Help needed in choosing destination - Family trio

[CADA]

One more question - Can I add pelling also by adding a day or two in the trip? Can we go from Lachung to Pelling directly instead of going back to Gangtok? Any suggestions?

 

[dichkaun]

You can easily do that by adding a day or two.
It would be better to do Bagdogra - Pelling - Gangtok or Gangtok - Pelling - Bagdogra.

 

[saintjude]

Thanks. I am planning around mid april. Probably around 15th.

There's a festival of Navratri from 13th April to 21st April, just for the information if it matters to you

 

[devindrabhandari1]

Also, if someone would be able to suggest if we would be able to visit Gurdongamar with Kids (12 Yo and 7 Yo) keeping in view the altitude. We had earlier been to Pangong 2 years back where my younger kid suffered from AMS.

I have not visited Gurudongmar lake but from my experience of high altitude trekking I can tell you that if you get acclimatised well before visiting a place, a healthy person should not face any AMS issue.

 

[dichkaun]

I visited Gurudongmar when my kid was 7.5. No issues at all with AMS. We stayed overnight at Lachen and went to the lake next day.
They felt very cold though.

 

[CADA]

hi all.
So now I have booked the flight tickets to Bagdogra.
Itinerary is the same. I have added one more day for Pelling at the end.

Just wanted to ask one more thing, since my return flight is around 6:30 in the evening so will I be able to visit Namchi on my way back from Pelling (considering I leave pelling around 8:30am) or will it be too risky?

 

[dichkaun]

Given the COVID restrictions, assume you have to check-in by 4:30pm i.e., you have around 8 hours. It takes around 5hrs from Pelling to Bagdogra. So you have 3 hours extra. It will be tight but doable.
Given that you are with kids, I would skip Namchi. With kids its always good to keep a margin of safety for unplanned breaks and stuff.

 

[AnupamR]

There is nothing much to explore in Namchi instead you may comeback in plains before time and enjoy the City (Siliguri).

hi all.
So now I have booked the flight tickets to Bagdogra.
Itinerary is the same. I have added one more day for Pelling at the end.

Just wanted to ask one more thing, since my return flight is around 6:30 in the evening so will I be able to visit Namchi on my way back from Pelling (considering I leave pelling around 8:30am) or will it be too risky?