Lachen is a town in North Sikkim

North Sikkim

North Sikkim is a district of the Indian state of Sikkim. Its district headquarters is Mangan. It is the seventh least populous district in the country .-Geography:The district is the largest of the four districts of Sikkim....

 district in the Indian state of Sikkim

Sikkim

Sikkim is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayan mountains...

. It is located at an elevation of 2,750 metres. The name Lachen means "big pass". The town is being promoted as a tourist destination by the Sikkimese government. The town commands a panoramic view of the Himalayan mountains and is abundant in wildlife. The town forms the base to the Chopta Valley

Chopta Valley

Chopta Valley is a valley situated in North Sikkim, a district in India. It is located at an altitude of 4,000 metres above sea level. It is a tourist hotspot rich in alpine vegetation, orchids, rhododendrons and other high-altitude vegetation. the valley is criss-crossed by meandering rivers....

 and Gurudongmar Lake

Gurudongmar Lake

Gurudongmar Lake or Gurudogmar Lake is one of the highest lakes in the world, located at an altitude of . It lies in the province of North Sikkim, India, only some south of Chinese border. For a visit to the lake, tourists need to secure a permit in advance from the Indian Army...

. An annual yak

Yak

The yak, Bos grunniens or Bos mutus, is a long-haired bovine found throughout the Himalayan region of south Central Asia, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Russia. In addition to a large domestic population, there is a small, vulnerable wild yak population...

 race, the Thangu is held here in summer.

Transport

Lachen is about 129 km from Gangtok, can be reached via road, a six hour adventurous journey from Gangtok. It has population of around 1000. Lachen have its own system to follow ruls and regulation and the system is called Dzumsa head of the Dzumsa are known as Pipon & Gyenbos. You can find guest house and homestay to stay easily.

While going in north direction you will find an old town of Thangu, in Thangu the daytime temperature is from 4 to 12 degrees Celsius

Celsius

Celsius is a scale and unit of measurement for temperature. It is named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius , who developed a similar temperature scale two years before his death...

(40 to 55 °F) even in the months of June and July.

Gurudongmar Lake can be reached from Lachen, a panoramic, sacred lake in the Great Himalayas Region.

The best time to visit Lachen is from November to June.