Iconic SIlk Route Tour - Close to Indo-China (Nathu La) Border 

Sikkim Silk Route Tour Package is one of the most leading fascination in East Sikkim. Zuluk( also spelled as Dzuluk) was formerly an important stop on the Ancient Silk Road. moment Sikkim Silk Route is known for its clear and gorgeous views of the mountains, the dizzying break- swerve roads and hairpin bends or 95 turning points and antique townlets on the route. Read this blog about Sikkim Silk Route Tourism and get adequate information on how to reach, where to stay, sightseeing and the conditional cost of 4N-5D Silk Route Tour.

We had explored Sikkim to a great extent. still, the Silk Route in East Sikkim sounded to scape us for a long time. While we explored the high altitude lakes, odd townlets and the cloisters of Sikkim, we were yet to witness the celebrated hairpin bends of Zuluk. Eventually, it was an improvisational decision to add East Sikkim (Old Silk Route) after availing the North Sikkim Tour Package. Undoubtedly both portion of Sikkim is considered as high altitude destination. However, Changu (Tsomgo) lake can't be compare with Gurudongmar Lake here. Still it has different tourist charm & holliness.

Signifact Places to Stay in Sikkim Silk Route Package Tour

The Silk Route Package can be started from either New Jalpaiguri( NJP) in West Bengal (Siliguri) or Gangtok in Sikkim. You can decide to start your trip from NJP and end it in Gangtok and night-hall stop at Aritar, Zuluk and Nathang Valley for the night. Newly tourist suggested places are mainly

Sillerygaon (Kalimpong - West Bengal)
Ramdhura (Kalimpong - West Bengal)
Famous for 180 degree reclining view of Mt.Kanchenjungha

Rongpokhola ( 5Km from Rongli market)
Reshikhola (Located between Sikkim-West Bengal border)

Interesting Fact about Ancient Silk Route

The Silk Route in East Sikkim that's open for the excursionists to explore is actually a part of the ancient Silk Road. The Ancient Silk Road was actually a huge network of ancient trade routes that stretched from Asia to the Mediterranean covering China, India, Persia, Arabia, Egypt, Greece and Italy. This route was formally established during the Han Dynasty of China in 130 BC. It linked regions of the ancient world in commerce between the ages of 130 BCE- 1453 CE.

The Zuluk Silk Route as we see moment was only an offshoot of the Ancient Silk Road. Infact, it's only a small part of the ancient silk route that connected Lhasa in Tibet to Tamralipta in West Bengal. Yes, Lhasa was once the hotspot of ancient trade and commerce. The nearest ocean harborage to Lhasa was at Tamralipta, or present day Tamluk in West Bengal.

This entire Silk Route covered a distance of 900 km from Lhasa to Tamralipta starting from Chumbi Valley in Tibet, going across Nathu La and also through the hills of East Sikkim before eventually entering into the plains of Bengal. The Chumbi Valley is connected to Sikkim to the southwest via the mountain passes of Nathu La and Jelep La. It's the thin slice of land between India and Bhutan that's known further for the Doklam issue between India and China.

A lot of goods were traded along the Silk Road. The Chinese Silk was considered one of the luxury particulars and was traded from the east to the European countries. Other particulars included fabrics, tea, spices, colorings, drugs, dinnerware, fruits and indeed camels. piecemeal from goods knowledge, ideas and culture were also changed along these old routes. Well, the Silk Route isn't of important significance moment because of the geo- political boundaries.

Silk Route Tourism Travel

GuideThe Indian part of the Silk Route is open for excursionists from Rongli to the Nathula Pass. The region is no doubt historically intriguing, but it's the stunning lookouts of the route that attracts excursionists to this part of East Sikkim.

Although this is geographically considered that Sikkim is a neighbor state of West-Bengal. Hence the Silk Route gets a lot of excursionists from Bengal during the months of October( substantially due to the Durga Puja leaves), this part of Sikkim is fairly odd to excursionists from other corridor of India. There are actually no major municipalities enroute the Silk route circuit. Homestays are available all throughout the Silk Route in Sikkim that provides introductory amenities to the excursionists.

The Sikkim Silk Route circuit principally starts from Rongli, located at an altitude of 5000 bases near Bengal- Sikkim border. You might have seen Sikkim Silk Route packages mentioning stays at Rishikhola, Icchey Gaon or Sillery Gaon. Well, these places are located in West Bengal and are technically not part of the Silk route. These beautiful townlets are located at the foothills of the route and you can stop at any of the townlets to break your trip.