Stay
Chakung Bamboo Homestay
A bamboo house with a red roof, a garden of marigolds, and rooms that look into the trees.
Soreng · West Sikkim
Chakung
A bamboo house on the ridge. Rooms that look into the trees, and dinner at the viewpoint next door.
A day on the ridge
From the path to the lights.
The pathStone steps, pines, and marigolds up to the gate.
The cottageBamboo walls, a thatched roof, flowers along the front.
A roomTwo beds, wooden windows, and the trees outside.
The lookoutA painted tower above the trees, when the sky is clear.
The pinesTents among the trees, if you want a night outside.
After darkThe roof lit, the path still warm.Other houses in Chakung, kept by friends in the village, will be listed here. Each one gets its own page.
Eat
Dinner next door.
The restaurant and bar on this hillside. Dinner, a drink, and a small stage when there is live music.
Laterstore.chakung.com — nothing for sale yet. This page will point there when the shop opens.
Visit
The road up.
Chakung is in Soreng district, West Sikkim. The road up comes from the plains through Nayabazar, or across the hills from Gangtok, Pelling, and Namchi.
Bagdogra is the nearest airport, New Jalpaiguri the nearest railway station. From either, the drive into the hills is about five hours.
Taxis, shared and reserved, make the climb. The last stretch is the road up to Chakung.