trek from Dhotrey towards Tonglu which is about a 7 Km trek, through the forest-area with abundance of Rhododendrons. Although quite windy, Tonglu provided a great view of Kanchendzonga. Tonglu & Tumbling are awesome places to be away from the crowd even if one doesn’t want to trek a lot.

Day 2 (14-Mar-2016)
In the morning we started our trek from Tonglu to Kalapokhri crossing Tumbling, Gairibas & Kayakata. The 15 Km trek was a comfortable walk till Gairibas with a little inclination of bout 2 Km onward.

Day 3 (15-Mar-2016)
We started our 7 Km trek in the morning from Kalapokhri to Sandakphu, which surely lives up to its name; it was pretty windy and the view was blocked as the clouds started coming in and soon after the hailstorm started.

Day 4 (16-Mar-2016)
Early morning we were able to see the range with some clouds over the “Sleeping Buddha”. We started our trek towards Phalut and the view was simply mind-boggling. The trek till Sabarkum provided immense scenic beauty. The 23 Km trek was a bit difficult towards the end.

Day 5 (17-Mar-2016)
Early morning we went to Phalut-top, a 1 Km walk. The view was superb which helped us forget the last day’s long walk; but it was definitely worth it. Having breakfast we started towards Gorkhey, which is a beautiful village which is on the border of West Bengal & Sikkim, which provides an ideal place to relax. We enjoyed the day on the banks of river “Gorkhey”. The stay in Gorkhey is one of the best part of the entire trek.

Day 6 (18-Mar-2016)
From Gorkhey, we started walking towards Rimbhick; through the thick-forest crossing Rammam, Samanden & the lovely Sirikhola.

Cost Detail

We ourselves organized this trek and on an average following was the cost per person per day.

Transport

Cab (Tata Sumo) suitable for 7/8 persons from New Jalpaiguri (NJP) Railway Station to Gorkhey was INR 5000 per cab. Similar cab from Rimbhick to New Jalpaiguri (NJP) Railway Station was INR 6000 per cab.

Stay

We stayed in Trekkers' Huts in Tonglu, Sandakphu, Phalut and Gorkhey. Cost per day for the Trekkers' Huts were around INR 200 per person. There was no Govt. Trekkers' Hut available in Kalapokhri and we we in a privately owned Trekkers Hut for which cost per person was around INR 350.

Food

Food was a bit costly during the trek. On an average per day per person cost for food was INR 500.

Guide and Porters

We had one guide with us along with one horse and two porters throughout the trek. For our 16 persons team, we paid INR 400 per day per person for Guide and Porters.

Contacts

For GTA trekkers' huts in Tonglu, Kalapokhiri, Sandakphu, Phalut, Gorkhey, Srikhola
GTA Tourism, Gorkha Bhavan, Salt Lake (GTA Lodge Booking & Info)
No. DD28, Sector 1, Salt Lake City, Kolkata - 700064
Gorkha Bhavan is located opposite the City Center 1 Mall.
Mobile (Subhankar Pal): (+91) 99031 74047, Landline: 033 - 23377534

N/A, Sonarpur, Kolkata:
(For Kalapokhiri, Rammam, Rimbik)
Subhash Chettri: 9733010482

Hotel Singalila, Kalapokhiri, Nepal:
(Kalapokhiri)
Gayla: +9779742676812

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