Wet
temperate forests at the lower levels, rising to the bare rock, ice and snow
of the peaks.The park is bounded by Nepal on the West with some of the
world's highest mountains stradding the border : Tent Peak, Nepal Peak,
Kabur North, Kabur South and, of course, Kangchendzonga itself ( 28,179 ft/
8589 metres ).The park has an impressive range of animals and birds,
leopards, clouded leopards, tahr, musk deer, bharal, scrow, snow leopard,
red panda and binturong.
General Information
Best
time to Visit: April to May and August to October
Location: In
East Sikkim compromising the mountainous regions of the Kangchendzonga
Himalayas.
Size: 328 sq miles (850 sq km)