Sikkim Summer Carnival Festival-Festival in Sikkim-About-Image

A heady combination of snow-capped mountains, frothing rivers, forests of rhododendron and flowers all the way- that’s Sikkim for you. And what better way to celebrate Sikkim than at the annual Sikkim Summer Carnival, held in Gangtok every May? Flower shows, exhibitions, cultural programmes and interesting competitions are all part and parcel of this amazing event.

Organised by the Sikkim Department of Tourism, the month-long Tourism festival has been held every year since 1981. The venue for the festival is the White Hall in Gangtok, and for the space of thirty days, the entire complex comes alive with performances of traditional Sikkimese dances, films on tourism, exhibitions of local arts and crafts, and flower shows which highlight the gorgeous flowers of Sikkim- orchids, rhododendrons and primulas among them. An interestingly offbeat ‘yak safari’, a local food festival and white-water rafting on the Teesta are also a part of the festival.