DarjeelingHIMALAYAS

Way to travel

Family trips

Short drives, warm rooms, easy walks

Children travel better with fewer hotel changes. We keep the main bases to two or three, and we avoid long drives on hairpin roads after lunch.

High passes such as Nathu La and Gurudongmar are hard on small children and older people because of the altitude. We tell you plainly where it is better to skip a stop.

In brief

Routes with drives under four hours, homestays with family rooms, the toy train, the zoo and the ropeway in Darjeeling, boating at Mirik and jeep safaris in the Dooars.

Trips

Family trips on a ticket

Comfort Darjeeling4 nights · Reserved car Darjeeling with children Darjeeling ₹25,000per person
about ₹5,000 a day
Value Kurseong & Mirik2 nights · Mixed Mirik lake and tea slopes weekend Mirik ₹8,500per person
about ₹2,850 a day
Comfort Kurseong & Mirik7 nights · Reserved car Kurseong, Makaibari, Sittong and Mirik Kurseong · Makaibari · Sittong · Mirik ₹38,000per person
about ₹4,750 a day
Comfort Kalimpong6 nights · Reserved car Kalimpong, Deolo, Lava and Rishyap for families Kalimpong · Deolo · Lava · Rishyap ₹35,000per person
about ₹5,000 a day
Comfort Kalimpong7 nights · Reserved car Kalimpong, Lava and Lolegaon in comfort Kalimpong · Lava · Lolegaon ₹37,000per person
about ₹4,600 a day
Value Kalimpong3 nights · Reserved car Lava and Lolegaon long weekend by car Lava · Lolegaon ₹12,500per person
about ₹3,100 a day
Comfort Singalila2 nights · Mixed Sandakphu by Land Rover in two nights Tumling · Sandakphu ₹17,500per person
about ₹5,850 a day
Comfort Singalila4 nights · Mixed Two dawns on Sandakphu by Land Rover Tumling · Sandakphu · Kalipokhri ₹26,500per person
about ₹5,300 a day
Value Gangtok5 nights · Reserved car Gangtok, Pakyong and Aritar for families Gangtok · Pakyong · Aritar ₹19,000per person
about ₹3,150 a day
Comfort Gangtok5 nights · Reserved car Gangtok and Rumtek for families, in comfort Gangtok · Rumtek ₹26,000per person
about ₹4,350 a day
Value Gangtok3 nights · Reserved car Tsomgo Lake and Nathu La from Gangtok Gangtok ₹12,000per person
about ₹3,000 a day
Value North Sikkim4 nights · Reserved car Lachung with the family, four sharing a car Singhik · Lachung · Mangan ₹15,000per person
about ₹3,000 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
Comfort North Sikkim5 nights · Reserved car North Sikkim at a safe pace, by private car Singhik · Lachen · Lachung ₹37,500per person
about ₹6,250 a day
Comfort West & South Sikkim8 nights · Reserved car Grand West and South Sikkim loop Ravangla · Pelling · Yuksom · Rinchenpong ₹45,000per person
about ₹5,000 a day
Comfort West & South Sikkim5 nights · Reserved car Buddha, Guru and tea in South Sikkim Ravangla · Temi · Namchi ₹27,000per person
about ₹4,500 a day
Comfort Dooars4 nights · Reserved car Murti and Jaldapara with the family, by car Murti · Jaldapara National Park ₹26,000per person
about ₹5,200 a day
Value Dooars5 nights · Mixed Gorumara, Jaldapara and Chilapata in 5 nights Lataguri · Jaldapara National Park · Chilapata ₹19,500per person
about ₹3,250 a day
Comfort Dooars7 nights · Reserved car The Dooars end to end in a week, by car Jhalong · Samsing · Lataguri · Jaldapara National Park ₹42,000per person
about ₹5,250 a day
Value Dooars3 nights · Mixed Three nights by the Murti river Murti ₹13,000per person
about ₹3,250 a day
Comfort Dooars9 nights · Reserved car Nine slow nights from Samsing to Jayanti Samsing · Murti · Jaldapara National Park · Chilapata ₹51,000per person
about ₹5,100 a day

Places

Where to go for it

Darjeeling
hill station2,042 m Darjeelingदार्जिलिङ The thunderbolt town of tea, toy trains and Tenzing
lake2,250 m Jorepokhriजोरपोखरी Twin ponds, India's first salamander sanctuary and an honest update
Mungpoo
village1,150 m Mungpoo Tagore's hill retreat among India's first cinchona plantation
Tiger Hill
viewpoint2,567 m Tiger Hill Dawn over Kanchenjunga from the highest hill near Darjeeling
Dow Hill
forest village1,900 m Dow Hill Old schools, tall pines and Kurseong's favourite ghost stories
Kurseong
hill station1,482 m Kurseongकर्सियाङ The orchid town where the toy train runs through the bazaar
Mirik
hill station1,495 m Mirikमिरिक A lake made from a marsh, in a valley named for a fire
village1,200 m Sittong Darjeeling's orange village in the Riyang valley
Tingling
viewpoint1,250 m Tingling The bowl of tea gardens on the climb from Dudhia to Mirik
Deolo
viewpoint1,704 m Deolo Kalimpong's highest hill, its water tank and its sunrise seat
Kalimpong
hill station1,247 m Kalimpongकालिम्पोङ The wool-trade town between Deolo and Durpin hills
Lolegaon
village1,675 m Lolegaon A Lepcha ridge village with a walkway through the treetops
village1,525 m Ramdhura Pine-ridge village over the Teesta valley, close to Kalimpong
Teesta Bazar
river town200 m Teesta Bazar The river crossing below Kalimpong, rafting and road junction
Dhotrey
forest village2,500 m Dhotrey A forest village and the short way up to Tonglu
Sandakphu
viewpoint3,636 m Sandakphu West Bengal's highest point, with Everest on the skyline

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