Trekking in West Sikkim Trekking routes around the Kanchenjunga National Park start from Pemayangtse and run through terraced fields of barley and tablelands of apple orchards, then onto moss laden lush green forest of pines, firs, giant magnolias, rhododendrons, spruce and orchids - a naturalist''''s paradise. One comes across crystal clear streams running through the lap of the Himalayas, with clouds of butterflies and moths - sparking, fluttering and displaying their dazzling colour and personality. Intermingled with this is the chirrup, twitter and peeping of exotic Himalayan birds. As one climbs on with patience and pains are rewarded by the Sikkim Himalayas Kanchenjunga, Pandim, Jopono and Narsing are some of the peaks that appear as a background to the scene. Cloaked in granite and thickly hooded with ice, they offer the most fascinating, charming and awe-inspiring closeup view of the Sikkim mountains. Looming up in the north is the legendary and mythical "country God of Sikkim" and it''''s "five treasures"- the guardian of the whole world, in all it''''s celestial height and glory. One gazes on sheer slope of mountain side some 6,705 mt (22,999 ft) in depth, a gigantic mass of the earth''''s surface whose foot lie in deep gorges while the summit pierces the skies. One can never miss the sunrise and sunset on these mountains. Further up the trail climbs up precipitously upto Goencha - La (pass) at a height of 5,486 mt (18,000 ft) from where the mighty Kanchenjunga can be explored-no longer looming at a distance-and sample the many glacial lakes - emerald green, rivers flowing down the sacred mountain rivers of ice and snow.

First Day: Pemayangste (2,082 mt) - Yuksom (1,780 mt)

Second Day: Yuksom - Bakhim (2, 743 mt or 9,000 ft)

Third day: Bakhim - Dzongri (4,030 mt or 13,221 ft)

The best time to trek is through April to May and October to November.