Lachen Sikkim Tour Packages

Hotel Ingredient at Lachen was worst experience. No toilet paper, no power and no candle provided, no towel horrible service, poor food etc. it was told 3star, it is -3star. worst hotel in my life

None of the travel agent had mentioned about Yumthang valley zero point entry fees of Rs.3500. which I came to know after reaching there. Also didn't get receipt for the same. So we have a doubt that driver has paid only 500rs which we can see from car. I should have gone with him at check point. That was my mistake. Similarly we missed Lachen due to bad weather conditions. Same was going to happen with Lachung if we didn't meet some families in Gangtok market. They told us that there is no such situation in Lachung and we must visit the same. I think travel agents must have information of exact current situation & they should not rely on other sources. Rest of the trip and services provided by travel agent were excellent. Memorable trip of Lachung, Gangtok, Darjeeling.

We just completed our modified Sikkim tour with TourDeWorld booked through travel triangle. Now, booking was the easiest part. Everything (almost) was as per our requirements. We asked for a modified itinerary, we got it. We asked to change the hotels to the Summit group of hotels, we ALMOST got that done too. The itinerary looked appealing and we were assured that the hotel given to (specially in Lachung.. we had asked for Summit Alpine, but that was unavailable), was equally good. Now the first day involved a lot of travelling. The hotel we stayed in after the LONNNNGGG travel gave us two room, out of which one had a non functional flush. On complaining about it, they shifted us to another below par room, stating atleast it has a balcony. It was such a claustrophobic room and with the continuous rain, what were we supposed to do with that balcony ? On complaining and demanding our money back, the hotel staff got the bathroom fixed and we were again moved to our old room after wasting 1.5 hours of our arrival. The second day we were supposed to head to Lachen. There was a landslide and we had to change our plans and go to Lachung instead. We were accomodated in the same hotel (Etho Metho) which we were supposed to stay in on our stay in Lachung the next day. That hotel was given to us after assuring that it's similar to summit alpine (one of the better hotels in Lachung). Now firstly, we had to pay some extra money to get a decent room as the room we had smelled and were too small to even step in. Second, there was no electricity because the hotel management had no diesel to turn on the generator. So we slept without charging our phones, ate with insects in candle light and had no hot water early in the morning (we had to leave at 6 am) to bathe despite asking for it again and again and again from the hotel staff. My husband got along a leech in his shoes in the darkness, which sucked on his blood for almost an hour before we realised what had happened. Finally, two out of the five drivers were so irritating, one reached hours late after asking us to be ready and Check out at 6:30 am. (He reached at 10 am ). He took us to Pelling and it was so humid throughout the three days we were with him. He didn't turn on the AC despite telling him again and again and again (we had paid for a luxury vehicle). We contacted Mr Waqar and told him all the problems. He said he will find out and call back. That hasn't happened till date. When that driver finally turned on the ac on our last day back to Siliguri, he started driving (while descent) at a speed of 10 ( I'm not kidding). And this was an innova, not a Maruti Suzuki. It was so irritating we had to relent and ask him to turn it off lest we miss our flight . The final straw was when the travel agents didn't get our permit to NatuLa pass(India China border). All the locals there informed us it was totally the travel agencies fault as they didn't apply timely. I'd NOT suggest TourDeWorld to anyone. They were the most unprofessional people with no communication whatsoever once the full payment was done. The four of us who went on the trip, have more complains than memories and I've not stated even half of them here. Sikkim, as a place on the other hand, is truly beautiful. Visit the state, but don't book through TourDeWorld.

Lachen hotel was below average..it could be improved. I don't know why they have charged extra for zero point, even they didn't paid for permit. Last two days of my trip was the best one, specially Yamthang valley mad zero point. It was awesome experience traveling through Travel triangle and hopefully will get much improved services in future.

It was an average tour. Hotels or lodges were quite average or below. Getting good food is anyways difficult in Lachen, Lachung, so no complaints regarding that. Expected cooperation was definitely lacking when conditions were not favorable enough and change in plan was required. Undue amounts were also charged. But since we did not have any other option, and could not argue, we had to pay them. One of the drivers was skilled but the other was not up to the mark. All of them behaved the same way. Overall we faced issue with the points of coordination and trip could have been made much better.

It was an average tour. Hotels or lodges were quite average or below. Getting good food is anyways difficult in Lachen, Lachung, so no complaints regarding that. Expected cooperation was definitely lacking when conditions were not favorable enough and change in plan was required. Undue amounts were also charged. But since we did not have any other option, and could not argue, we had to pay them. One of the drivers was skilled but the other was not up to the mark. All of them behaved the same way. Overall we faced issue with the points of coordination and trip could have been made much better.

It was an average tour. Hotels or lodges were quite average or below. Getting good food is anyways difficult in Lachen, Lachung, so no complaints regarding that. Expected cooperation was definitely lacking when conditions were not favorable enough and change in plan was required. Undue amounts were also charged. But since we did not have any other option, and could not argue, we had to pay them. One of the drivers was skilled but the other was not up to the mark. All of them behaved the same way. Overall we faced issue with the points of coordination and trip could have been made much better.

It was an average tour. Hotels or lodges were quite average or below. Getting good food is anyways difficult in Lachen, Lachung, so no complaints regarding that. Expected cooperation was definitely lacking when conditions were not favorable enough and change in plan was required. Undue amounts were also charged. But since we did not have any other option, and could not argue, we had to pay them. One of the drivers was skilled but the other was not up to the mark. All of them behaved the same way. Overall we faced issue with the points of coordination and trip could have been made much better.

Good accommodation and friendly drivers made the trip best among others. View of mountains and river from Blue pine hotel, Lachen

Regarding Travel Triangle, it’s a good platform to receive and finalize the quotes from different tour service providers. One suggestion to travel triangle that they should not limit their interactions till the fulfillment of payments, but they should at least call once during the ongoing tour or at the end of the tour just to ensure that their customer is having a good time or not or they need any assistance in coping up with the tour operator. I had booked 11 days trip to Sikkim and Darjeeling with Yes Tourism via Travel Triangle. Well, to start with, the destinations were simply magnificent. The real paradise located in Eastern India. Overall tour experience was great if I exclude 2-3 experiences. If you happen to book with yes tourism, make sure you are allotted Ms.Gargi as your tour operator as she was the one who made efforts during ongoing tour to rectify the consequences, even when her head manager (Indrajeet) refused to provide assistance. We had booked 3 cars for our commute and tour, out of which one car didn’t, arrived even after waiting for 4 hours. After 4 hours of waiting, when I called the main head manager of Yes Tourism, Mr.Indrajit, I was shocked to hear his pathetic reply. He told that “today is Sunday and I am on leave, so I can’t manage. You may rent the third car on your own or manage in two cars”. After that he stopped answering the calls. It was Gargi who then came to our rescue by managing the third car from a different vendor (going off the way even when her head denied). We had an military identity card with the help of which Nathula pass entry could have been succeeded. We had submitted that ID card along with all the pertaining details for securing the entry 3 days prior to our visit to Nathula pass. When I called the local operator (Bijoy) on the day of our visit, he told that we were unable to get the permission as that bloody fellow FORGOT to take the permission. On the contrary he blamed us that we should have reminded him again for securing that Nathula permission. What was the purpose of submitting the documents and Military identity card then??????? We missed to visit Nathula pass just because of carelessness and ignorance of their local service provider Bijoy. The hotels that were provided in Lachen and Lachung, “Floret”, had only one man who looked after dining, housekeeping, reception, etc. No towels were provided at both the locations and you don’t have the network coverage as well in that region, so no point of contacting your tour operator!! So if you guys are planning for Lachen and Lachung, try to avoid Hotel Floret. Still, the overall experience was good as the locations were excellent.