About Sikkim Travel Service
Sikkim Travel Service is a locally run travel agency based at Siliguri. We plan private trips across Sikkim, Darjeeling and Kalimpong, and our office sits at the gateway every journey passes through.
Sikkim Travel Service is a travel agency based at Siliguri in West Bengal, planning private journeys through Sikkim and the Darjeeling and Kalimpong hills. We arrange the parts of a Himalayan trip that are difficult to organise from outside the region: permits for protected areas, vehicles that are cleared to drive them, rooms in villages that never appear on booking sites, and drivers who work these roads all year.
The work is deliberately small in scale. We do not run fixed departures or sell seats on shared coaches. Every itinerary is written for one party, which is what makes it possible to slow a day down, change a hotel, or tell you plainly that the plan you have in mind will not work in the season you have chosen.
A Local Sikkim Travel Service for Himalayan Journeys
Siliguri is the practical starting point for this whole corner of the Himalaya. Bagdogra Airport and New Jalpaiguri railway station are both within reach of the office, and the roads to Gangtok, Darjeeling and Kalimpong all begin here.
Being based at that junction changes what we can actually do for you. We meet travellers at the airport ourselves rather than handing them to a subcontractor. We know which stretch of NH10 tends to hold up after heavy rain and which does not. And when a permit office needs a document resubmitted the same morning, somebody can walk in with it.
- Sikkim — Gangtok, Tsomgo Lake, the north Sikkim valleys, Pelling, Namchi and Ravangla
- Darjeeling — Tiger Hill, the hill railway, tea estates and the surrounding villages
- Kalimpong — Deolo, Durpin Dara and the quieter ridge east of the Teesta
- Gateway logistics — Bagdogra and New Jalpaiguri transfers in both directions
Our Story
Sikkim Travel Service grew out of ordinary local work: arranging vehicles, rooms and permits for people arriving at Bagdogra and NJP with a rough idea of where they wanted to go. That is still the shape of the business. The itineraries have become more detailed and the region we cover has widened to take in Darjeeling and Kalimpong, but the job has not changed — turning a rough idea into a workable set of days, and then making those days happen.
What we are careful about is what we claim. We publish the permits we can actually file, the routes we actually drive and the properties we have actually stayed in. Where something depends on weather, on a border decision or on a road that may or may not be open, we say so before you book rather than after you arrive.
How We Plan Himalayan Journeys
Five things go into every trip we send out. They are unglamorous, and they are the difference between a plan and a journey that runs.
Customized Itineraries
We start from your dates, your pace and who is travelling, not from a fixed departure list. Days get added, dropped or slowed down, and we will say when an idea does not fit the season you have chosen.
Transportation Coordination
Vehicles are booked for the whole trip rather than day by day, with drivers who work these routes through the year. Protected areas need vehicles that carry their own permits, and we arrange those too.
Accommodation Planning
Hotels in Gangtok, Darjeeling, Pelling and Kalimpong, homestays in the villages, and camps where nothing else exists. We book the rooms we know rather than whichever has space.
Sightseeing & Local Guidance
Sightseeing is planned around opening days, light and driving time. Local guides can be arranged for monasteries, tea gardens, birding and walking routes.
Permit Assistance
Protected Area Permits, Inner Line Permits for foreign nationals, vehicle permits and trekking clearances. Several of these are issued only to registered agencies, so this is genuinely work you cannot do yourself.
Destinations We Know
Three areas, close together on a map and quite different to travel in.
Sikkim
Four districts, from Gangtok's ridge to the high valleys of the north. Permits shape almost every itinerary here.
Darjeeling
Tea, the hill railway and a sunrise at Tiger Hill, about three hours up from Siliguri.
Kalimpong
A quieter ridge east of the Teesta, with nurseries, viewpoints and far fewer visitors.
Our Approach to Travel
Good Himalayan travel is mostly a question of pacing. Distances are short and roads are slow, altitude arrives faster by vehicle than the body would choose, and an itinerary that looks efficient on paper can be exhausting to live through.
- Realistic schedules, built from driving times rather than map distances
- Personal communication — one named contact from enquiry to departure
- Local knowledge used to make decisions, not just to decorate a brochure
- Comfort where it matters: fewer moves, better-placed rooms, later starts
- Responsible travel — local hosts, local drivers, and no pressure on fragile high-altitude sites
- Practical planning, including telling you when a plan should change
Working With Us: Common Questions
Where is Sikkim Travel Service based?
Our office is at Gokul Dham, Salbari, on Ambadhura Road in Siliguri, West Bengal. Siliguri sits beside Bagdogra Airport and New Jalpaiguri railway station, which is where almost every journey into Sikkim, Darjeeling and Kalimpong begins and ends.
Do you only arrange complete tour packages?
No. We put together full itineraries, but we also arrange individual pieces — an airport transfer, a vehicle for a few days, hotel or homestay bookings, or permit assistance on its own. Tell us what you already have in place and we will fill the gaps rather than sell you a package you do not need.
Can you help if something changes while we are travelling?
That is a large part of the job. Hill roads close, weather turns and permit offices occasionally run late. You have a number to call, and we reroute the day, move a booking or send a different vehicle from our end rather than leaving you to argue it out at a check post.
Plan Your Journey With Sikkim Travel Service
Tell us roughly when you want to travel and how long you have. We will reply with an itinerary, the permits it needs and a quotation for your party.