Darjeeling & Ghoom · way to travel
Tea country in Darjeeling
Darjeeling's tea grows on about 87 gardens on slopes from roughly 600 to 2,000 m. Stay in a garden homestay, walk the plucking paths at 7 am, watch withering and rolling in the factory and taste the first and second flush side by side.
Trips
Comfort
Darjeeling9 nights · Reserved car
The grand Darjeeling hill loop
Chatakpur · Darjeeling · Lepchajagat · Lamahatta
₹55,000per personabout ₹5,500 a day
Comfort
Darjeeling5 nights · Reserved car
Darjeeling, Takdah and Tinchuley for two
Darjeeling · Takdah · Tinchuley
₹30,000per personabout ₹5,000 a day
Comfort
Darjeeling8 nights · Reserved car
A slow week: Darjeeling, Lepchajagat, Mungpoo
Darjeeling · Lepchajagat · Mungpoo
₹45,000per personabout ₹5,000 a day
Shoestring
Darjeeling6 nights · Shared jeeps
A student week in Darjeeling, Bijanbari and Ghoom
Darjeeling · Bijanbari · Ghoom
₹13,500per personabout ₹1,950 a day
Value
Darjeeling4 nights · Mixed
Darjeeling tea and Tagore's Mungpoo
Darjeeling · Mungpoo
₹16,000per personabout ₹3,200 a day
Value
Darjeeling5 nights · Reserved car
Lamahatta, Tinchuley and Peshok
Lamahatta · Tinchuley · Peshok
₹19,000per personabout ₹3,150 a day
Places
Things to do
Culture and history · Half dayThe drive down via Ging and PulbazarBijanbari · Shared jeep ₹100–150 a seat · car ₹2,50…
Treks and walks · 2–3 hoursRiverside walk on the Little RangeetBijanbari · Free
Tea · 1 hourTea rows of Ging on the way downBijanbari · Free from the road · tea packets ₹200–6…
Adventure · Half day by jeepBack road via Lodhoma to RimbikBijanbari · Shared jeep fares (ask locally) · reser…
Culture and history · 3 hoursHMI and the Himalayan zoo in one morningDarjeeling · ≈ ₹100–150 joint ticket (Indian visitor…
Tea · 2–3 hoursWalk down to Happy Valley's tea slopesDarjeeling · Free to walk · small fee for a factory …
Crafts · 1.5–2 hoursCarpet looms at the Tibetan refugee centreDarjeeling · Free entry · purchases optional
Culture and history · 2 hoursChowrasta to Observatory Hill on footDarjeeling · Free · tea and cake ₹150–300
Viewpoints · 30–45 minutesLovers' Meet and the Teesta–Rangeet confluencePeshok · Free or a small fee
Culture and history · 3 hoursHMI and the Himalayan zoo in one morningDarjeeling · ≈ ₹100–150 joint ticket (Indian visitor…
Tea · 2–3 hoursWalk down to Happy Valley's tea slopesDarjeeling · Free to walk · small fee for a factory …
Crafts · 1.5–2 hoursCarpet looms at the Tibetan refugee centreDarjeeling · Free entry · purchases optional
Culture and history · 2 hoursChowrasta to Observatory Hill on footDarjeeling · Free · tea and cake ₹150–300
Viewpoints · 30–45 minutesLovers' Meet and the Teesta–Rangeet confluencePeshok · Free or a small fee