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Tendong Hill

Damthang, Sikkim, India

4.3 (0)

Overview

The Lepchas' ark — the hill that 'saved from the flood', a gentle forest trek from Damthang to a lookout tower over four districts.

Why visit: Sikkim's flood-legend summit, honoured by Tendong Lho Rum Faat.

Things to do

›Forest trail from Damthang
›Summit tower
›Lepcha flood lore

Trekking

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Travel Information

Best time

Mar–May, Oct–Dec

Entry fee

Free

Est. budget

₹300–600

Duration

Half day

Nearby attractions

Within

3.7 km

📍 Tea Garden

4.6

Temi Tea Garden

Namchi, Sikkim

Sikkim's only tea estate — 440 organic acres pouring down a ridge with Kanchenjunga above and cherry blossoms lining the road each November.

Nov (cherry blossoms), Mar–May2–3 hrsExplore

7.2 km

📍 Monument

4.5

Samdruptse Statue

Namchi, Sikkim

A 135-ft copper Guru Padmasambhava — the world's tallest — glowing gold on the 'wish-fulfilling hill' above Namchi, foundation laid by the Dalai Lama.

Oct–Dec, Mar–May1–2 hrsExplore

7.5 km

📍 Park

4.7

Buddha Park Ravangla

Ravangla, Sikkim

Tathagata Tsal — a 130-ft golden Buddha consecrated by the Dalai Lama, set in manicured gardens against the full Kanchenjunga range.

Oct–Dec, Mar–May2 hrsExplore

8.1 km

📍 Garden

4.1

Namchi Rock Garden

Namchi, Sikkim

Terraced gardens stepping down the hillside below Samdruptse — fountains, flower beds and gazebos facing Kanchenjunga.

Oct–Dec, Mar–May1 hrExplore

8.4 km

📍 Trek

4.5

Maenam Hill Trek

Ravangla, Sikkim

A 10,600-ft summit through the Maenam sanctuary's red-panda forest — the classic day trek from Ravangla, ending at Bhaledunga's cliff.

Mar–May, Oct–Dec1 dayExplore

8.5 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Monastery

4.1

Namtse Ngadak Monastery

Namchi, Sikkim

The 17th-century 'promise' monastery of Namchi, built under Chogyal patronage — old murals and a quiet ridge above the statue town.

Oct–Dec, Mar–May1 hrExplore

10.1 km

📍 Monastery

4.5

Ralang Monastery

Ravangla, Sikkim

One of the Kagyu order's grandest new monasteries beside its 1768 original — 200 monks, giant thangkas and the Pang Lhabsol dances.

Oct–Dec, Mar–May; Pang Lhabsol (Aug–Sep)1–2 hrsExplore

10.7 km

📍 Temple

4.5

Char Dham Namchi

Namchi, Sikkim

Siddhesvara Dham — replicas of all four dhams and twelve Jyotirlingas around a 108-ft Shiva on Solophok hill: all of pilgrim India in one circuit.

Oct–Dec, Mar–May2–3 hrsExplore

10.7 km

📍 Monument

4.2

Solophok Kirateshwar Statue

Namchi, Sikkim

The great statue of Shiva as Kirat hunter at Char Dham's edge — honouring the Kirati form worshipped by Sikkim's Limboo and Rai peoples.

Oct–Dec, Mar–May30 minExplore

10.9 km

📍 Monastery

4.6

Tashiding Monastery

Tashiding, Sikkim

The holiest monastery in Sikkim (1641), on a heart-shaped hill between two rivers — one sight of its Thongwa Rangdol chorten is said to cleanse all sin.

Oct–Dec, Mar–May; Bhumchu (Feb–Mar)2–3 hrsExplore

12.1 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Hot Spring

4.2

Borong Hot Springs

Ravangla, Sikkim

Borong Tsa-Chu — riverside sulphur pools below the village of Borong, reached by a forest descent, where Sikkimese winter-cure for weeks.

Dec–Feb (spring season)1–2 daysExplore

13.1 km

📍 Heritage

4.5

Rabdentse Ruins

Pelling, Sikkim

The moss-grown second capital of Sikkim (1670–1814), reached by a chestnut-forest walk — throne stones facing a Kanchenjunga horizon.

Oct–Dec, Mar–May1–2 hrsExplore