The district
headquarter of the South Sikkim District is in ‘Namchi’ literally
translating – ‘top of the sky’. Anyone visiting West Sikkim has to traverse
through the South District before entering the West. A slight distance above
the alley ground is the Serdup-Choling Monastery which commands a panoramic
view of the town and the mountains beyond.
One of the interesting places to visit enroute to Namchi is the Bon
Monastery at Kewzing, 5 kms from Ravangla which is the only one of its kind
in Sikkim.
Namchi is about 78 kms from Gangtok & 100 kms from Siliguri.
To See
Temi Tea Garden (one and the only tea estate in Sikkim)
Bon Monastery
Tendong Hill