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Mountain Region Guide

Northeast India

Where India meets the clouds

India frontier — Buddhist monasteries looking at Kanchenjunga, war memorials in the clouds, tribal cultures unchanged for centuries, and landscapes that make the Himalayas look different.

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Gangtok

India's cleanest hill town — monasteries, momos, and jaw-dropping Kanchenjunga views from a state where plastic bags are illegal.

·easy·1650m
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Pelling

Front-row seats to Kanchenjunga — a tiny ridge town with the 17th-century Pemayangtse monastery and the new Chenrezig statue that dwarfs everything.

·easy·2150m