The overall trip experience was good. There are few things that i want to bring to the notice of the trip organizers.
with respect to hotel- 3 star hotels were provided with sufficient services. Hotels at Lachen and Lachung were well appreciable even at the remote place though the hotels provided at main Cities like Pelling and Darjeeling was not that considerable.
Cab drivers(Not all of them though) were more concerned about ticking our itinerary places, to cover it in the given time but least bothered to stop for food also (we had our lunch around 4.30 PM and our breakfast was around 8.30 AM). that caused us big trouble because we were traveling with 3 years old kid.
when it comes to food, Lachen and Lachung we got extremely good food. we really appreciate the effort to keep the guest happy in such a weather condition and such remote place. Hotel provided at Gangtok was not bad(Hotel Ninamma) but golden vacation's own hotels like Golden shine(Pelling) and Goden Dolma(Darjeeling) was pathetic when it comes to food. We just had to waste the food which we really felt very bad.
When it comes to sight seeing, many places were closed due to snow and bad roads. so mostly we missed major beautiful places in Lachen and Lachung because it was not the season to visit those places in February so our entire drive of 120 KM(Approx 6 hr a day for 2 days) was really a waste journey which the travel organizer would have told us in advance and given us a choice to visit there or not. Few places, we had a restriction in itinerary with out any reason even when we were ready to pay extra for it. Finally we had to pay money to the driver to take us to those places which are not included in our itinerary even after asking.
So overall our experience about the trip was just more than average say 7 out 10
Manasa B K booked a trip to Sikkim - Gangtok - Darjeeling for 9 days in a group of 2 adults on TravelTriangle website from Golden Vacations Tours Travels and submitted a review on Mar 06, 2020