Day 01: Bagdogra
arrival and Drive to Darjeeling
Meeting on arrival at Bagdogra airport and transfer drive to Darjeeling. Check in at the hotel and evening at leisure for an overnight stay.
Day 02: In Darjeeling
Meeting on arrival at Bagdogra airport and transfer drive to Darjeeling. Check in at the hotel and evening at leisure for an overnight stay.
Day 02: In Darjeeling
After
breakfast, City tour of Darjeeling, situated on an altitude of 2,134 m and was
developed by the British as a hill resort to run from the heat of the plains.
Tea plantations were introduced in the area in the 1840’s.Mall road is at the
centre of the town, the main commercial street of Darjeeling, lined with
souvenir shops which leads to Chaurastha, a square with a bandstand and several
antique shops. The oldest built-up site in Darjeeling is then Observatory hill.
A Red Hat Buddhist monastery,is also a prominent feature in a Darjeeling city
tour. Birch Hill to the north stands the Shrubbery, the residence of the
Governor of West Bengal and further down along the Birch Hill Road is the
Himalayan Mountaineering Institute previously headed by the late Tenzing
Norgay. This museum is famous for the displayed items used for the first Mount
Everest expedition.
The Zoological Park is famous for high-altitude wildlife - yaks, Himalayan black bears, pandas. It also has four Siberian tigers. The tea estate of Happy Valley is one of the best in Darjeeling and can be visited, which lies below the park. Planter's Club is situated in the Mall road, where planters from all over the area meet, particularly on Sundays. The Lloyd Botanical Gardens were laid on a land donated by the owners of Lloyd's Bank is a collection of Himalayan and alpine flora. A Tibetan Refugee Self- Help Centre is located nearby with its temple, school, hospital and a shop selling carpets, textiles and jewelery.
Day 03: Drive Darjeeling to Gangtok
Mount Kanchenjunga can also be seen from the Observatory Hill but a much better view of the peak is from Tiger Hill. On winter days, the range can be clearly seen with Kanchenjunga (8,598 m.) in the middle, Kabru (7,338 m.) and Pandim (6,691 m.). T o the right are the Three Sisters, the Everest (8,842 m.), the Makalu (8,482 m.) and the Lhotse (8,500 m.) and to the east, the Tibetan peaks. You can also stop at Ghoom, which is a small Tibetan monastery by the roadside, built in 1875 and 5-meter statue of Lord Buddha is built here. Aft6er the visits, check out from the hotel and drive to Gangtok which will take you approximately 4 hrs. Check in at your hotel as soon as you arrive. Rest of the evening, free at leisure for shopping in the local market.
Day 04: In Gangtok
Gangtok town is the capital of Sikkim and lies at an altitude of 1,640 mts. facing Kanchenjunga. The southern part of the city has Choegyal's Palace, usually closed to visitors except for the Tsuklakhang Royal Chapel, where festivals and ceremonies are held. The palace opens once a year, during the last week of December, for the Pong Labsal festival during which masked lamas perform a dance to Kanchenjunga around a banner pole. The Government Handicraft Centre (timings : 10 am to 4 pm) was institutionalized for promoting and keeping alive the traditions and culture of this beautiful state of Sikkim. The Cottage Industries is a storehouse of hand-woven woolen carpets with traditional motifs, blankets, shawls in Lepcha weaves and exquisitely carved choktse tables. There is the Research Institute of Tibetology, the most prestigious one of its kind built in 1958 to preserve Tibetan culture and traditions, is a library of more than 30,000 books on Buddhism, astrology, medicine and philosophy as well as a collection of thangkhas (A tibetan religious paintings on cloth). It is a renowned worldwide centre for the study of Buddhist philosophy and religion.
Day 05 : Drive to Bagdogra
On time, transfer to the airport for departure to your onward destination.
The Zoological Park is famous for high-altitude wildlife - yaks, Himalayan black bears, pandas. It also has four Siberian tigers. The tea estate of Happy Valley is one of the best in Darjeeling and can be visited, which lies below the park. Planter's Club is situated in the Mall road, where planters from all over the area meet, particularly on Sundays. The Lloyd Botanical Gardens were laid on a land donated by the owners of Lloyd's Bank is a collection of Himalayan and alpine flora. A Tibetan Refugee Self- Help Centre is located nearby with its temple, school, hospital and a shop selling carpets, textiles and jewelery.
Day 03: Drive Darjeeling to Gangtok
Mount Kanchenjunga can also be seen from the Observatory Hill but a much better view of the peak is from Tiger Hill. On winter days, the range can be clearly seen with Kanchenjunga (8,598 m.) in the middle, Kabru (7,338 m.) and Pandim (6,691 m.). T o the right are the Three Sisters, the Everest (8,842 m.), the Makalu (8,482 m.) and the Lhotse (8,500 m.) and to the east, the Tibetan peaks. You can also stop at Ghoom, which is a small Tibetan monastery by the roadside, built in 1875 and 5-meter statue of Lord Buddha is built here. Aft6er the visits, check out from the hotel and drive to Gangtok which will take you approximately 4 hrs. Check in at your hotel as soon as you arrive. Rest of the evening, free at leisure for shopping in the local market.
Day 04: In Gangtok
Gangtok town is the capital of Sikkim and lies at an altitude of 1,640 mts. facing Kanchenjunga. The southern part of the city has Choegyal's Palace, usually closed to visitors except for the Tsuklakhang Royal Chapel, where festivals and ceremonies are held. The palace opens once a year, during the last week of December, for the Pong Labsal festival during which masked lamas perform a dance to Kanchenjunga around a banner pole. The Government Handicraft Centre (timings : 10 am to 4 pm) was institutionalized for promoting and keeping alive the traditions and culture of this beautiful state of Sikkim. The Cottage Industries is a storehouse of hand-woven woolen carpets with traditional motifs, blankets, shawls in Lepcha weaves and exquisitely carved choktse tables. There is the Research Institute of Tibetology, the most prestigious one of its kind built in 1958 to preserve Tibetan culture and traditions, is a library of more than 30,000 books on Buddhism, astrology, medicine and philosophy as well as a collection of thangkhas (A tibetan religious paintings on cloth). It is a renowned worldwide centre for the study of Buddhist philosophy and religion.
Day 05 : Drive to Bagdogra
On time, transfer to the airport for departure to your onward destination.
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