Khangchendzonga National Park, Sikkim

Khangchendzonga National Park located in Sikkim is India’s one of the Biosphere reserves too. Khangchendzonga Park is named due to the grand Khangchendzonga mountain range which is one of the parts of great Himalayan Mountain Range.

Details about Khangchendzonga National Park

Khangchendzonga National Park located in Sikkim is India’s one of the Biosphere reserves too. Khangchendzonga Park is named due to the grand Khangchendzonga mountain range which is one of the parts of great Himalayan Mountain Range.

Khangchendzonga is situated in the biggest district of Sikkim. This National Park is one of some high elevation national parks of India.

In Khangchendzonga, one may find numerous glaciers this includes the well known Zemu Glacier. Khangchendzonga gets very good snowfall in the winter season. Khangchendzonga gets monsoon in the starting of May till mid-October.

Flora of Khangchendzonga National Park

The flora of Khangchendzonga National Park is mostly a moderate and moist biome having of Fir, Birch, Oak, Willow and Maple etc.

Apart from these Alpine grasses, few shrubs and some of the medicinal herbs too are usually found at upper reaches of  the national park.

Wildlife in Khangchendzonga National Park

Khangchendzonga National Park is a home of various mammals as Tibetan Wild Ass, Musk Deer, Snow Leopard, Himalayan Tahr, Sloth Bear, Himalayan Black Bear, Civet, Red Panda, Wild Dog, Himalayan Blue Sheep, Goral, Serow and Takin.

Also there are rare reptile species as Rat snake as well as Russell’s viper in Khangchendzonga. Khangchendzonga National Park is a paradise for bird watchers as there are 550 various species of beautiful birds like Asian Emerald Cuckoo, Osprey, Satyr Tragopan, Lammergeier, Himalayan Griffon, Blood Pheasant, Tibetan Snowcock, Green Pigeon, Tragopan Pheasant, Snow Pigeon, Sunbird, Impeyan Pheasant and Eagle.

Other adventure activities at Khangchendzonga

Yuksom located 145 KMS away from the capital city of Sikkim Gangtok is the beginning point for trekking and mountaineering. The famous trekking routes are as under:

• Yuksom/ Tshoka/ Dzongri
• Bakim/ Dzongri/ Thangshing/ Samuteng/ Goechala
• Dzongri Base Camp/ Rathong/ Khangerteng
• Thangshing/ Lam Pokhari/ Kasturi Orar/ Lapdong/ Tashiding

Apart from these routes the trekking up to the Green Lake along with Lachen is quite famous. The route of the same as under:

Lucanes Jakchen/ Yabuk/ Rest Camp (Marco Polo Camp)/ Green Lake

Lachen-Thasngu (13,695′)/ Muguthang (16,000′)/ Thay La (17,000′)/ Khyoksa La/ (18,000′)/ Rest Camp-Green Lake

Most of the above mentioned routes of the trekking go via the Khangchendzonga National Park.

Access to Khangchendzonga National Park

Air: Bagdogra is the nearest airport located 222 KMS away from the park

Rail: New Jalpaiguri railway station is 221 KMS

Road: National Highway 31A