Comments on: Sikkim Adventure: Trek to Dzongri and Gochela (Goecha La, Goche La)

By: India Travel Blog » Join me on a trek to Dzongri – Goechala.. - travelogues, travel guide, places to see and information

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:25:02 +0000

[...] have trekked to Goechala via Dzongri earlier in summer(See trip report), but I was keen to go back there again to do some serious photography of landscapes deep in the [...]

By: India Travel Blog » Kanchenjunga up close - travelogues, travel guide, places to see and information

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:35:37 +0000

[...] picture was taken about 7 years ago during the 7-day trek to Goecha la (gochela). We woke up on a freezing morning at 5am and walked up to a ridge near Dzongri log hut [...]

By: Rags

Rags — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:53:29 +0000

very well written. Enjoyed reading it.

Planning to visit these places in February. Hope the weather stays good at that time.

Worth reading article about Dzongri – Where Heaven and Earth meets

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Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:18:26 +0000

[...] Lake is a picture published often here. At almost 14,000 feet near Goecha La, Kanchenjunga National Park, [...]

By: India Travel Blog » IN SEARCH OF SNOW

India Travel Blog » IN SEARCH OF SNOW — Wed, 06 May 2009 11:41:41 +0000

[...] a proper snowfall and powdery layer of it on the earth. Read more about Sikkim on paintedstork.com* Gochela Trek* Gangtok, Yumthang and [...]

By: kanishka

kanishka — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:31:00 +0000

A 15 kg pack seems heavy. Were you carrying all your gear (including tent and sleeping bag?).

Does anyone have any recommendations / contact information for good porters?

Finally, do the porters on this trail use yaks or do they carry the load themselves?

Thanks!

By: Amar

Amar — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:30:00 +0000

Thanks. Nice blogs and nicer pics.

A small correction though that you might want to make. The place where you camped after Tsoka (small Plateau, with a solitary hut) on way to Dzongri is Phedang and not Bakhim as you have written.

From Phedang, there are routes that directly go towards Thansing and is often used on the way back from Goechala, if you want to bypass Dzongri.

By: kalanagu

kalanagu — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 05:01:00 +0000

Hey, Its very informative. Wish you could have added a few details on costs. And how you got the porters. Can I just go and find porters as soon as I get off the bus.
thanks

By: rashmi

rashmi — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:41:00 +0000

very nice. I am planning for the same in the month of December.

gokhalerashmi@hotmail.com

By: nithya

nithya — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:06:00 +0000

Hey there..while i was readin ur blog i was remembering my days in the trek jus 2 months back. We had been to tsoka and were movin up to dzongri but cuz of some unavoidable conditions on the way to dzongri we had to come back.
I still remember i was right in the front wit another friend of mine and we were jus 2 kms away from dzongri..but had to come back . Ater seeing the pics here i am feelin so bad that i couldnt make it!! Will go again sometime for sure …the blog is very nicely narrated. Good work!