Nathang Valley # Bike trip From Kolkata to Nathang Valley

Nathang Valley is a paradise that you do not want to miss in your life and if you missed it to see you missed heaven on this earth. Udukku13 will take you to the road journey with a bike trip from Kolkata to Nathang Valley. 

Nathang Valley  # 2018 Bike trip From Kolkata to Nathang Valley; Nathang Valley travel guide; tourist attractions -Udukku13

This bike trip from Kolkata to Nathan Valley was started on 18th October the same day when the Durga Puja festival started. Durga Puja Festival is a very religious festival for Hindus and it came just before Diwali so Udukku13 had thought that we will enjoy our festival on the road during a visit to Nathang Valley, actually, it was a tribute to Maa Durga that we have done something special on these days of Puja.  Nathang Valley is almost 14000 ft above from sea level. To complete this bike trip from Kolkata to Nathang Valley,  it took around six days. Nathang valley is around 730km from my hometown Palta in Kolkata and in six days of Journey, we rode our bike around 1500km.

Watch our experience of a bike trip from Kolkata to Nathang Valley on Youtube by chapter one to six here is our 3rd chapter.

Day wise experience of our trip to Nathang Valley:-

Day 1st of Bike trip (Kolkata-Siliguri)

This was our first day of journey and our motto is to reach Siliguri in one day and Siliguri is around 550 km from Kolkata. We reach there around 07:00 p.m. in the evening we halted there at night in the Hotel. Bikers, let me clear you here that Kolkata-Siliguri road conditions are not so good this is NH-12 and it is flooded with trucks so you need so much care while driving through this road and it will automatically reduce your speed so always beware on the road.

Day 2nd of Bike trip (Siliguri-Gangtok)

   On the 2nd day 19th October, we throttled our bike around 6:30 am. It was so foggy morning and we have to ride 120 km. Today our destination was Siliguri to  Gangtok and we have already booked a hotel called Zimkang Hotel at Gangtok. We reached the hotel around 3 pm. We stayed there and in the evening time we had seen local places there like MG Mall and Lal Market which is so much famous place of Gangtok and these places were at 10 minutes walkable distance from our hotel.

Day 3rd & 4th of Bike trip (Gangtok- Nathang Valley)

The most important thing to go to Nathang is to get permission from the Sikkim tourism office,  Because the valley is totally on the Indo- China border and it is on the old silk route. From Gangtok, we have crossed the 7-mile pass which is the first army post and here our permission checked for the first time. 

This post closes daily at 9 a.m. so everybody who obtains permission from the Sikkim tourism office has to reach before 9 a.m. at this post. Once you have crossed the 07 miles post, army area starts and videography and photography are totally prohibited in this area But on the way, there are some nice sightseeing places like Tsongmo Lake, New Baba Mandir, Old Baba Mandir, Elephant Lake, Nathula Pass, etc. Bikers you know what it is around 70km from Gangtok but this road experience is one of the unforgettable experience you can really relish the fun of bike riding here roads are curvey and moving in upward and downward directions and full of ups and down lastly roads were all the time covered with fog and clouds it was like we were flying in the skies. 

Nathang Valley by Udukku13

                                        Finally, we reached the destination, our motto of this journey 😆Nathang valley. The time was around  3:30 pm and the weather was so chilled and so foggy which was quite normal for high altitude areas like Nathan Valley but this is new for us and we were shivering and we were also facing breathing problems because of the low level of oxygen. As there are no hotels in the valley so we booked a homestay there Our homestay was so awesome, cozy and had a nice view. Luckily the family who owned the homestay was the family of the head of the village. We stayed there for 1 da and it was so fabulous to stay there and the amazing thing was from there we saw the controversial Doklam border and the valley is totally surrounded by the Indian Army. 

Day 5th & 6th of Bike trip (Nathang Valley - Kolkata)

After enjoying the day of  21st October we had to get back to our homes but our mind and souls want to stay because this place is full of scenic beauty and calmness and fresh breeze but nothing in our hands we really had to get back so we said bye to Nathang valley and started our bikes to back home. We followed the old silk route and in between, we have seen  Zulluk and Kuppup, Padamchen & Srekhola which are great sightseeing places.   On that day we rode  360 km and reached  Islampur at 7 pm and stayed at a beautiful hotel for the night. On the next morning, 22nd October at 5 am we started our journey back home and it was around 500 km and reached home at 7:30 pm in the evening.Udukku13 proudly completed our journey to and from the hight of 14,000 ft(Nathang Valley).

Important points while having a bike trip to Nathang Valley.

Best Time to Visit Nathang Valley:  April to May and Oct to December(Starting like 01-10 December)

Mobile Networks: Mobile connectivity is not much appreciated so it is advised to carry offline maps and must know the signals and signs on the roads. If you have BSNL sim cards it will be so much beneficiary because it works on this route.

Medicines: There must be one first aid kit with you and in addition, you must carry some medicines like paracetamol for fever, Diamox for high altitude sickness(consult with your doctor first).

Fuel: it is very necessary to check your fuel from time to time and refuel it again and again while you feel that only 90km petrol left in your bike tank and must ask for next petrol pump from the person where you refuel it because there is sometimes it's so much hard to find a petrol pump on the route.

Bike Repairing: it is very difficult to get a guy for bike repairing on that route so it is advised to keep basic tools for bike repairing like air pump, brake shoes and etc which is quite normal to change in emergency conditions.

Permits: Permits are required at many places after Gangtok (and it will cost you around Rs.1000/-. If you need permit assistance then contact us on our contact us page.

Documents to be Carried On Tour: First of all your aadhar card will not have much use so you must carry your Voter ID or passport, bike registration, bike pollution check, valid insurance and your license to ride bikes.

Bikers if you follow these rules while riding to the Nathang Valley you will definitely have no problems in the journey on the roads and your ride will be smooth and safe and like always not to forget to wear your helmets while riding bikes 

Happy Biking by Udukku13.