📍 Riverside📍 Pilgrimage📍 Landmark

Chungthang

Chungthang, Sikkim, India

4.1 (0)

Overview

The confluence town where Lachen and Lachung rivers become the Teesta — Guru Nanak's and Guru Rinpoche's blessings share one rock at Gurudwara Nanak Lama.

Why visit: Two faiths, two rivers, one sacred junction on the northern road.

Things to do

›River confluence
›Nanak Lama gurudwara
›Sacred paddy patch legend

Sightseeing

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Travel Information

Best time

Apr–Jun, Oct–Dec

Entry fee

Free

Est. budget

₹100–300

Duration

1 hr

Nearby attractions

Within

8 km

💧 Waterfall

4.3

Bhim Nala Falls

Lachung, Sikkim

The 'Amitabh Bachchan' of Sikkim's falls — a towering three-stage drop between Chungthang and Lachung, thundering in the monsoon.

May–Oct30 minExplore

13.5 km

📍 Village

4.6

Lachung

Lachung, Sikkim

A waterfall-strung village at 8,600 ft that Joseph Hooker called 'the most picturesque in Sikkim' — gateway to Yumthang, apples and cham dances.

Apr–Jun, Oct–DecOvernightExplore

14.1 km

💎 Hidden Gem🌄 Viewpoint

4.4

Singhik View Point

Mangan, Sikkim

The Mangan-road balcony over the Teesta's deepest bends — Kanchenjunga and Siniolchu framed by cardamom terraces.

Oct–Dec, Mar–May30 minExplore

15.4 km

📍 Village

4.5

Lachen

Lachen, Sikkim

The 'big pass' village of the Lachenpas at 8,800 ft — wooden houses, a 1858 gompa and the staging post for Gurudongmar and Chopta.

Apr–Jun, Oct–NovOvernightExplore

16.4 km

💧 Waterfall

4.2

Naga Falls

Mangan, Sikkim

A serpent-legend waterfall crashing beside the North Sikkim highway near Namok — one of the Teesta valley's tallest roadside falls.

May–Oct30 minExplore

16.6 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Village

4.5

Dzongu Lepcha Reserve

Mangan, Sikkim

The protected homeland of the Lepcha people under Kanchenjunga's east wall — bamboo homestays, hot springs, hanging bridges and butterfly forests.

Mar–Jun, Sep–Dec (special permit)2 daysExplore

18.9 km

💧 Waterfall

4.3

Seven Sisters Waterfall Sikkim

Gangtok, Sikkim

A seven-limbed cascade pouring down a cliff on the Gangtok–Lachen highway, with a waiting shed and bridge for the classic photo.

May–Oct (full flow)30 minExplore

21.5 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Heritage

4.2

Kabi Lungchok

Mangan, Sikkim

The forest glade where the Lepcha and Bhutia chiefs swore blood brotherhood in the 13th century — stone pillars still mark the oath.

Mar–Jun, Sep–Dec1 hrExplore

22.1 km

📍 Monastery

4.3

Phodong Monastery

Mangan, Sikkim

One of Sikkim's six great monasteries (1740) on the north road — Karma Kagyu murals and the ruined old Tumlong capital nearby.

Mar–Jun, Sep–Dec; Losoong cham1–2 hrsExplore