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FEATURED
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PHYSICAL
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PEOPLE
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SIKKIM YAK SAFARI |
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Yak Safari
is an unforgettable and unique experience organized
in different areas of Sikkim. Popular trails are
Dzongri area and Tsomgo lake. You will get to
ride the yak in Tsomgo lake and in various trekking
points like Dzongri in West Sikkim onwards |
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About Yak: Yaks are bovine
mammal. It is ox like in build, with
short, thick legs, humped shoulders, large up curved
horns, and a thick coat that hangs down to the
ankles. Wild yaks were formerly found from Kashmir
to West China, but were so extensively hunted
for meat and hides that they now survive only
in isolated highlands at elevations above 14,000
ft (4,300 m). They live in herds numbering from
10 to 100 animals, mostly females and young led
by a few old bulls; males are mostly solitary.
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Yaks have been domesticated
for centuries, and the domestic form has been
introduced into other parts of central Asia. The
wild yak may attain a shoulder height of 65 in.
(165 cm) and have horns 3 ft (90 cm) long; its
coat is dark brown. The domesticated yak is smaller,
with short horns; its coat, which may be long
enough to reach the ground, may be black, brown,
reddish, piebald, or albino. Yaks can live on
vegetation so sparse that it cannot support other
domesticated animals. The domestic yak is a source
of milk, butter, meat, hair (for cloth), and leather
and is also much used as a beast of burden. |
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