Goecha La Trek
Grade : Moderate to Hard

The most famous trek of eastern Himalayas. For years human kind has ventured through this pass for communication, religious reasons, to experience majestic view of Mount Kanchenjunga and her mighty allies.
The trail is full of natural diversity with fern and bamboo forests turning into beech, birch and oak forest. Again the big trees disappearing and silver firs and rhododendron thickets surrounds you. Come the high passes with grassland and meadows. Landscape changes between Rivers and falls and lakes and glaciers and moraine zones.
Someday you camp under ancient trees, someday beside rhododendron thickets, someday on vast meadows, another day on the river banks and another night under the mightiest of the mountains.

Itinerary
Duration : 11 Days 10 Nights
Customizable : Yes

Day 01:
Drive from NJP/Bagdogra – Yuksom (5,800 ft) (6 hrs).

Day 02:
Trek from Yuksom to Sachen (7,200 ft) (5 hrs).

Day 03:
Trek from Sachen to Tshoka (9,650 ft) via Bakhim (8,600 ft) (4 hrs).

Day 04:
Trek from Tshoka to Dzongri (12,980 ft) via Phedang (12,050 ft) (5-6 hrs).

Day 05:
Trek from Dzongri to Dzongri Top (13,675 ft) and return to Dzongri (1.5 hrs).
Trek from Dzongri to Thansing (12,930 ft) via Kokchurang (12,100 ft) (5-6 hrs).

Day 06:
Trek from Thansing to Lamuney (12,980 ft) (2 hrs)

Day 07:
Trek from Lamuney to Goechala (16,207 ft) and back to Lamuney (10-12 hrs)

Day 08:
Trek from Lamuney to Kokchurang (12,100 ft) (4 hrs)

Day 09:
Trek from Kokchurang to Tshoka via Phedang (6-7 hrs)

Day 10:
Trek from Tshoka to Yuksom via Bakhim and Sachen (6 hrs)

Day 11:
Drive back to NJP/Bagdogra