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A hearty welcome to The Bamboo Resort
 

Set in three acres of paddy fields with wonderful views of the Himalayan mountains bordering Tibet, Bamboo Resort is a quiet and interesting place to base yourself for treks, with creative workshops, meditation and herbal soaks on offer.

There is a wonderfully authentic top floor meditation room, complete with traditional Buddhist altar and glass windows looking out to mountains. A perfect place for your own yoga or meditation practice, or an introduction to meditation can be arranged.

There’s also a special room for herbal baths – soak in one infused with lemon-grass from the garden, lit by candle light and with a relaxing herbal tea. Foot massage is also on offer, and workshops available on request include basket weaving, cooking and sikkimese language classes and Tibetan mandala painting with a Thangka Master.
Location:

Overlooking a panoramic view of the Northeastern-Sikkim-Himalayas, The Bamboo Resort is set on 3 acres of paddy field in the picturesque farmer’s village Sajong. Only 25 min. from Sikkim’s capital Gangtok the resort is situated in the midst of nature yet only a stone throw away from the bustling capital. From the Airport Bagdogra in Westbengal The Bamboo Resort can be reached by jeep in 4.5 hours or by helicopter and jeep in one hour.

Accommodation

All of the 10 rooms have attached bathrooms and in winter are quipped with room heaters and hot water bags. Each room is decorated individually with different color themes according to Feng Shui, the ancient Chinese science that prescribes ways of living in a state of harmony and balance with the environment.

Most rooms have a balcony overlooking paddy fields, Gangtok across the valley and the snow-capped mountains behind it that mark the border to Tibet.

The main house is a big stone building built on the principals of Feng Shui. All ten rooms are painted a different colour and cover the four elements – root yourself inside the green room or booster your energy sleeping in red. Trendy lamps from Switzerland sit atop locally made bamboo tables, beds are raised futons and all rooms have en suite bathrooms and iron balconies with enriching mountain views.

Dining

Meals are served buffet-style (alternating veg- and non-veg) inside the marbled dining area or on the terrace, using ingredients from the organic herb and vegetable garden. Sikkimese, Tibetan, Swiss and Indian dishes are all available, as well a home made pizza cooked in the wood-fired pizza oven.

Fern, wild yams, stinging nettle, fermented mustard leaves or even orchids are a selection  of the exotic fresh ingredients used in Sikkimese cuisine.

Menus are homecooked fresh daily and prepared with fresh, seasonal, locally and organically grown vegetables.

The restaurant is furnished traditionally Sikkimese combined with western sitting-arrangements crafted of cane. Come to savor local Sikkimese country cuisine and enjoy various cuisines in our alternating buffet-plan including vegetarian - and non-vegetarian buffet on alternating days. If you let us know your dietary preferences our cook shall be glad to consider them.

Facilities

·         Regenerating Herbal Bath

·         Library

·         Himalaya-related Videos shown in TV-Room

·         Meditation Room

·         Telephone at reception

·         Laundery Service

·         Beautifully landscaped gardens with lawns

·         Ethno botanical herb- and vegetable garden

·         Moutainbike Rental upon prior request

·         Padmington

In-house Travel Agency

Ideal base for exploring the mystical Sikkim Himalayas with surrounding areas The Bamboo Resort has an in-house Travel Agency – Greenwood Travels –, which takes personalized care of your travel related requirements. Equipped with its own jeeps the Agency has trained staff to offer you well planned sight seeing tours and itineraries.

Attractions

One can go for leisurely walks exploring the village of Sajong and Rumtek or rent a Mountain bike to explore the area. Also offered are guided one to two-day treks to the Tinjure Ridge from where one can gain magnificent views of the world’s third highest Mountain, Mt. Kanchenjunga. Jeeps can be booked at the Resort for individual sightseeing.

• Sajong farmer’s village: Nationally awarded statue factory, caves, traditional farms

• Superb view of Gangtok at night and the frontiers of Tibet and Bhutan

• Old and new Rumtek monastery

• Ranka monastery at Lingdum, established in 2000

• Pick-nicking and swimming at Ray Khola mountain-river

• Tinjure trek (one to three days)

• Extensive Mountain biking

• *Gangtok with Do-Drul Chörten, Tibetology Museum, Enchey Monastery, Orchid Exhibition, Palace with Monastery, Vegetable Market, Handicraft and Handloom Industries

• Tsomgo Lake (Day-trip)

• Martam Village with village monasteries

• Kyong-Nye Children Village

• Phodong Monastery in North Sikkim (Day-trip)

An Eco-Resort

Environmental soundness and cultural sensitivity are high in our agenda. At The Bamboo Resort our aim is to promote Eco-tourism as defined by TIES (The International Eco-tourism Society): "responsible travel to natural areas, which conserves the environment and sustains the well-being of local people."

Our basic goals concerning ecology are:

• Participation and economic benefit of a wide range of local people

• Conservation of natural and cultural resources that attracts the visitors

• Offer the visitor natural and cultural attractions

Specifically The Bamboo Resort

• Recycles glass, metal, paper, batteries, plastic and organic matter (composting)

• Heats part of its water by solar-heater

• Used hand-crafted cane- and bamboo, a renewable resource, for much of its interiors

• Has an efficient self-cleaning septic-tank-system

• Grows its own organic vegetables and purchases whatever possible directly from the villag

• Keeps a social security account for its employees

• Informs visitors about Sikkim’s cultural and natural environment

• Plans to start an in-house bamboo-workshop in collaboration with local craftsmen

Important Notes

The Bamboo Resort is inside non-smoking. Guest may smoke outside or on the balcony.

There are no TVs in the rooms. The TV available has only one channel and can be used to watch videos available at the Resort upon request.

The access road will be completed by September 2007. Till then only part of the access road can be used and guests can reach the Bamboo Resort by climbing up a footpath with many steps (5 – 10 min.). Even after completion of access-road there a short climb up the stairs will be required to access the resort.

Power-supply is uneven. At times lights in the evening are dim. There is a generator which is used in case of power-cuts.

Dinner buffet is alternatively vegetarian- and non-vegetarian. If non-vegetarian is preferred we shall be glad to provide daily upon request.

Means of Payment

By account-to-account transfer, cheque or demand draft or cash in USD, CHF, EURO or INR.
Credit Cards cannot be accepted yet. Detailed payment instructions shall be sent to you after booking.

For Reservations contact us at info@sikkim.ch or write to:

The Bamboo Resort, P.O. Box 20, Head Post Office, 737101 Gangtok, Sikkim
Tel: +91 3592 252516 or +91 92325 13090 or Mobile: +91 94343 82036 or +91 98320 79320 or +91 97330 06595

General Manager: Mr Samdup Bhutia

The Bamboo Resort
Sajong, Rumtek
S I K K I M
P.O. Box 20, Head Post Office, 737101 Gangtok, Sikkim, India
Tel: +91-353-2202049 or +91-3592-252516
Mobile: +91-98320 61986/79320
E-Mail: info@sikkim.ch
WebPages: www.sikkim.ch

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