Way to travel

Honeymoons on a budget

A view, a fireplace, fewer moves

A good hill honeymoon moves less than a sightseeing tour: three bases, at least two nights in each, and one room with a view you pay a little extra for.

Winter brings the clearest views and the coldest rooms. Ask for a heater or a room with a fireplace, and pack warm clothes.

In brief

A cottage in Lamahatta, a room facing Kanchenjunga in Pelling, two nights in Lachung's apple orchards and a lake morning in Mirik, for less than a beach week.

By hill

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Trips

Honeymoons on a budget on a ticket

Comfort Darjeeling5 nights · Reserved car Darjeeling, Takdah and Tinchuley for two Darjeeling · Takdah · Tinchuley ₹30,000per person
about ₹5,000 a day

Comfort Kurseong & Mirik3 nights · Reserved car Kurseong heritage stay with tea tastings Kurseong ₹21,000per person
about ₹5,250 a day

Comfort Kurseong & Mirik3 nights · Reserved car Mirik in comfort: lake, tea and Gopaldhara Mirik ₹18,500per person
about ₹4,600 a day

Comfort Kalimpong5 nights · Reserved car Kolakham and Lava honeymoon by car Kalimpong · Kolakham · Lava ₹30,000per person
about ₹5,000 a day

Comfort Singalila4 nights · Mixed Two dawns on Sandakphu by Land Rover Tumling · Sandakphu · Kalipokhri ₹26,500per person
about ₹5,300 a day

Comfort Gangtok4 nights · Reserved car A Gangtok honeymoon with Rumtek and Aritar Gangtok · Rumtek · Aritar ₹26,000per person
about ₹5,200 a day

Comfort North Sikkim4 nights · Reserved car Lachung and Yumthang in comfort, three nights up Singhik · Lachung ₹27,500per person
about ₹5,500 a day

Value North Sikkim3 nights · Shared jeeps Three slow nights in Lachung Lachung ₹12,000per person
about ₹3,000 a day

Comfort West & South Sikkim5 nights · Reserved car Pelling and Kaluk honeymoon on a budget Pelling · Kaluk ₹30,000per person
about ₹5,000 a day

Value Dooars4 nights · Mixed Jhalong, Bindu and the Samsing hills Jhalong · Suntalekhola · Samsing ₹15,000per person
about ₹3,000 a day

Comfort Dooars5 nights · Reserved car Dooars river valleys for birders, by car Murti · Suntalekhola · Jhalong ₹26,000per person
about ₹4,350 a day

Places

Where to go for it

village1,740 m Lamahatta Dhupi trees, prayer flags and a lake trail on the Peshok road

village1,300 m Takdah An old army cantonment of bungalows, orchids and tea

village1,770 m Tinchuley Three hilltops, orange orchards and a quiet dawn over Kanchenjunga

tea garden1,200 m Makaibari The cornfield that became one of Darjeeling's oldest tea gardens

hill station1,495 m Mirikमिरिक A lake made from a marsh, in a valley named for a fire

village1,680 m Charkhole A small Lepcha ridge with Kanchenjunga full in the window

village1,981 m Kolakham A Rai village on the edge of Neora Valley, facing Kanchenjunga

village1,830 m Sillery Gaon Homestay ridge above Pedong with the Teesta's bends below

market town2,150 m Maneybhanjanमानेभञ्ज्याङ Border bazaar where the Sandakphu Land Rovers wait

village1,400 m Aritar A boot-shaped lake, a Rai hilltop shrine and quiet homestays

market town830 m Rongli The permit town at the foot of the Silk Route

village2,700 m Lachung The small pass, run by its own village council since the 1800s

village1,900 m Hee Bermiok Farm homestays facing Kanchenjunga on the Pelling–Dentam road

village1,650 m Kaluk Homestays, orange orchards and the Kanchenjunga range at dawn

hill station2,150 m Pellingपेलिङ Kanchenjunga at dawn above the monasteries of old Sikkim

river town600 m Jhalong A hydel town on the Jaldhaka, facing Bhutan

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