Babita Rai is the backbone of the Bamboo Retreat Hotel. With over 10 years of experience at the hotel, she brings exceptional skills in multitasking and team management. Babita ensures the smooth operation of all areas, overseeing the gardens, guest services, and team, making her an experienced and trusted part of our team.

With over 30 years of experience in more than ten renowned hotels, Saran Chettri brings exceptional culinary skill and dedication to our kitchen. Passionate about food and committed to excellence, he ensures every dish delights our guests.

Since 2023, Sunita Sharma Phuayal has been the driving force behind our reservations team. She manages hotel bookings, guest communications, and regional tour activities (www.sikkim.ch). Her attention to detail ensures guest satisfaction, while her warm hospitality and charming personality make her an essential part of our team.

Radhika has been part of our housekeeping team since 2025. Known for her meticulous attention to detail and dedication, she ensures every room is spotless and welcoming. Her positive attitude and reliability make her an essential part of creating the warm, caring atmosphere our guests enjoy.

Geeta Thapa brings energy, dedication, and a love for gardening to our grounds. Always eager to explore new cultivation techniques, she ensures our gardens remain vibrant, welcoming, and full of life for our guests.

Helen Kämpf co-founded the Bamboo Retreat Hotel in 2004 and manages its tours and travel experiences from Switzerland through www.terralaya.com (India, Bhutan, Bangladesh) and www.sikkim.ch. With a passion for ethnobotany and organic food cultivation, she ensures that the hotel and its journeys reflect authenticity and care. Helen is also a mother, and her family remains part of the Bamboo Retreat story.

Bhawana Adhikari – Garden Consultant (previously contributed her expertise in sustainable gardening and edible plants).

The Bamboo Retreat Hotel is idyllically embedded between terraced rice fields, lush green bamboo groves, gardens and streams by the hillside – on the other side you can see the capital Gangtok. You can reach Gangtok by car, it takes approximately 45 minutes. The hotel owns around 1.5 hectares of land, where a variety of native vegetables, flowers, medicinal plants, kulinary herbs and ornamentals are grown organically, using pricinples of permaculture, organic gardening and agroecology. We harvest and process by hand.

You are heartily welcome to try our organic farm-to-table seasonal Sikkimese dishes, uniquely prepared by our team. Additionally try Sikkim’s unique cuisine and spices, smell the herbs and use them to cook in line with the ethical cuisine of the ancient people of Sikkim, the Lepchas, the Bhutias and the Nepalese. Stroll through the gardens of our hotel and learn about the principles of permaculture from the hosts at Bamboo Retreat Hotel. Meditate, observe nature, and find your way back to yourself and your roots in a natural way.

Come and receive the warmest hospitality and best quality service from our team with big smiles and happy to serve.

In our eco-hotel you can unwind, relax, get inspired or enhoy activites such as nature-walks or visit an authentic Lepcha-village nearby. The famous monasteries and temples of Rumtek are only a 10 min. drive away.

Come and allow your mind, sould and body to get relaxed & inspired.