Khangchendzonga National Park
Around the third highest mountain on earth, and the first mixed World Heritage site in India for both nature and culture.
- Where
- Yuksom, Sikkim, India
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 27.7000, 88.2000
Get the Khangchendzonga National Park stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Khangchendzonga National Park. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Sikkim volume with your photos and a note.
Near Khangchendzonga National Park
Kanchenjunga 5.2 km
The third highest mountain on earth, and the one Sikkim will not let anybody climb to the top of: summit parties stop a few metres short by agreement.
Kabru 11 km
A long summit ridge south of Kanchenjunga with two tops, both above seven thousand metres.
Siniolchu 13 km
A peak Douglas Freshfield called the most beautiful in the world, seen from Zemu.
Pathibhara 14 km
A ridge in north Sikkim with a shrine, and a long walk to it.
Mount Pandim 14 km
A peak above the Goecha La trail that Sikkim does not permit anybody to climb.
Zuluk 15 km
Thirty two hairpins on the old silk route.
Kanchenjunga Conservation Area 27 km
A protected stretch of far eastern Nepal, set up in 1997 and covering 2,035 square kilometres of Taplejung District, including two of Kanchenjunga's peaks. It runs up to the borders of Tibet to the north and Sikkim's Khangchendzonga National Park to the east.
Lachen 35 km
The base for Gurudongmar.
Questions
Where is Khangchendzonga National Park?
Khangchendzonga National Park is in Yuksom, Sikkim. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Kanchenjunga (5.2 km), Kabru (11 km), Siniolchu (13 km).
How do I get the Khangchendzonga National Park stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Khangchendzonga National Park and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Sikkim volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Khangchendzonga National Park before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Sikkim volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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