To begin with, I would like to thank Yes tourism for the impeccable arrangements they had made for my Darjeeling- Kalimpong-Gangtok Trip. In fact, it was not a normal trip. We had planned for a babymoon along with our 7 y old kid. I had informed beforehand Mr. Inderjit and Ms. Nanda regarding the speciality of this vacation so that they may make arrangements accordingly.
I would really like to appreciate that they considered my requirement with enough sensibility and accordingly suggested me the spots where I should plan my visit. After discussing with them, I decided to drop Lachen-Lachung (Extremely high altitute), Yumthang and Pelling (Bad road condition) and included Darjeeling.
One thing which was most admirable was that what Yes Tourism promised, they delivered every bit of it. My first condition was that although we are only three people, I need an Innova/ Xylo/ Sumo for every trip exceeding 2 hrs. Yes Tourism arranged the vehicles as promised in the itinerary.
In darjeeling, I stayed in Hotel Himalayan Retreat and this was the best hotel in the trip. One day before starting the trip, I had serious stomach infection. Upon reaching Darjeeling, the hotel staff was on its toes to help me. In fact, once they even tried to arrange for my medicine at 9 pm and tried to serve me with fruit dinner. You really appreciate, when you get so much attention.
The vehicle owner in Darjeeling, Mr. Vijay (and also his brother, Aslam) were really great guys. In fact, after knowing my wife's condition, they were so careful in driving the vehicle, that this is not what you expect from a normal driver. Not a single time any vehicle made us a wait for a single minute.
Then we had one night halt in Hotel Whispering Stones, Kalimpong. Though it was a pretty decent hotel, but the caretaker was the only disappointing guy in the whole journey. Courtesy was at its minimal in this hotel. However, we just had to spend a night here, so let it go.
The next day, we had Innova for our onwards journey to Gangtok. In Gangtok, we stayed at my company's guesthouse, which was 12 km away from Gangtok. Mr. Inderjit, along with transport operator, Bijay co-ordinated vehicle in an impeccable manner as always.
However, one piece of advice, while planning to travel Changu Lake-Baba Mandir, try leaving early say 7 am and first reach Baba Mandir (17000 ft) and while returning come to Changu Lake (12000 ft). Inspite of my insistence to arrive at 7:30, our driver in Gangtok managed to arrive at 8:15 am (Thanks to deadly jam at Gangtok). Due to this, by the time we started our upward journey it was already 10 am. Unfortunately, by this time, there was a massive jam. Owingto this, we could not go Baba Mandir. Further, after 1-2 pm, weather changes abruptly at higher altitude. So better to cover things at higher altitude first.
Inderjit is really a very professional person. He responded to my minor changes in plan very positively and changed the arrangements accordingly. He even arranged for final day drop at helipad. My memoir will be incomplete without mentioning Bhaichug Bhutia, another driver at Gangtok. He was such a friendly, well behaved driver.
All in all, Yes Tourism arranged their best drivers and hotels for the trip.
Last, but not the least, Thanks Travel Triangle. I was a little skeptical earlier regarding selecting Travel Triangle over other famous tour operators. But my decision proved to be a wise decision, which also let me save money :)
Manuji Chaubey booked a trip to sikkim gangtok for 9 days in a group of 2 adults on TravelTriangle website from Yes Tourism India and submitted a review on May 07, 2018