Sonam's Homestay

Sikkim


Rooms are bare-boards but this wonderful homestay has a magic that entrances, with games to play, great organic food and a library of books in assorted languages. Endless free tea and biscuits too.

The house is easy to find at the top of the major (left-fork) trail up from the Khecheopalri Lake.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Sikkim attractions

1. Tashi Tenka

2 MILES

When Yuksom was Sikkim’s capital, a royal palace complex known as Tashi Tenka sat on a ridge to the south of town. Essentially nothing remains, but the…

2. Yangthang Rinpoche Statue

2.21 MILES

Just outside Norbugang's south wall, this giant, seated statue-shrine commemorates Lhatsun Chempo's 20th-century 'reincarnation'. Seen from Tashi Tenka,…

3. Norbugang Park

2.21 MILES

All aflutter with prayer flags, the Norbugang 'coronation park' is a historic woodland garden containing a small temple, a huge prayer wheel, a chorten…

4. Mani Hall

2.44 MILES

Right in the village centre, this unique creation is a glass-walled, templelike building enclosing 18 oversized prayer wheels in two close-packed rows.

5. Kathok Wodsalling Gompa

2.51 MILES

This relatively new gompa, accessed opposite Hotel Tashi Gang, features an impressively stern statue of Guru Padmasambhava.

6. Dubdi Gompa

2.69 MILES

Said to be Sikkim’s oldest still-functioning monastery, this compact, peaceful gompa is beautifully set in tended gardens on the ridge above Yuksom, with…

7. Phamrong Falls

2.75 MILES

The most dramatic of four waterfalls between Yuksom and Tashiding, the Phamrong's powerful flow fires itself through a high, green notch then crashes down…

8. Chenrezig Statue

3.74 MILES

Officially unveiled in November 2018, this huge, four-armed statue of Chenrezig (Avalokiteshvara) sits around 500m beyond the attractive little Sanghak…