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Guides

What we tell people before they book

Permits, seasons, road conditions and how a package price is actually built. The same answers we give on the phone, written down so you can read them at midnight.

North Sikkim · Permits

Permits for North Sikkim and Nathula, explained without jargon

Which permit you need, who can apply, what documents to carry, and the three mistakes that cost travellers a day of their holiday.

Go Pahadi team · 8 min read

Permit checkpoint or the North Sikkim road
A vehicle on a mountain road
Costing

How a per-head package price is built

Vehicle, rooms, meals, permits and driver allowance, and why the same trip costs less with ten people than with four.

Go Pahadi team · 4 min read

Packing / warm layers in the hills
Practical

What to pack for high-altitude Sikkim

Layers, shoes, medication and documents, plus the altitude advice we give every guest heading to Gurudongmar.

Go Pahadi team · 5 min read