Zuluk, Sikkim, India,
First village on Silk Route circuit to offer home-stay facilities for tourists.
First village on Silk Route circuit to offer home-stay facilities for tourists.
- Located at a height of around 10,100 feet on the rugged terrain of the lower Himalayas inEastSikkim, Zuluk or Dzuluk is a small village beside a winding road.
- It was once a transit point to the historic Silk Route from Tibet to India.
- It is relatively an emerging and offbeat destination in East Sikkim.
- This small village accommodates a population of around 700 people.
- Zuluk is a hilltop and a transit point within the Silk Route.
- The road through Zuluk makes almost 32 hairpin turns to reach Lungthung, which makes it a unique engineering feat.
- There is also an Indian Army base at Zuluk, which has been used as a transit camp for the army movement to the Chinese border, a few kilometres away.
- t is the very first village within this whole Silk Route circuit to offer home-stay facilities for tourists.
- Zuluk itself does not offer views of the snow peaks but only 14 kms away the Thambi View Point offers a panoramic view of the entire Mt. Kanchenjungha range.
- There is a local Nag Temple here. The temple has a cave like structure and the deity of King Cobra or Nag, famous Hindu mythical god is worshipped in the temple.
- Another great attraction of Zuluk lies in watching the sunrise over Mt. Kanchenjungha and its allied peaks from Thambi View Point (around 14 kms away) at 11,200 feet.
- The glittering rays of the rising sun kisses the snow clad peak of Mt. Kanchenjungha, which slowly turns crimson and then golden and finally silver.
- While staying at Zuluk you can cover Padamchen, Lungthung, Nathang, Kupup Lake, Tukla Valley and all other spots in the Silk Route circuit in day trips.
- Zuluk has high diversity of Himalayan fauna. The place shelters variety of birds like Monal Pheasant, Blood Pheasant, Khaleez Pheasant, Snow Pheasant and others.
- One cam may also catch a glimpse of Himalayan Weasel or A Martin. Sighting of Red Panda, wild dog and deer in the high hills have also been recorded.
