Kanchenjunga Reion offers two Trekking Packages:
Kanchenjunga Base Camp Trek and Kanchenjunga Circuit Trek.
At 8,586 metres at the summit from sea level, Mt Kanchenjunga, the third highest on the altitude scale, is undoubtedly a force to be reckoned with.
While the status may hold meaning for many of us, Kanchenjunga, with five peaks, seems to smile at the human use of calculations and judgment, in wonder, though, not in sarcasm.
Kanchenjunga appears aware that the influence is collective.
The glaciers—including Yanglung and Kangchen—the rivers—Tamur, Simbua, and Ghunsa—the high passes—Sele-La and Sinion—as well as the farmlands, villages, ridges, and flora and fauna in those hills and river valleys in the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area—all certainly play their respective roles in shaping experiences in all traversing the land.
As the landscape gains altitude, the composition of the communities, a diverse cultural mix in the lowlands, gradually sees villages predominantly populated by Limbus, an ethnic group known for their bravery.
Their traditional attire, fiery foods, and Tongba, an alcoholic drink served hot, can be intriguing.
Also, SakpaPalam, the fast-beat songs, or KembaPalam, the slower ones, can be intriguing.
The dances, Khyali, which require the youths to express poetically, or Chybrung, which seeks to signify the origins of life or the one performed only by their Shamans, can also be intriguing. Higher up still, the Sherpas take over.
These villages, with wooden homes and wooden or stone fences, grow maize and potatoes as their main crops and have livestock consisting mainly of yaks and sheep.
These modest villagers, too, do not shy away from dancing as the community engages collectively in their traditional folk dance, Sabru.
The rich flora native to the Kanchenjunga Region starts out as subtropical forests and reaches the alpine grasslands before the tree line.
While a variety of rhododendrons dominate the greenery, the maples, the willows, the firs, and the junipers contribute, and the shrubs and herbs join in.
As a consequence, the snow leopard, the Asiatic black bear, and the red panda among others find Kanchenjunga Conservation Area conducive to living and so do the snow cock, blood pheasant and Himalayan griffon.