The upcoming resort project of Hotel New Castle, the “Sarmsa Resort” is located on the way to Gangtok and is about 15 minutes drive away from the Capital. The name Saramsa Resort is derived from the place called Saramsa where it is located which is one of the most prominent tourist spots of Gangtok, specially Saramsa Garden which is famous for the wide variety of Flora and Fauna and the picnic spot with the swimming pool. Just besides the Saramsa Garden is the area where the grand annual 3 day Saramsa Mela (Sankrati Mela) is held. The Saramsa Resort is located just near the Saramsa Garden. The resort is spread over 12 acres of natural attraction with river beach, natural forests, waterfalls and streams with rivers flowing through the property and breath taking views of hills all around as can be seen in the picture. The resort area is also inhabitated by a large variety of birds, squirrels, rare variety of trees, cardamom plantations, wild orchids, fruit trees, bees and paddy-fields. Activities in and around the resort. As the resort is located in between the proposed airport at Pakyong and Gangtok and being just 15 mins. drive away from the capital it is as good as staying at Gangtok, since all sight-seeing activities to the 10 point, Tsomgo Lake, Baba Mandir and Nathula can be done from the resort. Apart from all the sight-seeing, by staying at the resort one can indulge in a number of activities around the resort which would not be possible while staying at Gangtok such as river trek, angling, swimming, village trek, bird watching, mountain bike riding, pony ride, picnic, rock climbing, rippling and trekking. At the resort one can have a lot of options such as playing billiards, badminton, chess, video games, cyber cafe, children's park, tree climbing, kite flying, archery, live music, cultural shows, reading, enjoy fresh fruits and vegetables from the resorts’ organic farm and also learn farming. From the resort one can locate the surrounding hills of Gangtok, Deorali Ropeway, Ganesh Tok, Nathula and Rumtek. A mere15 mins. drive away from the resort is Assam Lingzey which has breath taking views of paddy fields and also the Orchid Breeding Centre. From Assam Lingzey one can go for trekking to Khedi hill-top which is connected to the hills of Nathula at an altitude of 8000 ft. At Khedi one can see beautiful lakes, rare animals and plants and the breathtaking view of the Khangchendzonga range. The completion of the resort project is scheduled by the end of 2005.