Way to travel
Long weekends
Three or four nights from Siliguri
Most of the hills are three to four hours by road from Siliguri, which makes a long weekend realistic. Keep it to one or two bases; on a three-night trip, a second base costs you half a day.
Leave early on the last day: traffic on the Sevoke road and around Siliguri can add an hour or more.
In brief
Short trips that start and end at NJP or Bagdogra: Darjeeling and Ghoom, Kalimpong and Lava, Mirik and the tea gardens, Gangtok and Tsomgo, or a Dooars forest weekend.
Trips
Long weekends on a ticket
Shoestring
Darjeeling2 nights · Shared jeeps
Darjeeling long weekend on a budget
Darjeeling
₹6,000per personabout ₹2,000 a day
Value
Darjeeling3 nights · Mixed
Toy train and Tiger Hill
Darjeeling
₹13,000per personabout ₹3,250 a day
Value
Kurseong & Mirik4 nights · Mixed
Kurseong and Mirik tea valleys
Kurseong · Mirik
₹13,000per personabout ₹2,600 a day
Shoestring
Kurseong & Mirik2 nights · Shared jeeps
Kurseong: toy train, Netaji and tea
Kurseong
₹5,500per personabout ₹1,850 a day
Value
Kurseong & Mirik2 nights · Mixed
Mirik lake and tea slopes weekend
Mirik
₹8,500per personabout ₹2,850 a day
Value
Kalimpong3 nights · Reserved car
Lava and Lolegaon long weekend by car
Lava · Lolegaon
₹12,500per personabout ₹3,100 a day
Comfort
Kalimpong3 nights · Reserved car
Kalimpong heritage from Morgan House
Kalimpong
₹19,500per personabout ₹4,900 a day
Shoestring
Kalimpong2 nights · Shared jeeps
Kalimpong town and Deolo on a shoestring
Kalimpong
₹5,500per personabout ₹1,850 a day
Comfort
Singalila2 nights · Mixed
Sandakphu by Land Rover in two nights
Tumling · Sandakphu
₹17,500per personabout ₹5,850 a day
Shoestring
Singalila3 nights · Mixed
Ride up to Sandakphu, walk down to Srikhola
Maneybhanjan · Sandakphu · Srikhola
₹9,500per personabout ₹2,400 a day
Shoestring
Singalila2 nights · On foot
Dhotrey and Tonglu on a shoestring
Dhotrey · Tonglu
₹7,000per personabout ₹2,350 a day
Shoestring
Gangtok2 nights · Shared jeeps
A Gangtok long weekend on a budget
Gangtok
₹5,000per personabout ₹1,650 a day
Value
Gangtok3 nights · Reserved car
Tsomgo Lake and Nathu La from Gangtok
Gangtok
₹12,000per personabout ₹3,000 a day
Shoestring
North Sikkim2 nights · Shared jeeps
Kabi, Phodong and Singhik: Sikkim's old story
Phodong · Singhik
₹5,500per personabout ₹1,850 a day
Shoestring
West & South Sikkim4 nights · Shared jeeps
Ravangla and Namchi on a shoestring
Ravangla · Namchi
₹10,000per personabout ₹2,000 a day
Value
West & South Sikkim2 nights · Shared jeeps
Temi tea garden weekend
Temi
₹10,500per personabout ₹3,500 a day
Comfort
Dooars4 nights · Reserved car
Murti and Jaldapara with the family, by car
Murti · Jaldapara National Park
₹26,000per personabout ₹5,200 a day
Shoestring
Dooars2 nights · Mixed
Gorumara forest weekend on a shoestring
Lataguri
₹5,000per personabout ₹1,650 a day
Value
Dooars3 nights · Mixed
Three nights by the Murti river
Murti
₹13,000per personabout ₹3,250 a day
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