Lingthem Lyang Homestay

REVIEW BY THERESA HENRY ON OCT. 2nd 2017 Photo credit: Amimsha

Photo Credit : Banalata Sen Looking for a "real" off the beaten path getaway- Try this idyllic homestay in the Lepcha village of Dzongu, Sikkim. And if you get lucky, Kanchenjunga will rear it's beautiful summit for you as the backdrop to a most picturesque village. Photo Credit: Banalata Sen I had the most enjoyable time here. Sangdup and his sister Yangkey were lovely hosts and made the stay very delightful.

Photo Credit: Yangkey One day with our Delhi guest Banalata Sen, Gina Sharma & Kashvi Kahol was extraordinary experience. They were really helpful and productive for Lingthem Lyang Homestay and we are thankful to them. A lot of Knowledge, stories & good conversations were exchanged. Hope you all had a delightful moments with us. We Lingthem Lyang Homestay family miss you all so much and you will come back soon.

Photo Credit: B. P. Choudhary  I,  B. P. Choudhary, residing at Kolkata visited this Upper Dzongu, homestay of Mr. Sangdup, named Lingthem Lyang Homestay, 3 nights from 12th August 2017 night to 15th August 2017 night. Photo Credit: Ashok Senapati I never felt here that I was out of my home. Very well behaved and mannered these whole family. This place is fantastic very close to nature and secluded . I have visited during my stay Monastery, water spring hot, lake. I have seen nature and Himalaya from very close to my heart. Lepcha are very friendly and simple people. B. P. Choudhary a businessman from Kolkata, a hardcore traveller & nature lover

Three days with our Kolkata guest Bhawati Prasad Choudhary & Ashok Senapati were every enjoyable. They were really good and we really thankful to them. Many good conversation were exchanged. We Lingthem Lyang Homestay family miss them so much. We hope you had a great time with us and you will come back soon!

My Mom(Azee) is very curious to teach Finger Millet farming to my better half(Dechen) & Niece(Amimsha)  We the Lepcha called these crops as Kamdak(scientific name is Pennisetum glaucum) and Naho(scientific name is Sorghum bicolor). These crops are cultivated a lot by our grand parents & parents a very long long ago for different use for human and animals but now a day these crops are rarely cultivated and one can hardly see now a day so this is kind of waking up alarm and revitalizing the traditional crops. Bringing back a vanishing crops of vanishing tribes. Finger Millet farming Benefit of finger millet Finger millet has lot of health benefits like it help in weight loss, excellent source of calcium, regulating blood sugar levels, reduce cholesterol, good source of protein & amino acids, treating anemia, digestion, increase lactation and many more.

It is modest, but clean, comfortable, and overlooking the serene range of the Himalayas. Though photographs tell only half of the story, here are a few of the clicks that may give some ideas about how it looks and feels from the rooms at the home stay. This is right when you enter the premises of the homestay. You are greeted by our humility and salutation, while the mountainous surrounding welcomes you too. As you walk up, you notice the wooden exteriors with tender windows opening on the hills smiling and inviting you for an intimate stay. As you step inside your room, you notice the soft cushions, clean bed-spread, all that is needed, available inside the room, warm enough in the effect of wooded ceiling, floor, and window seals. and while you you are enjoying your stay in your room while looking at the green mountains through your windows, you feel like visiting our kitchen, another exquisite struct...

An image of the front of the monastery by our guest Tanmay Sen who visited us from Midnapore  The Buddhist monastery in the village Lingthem is over hundred year old and a pleasant thirty minutes walk across the greenery of the mountain from the Lingthem Lyang Home stay. Our guests never fail to undertake this walk to the monastery, and come back with a lifetime experience of peace, serenity and fulfillment. A slow and steady walk unfolds gems of scene, sound, and sweet memories. One of the most immediate benefit is that it fills your lungs with purest of oxygen, massages your muscles, and makes you much stronger and sturdier. our guests dev and prabuddh, on the monastery trail, whistling a song in chorus with chirping birds, gushing streams, and rustling trees Our guest from Germany Johanna and her father loved to take note of several places on the way to the monastery. For them, the passage was as enriching as the destination. Our German guest Johhana clicking p...