Friday, May 8, 2009

Trip to Darjeeling


About Darjeeling

Darjeeling is one of the magnificent hill station in the world.Moving up the hills one is greeted by smiling teach gardens, changing to firs, pines and fast moving torrents.Darjeeling is a land of breathtaking beauty of greenl hills by the himalayas.There are around 4000 types of flowering plants and 300 varieties of ferns.

Important places to visit
Chowrastha
Natural history museum
Himalayan zoological park
Himalayan mountaineering institute
Zoological park
Observatory hill
Tiger hill
Batasia Loop
Tenzing rock & gombu rock
Chunnu summer falls
Ava art gallery

Places nearby
Happy valley tea estate (3 kms)
Lebong race course (8 kms)
Darjeeling passenger ropeway (3 kms)
Garg world amusement park (4 kms)
Hayden hall
Barbotey rock garden (10 kms)
Gram silpa Ajitar (21 kms)
singla
Bijanbari (38 kms)

Location state - West bengal
Climate - Summer (max 15 c & min 8 C ) Winter (max 6 C & min 1 C)
Best time to visit - March to June & September to December
Altitude - 2134 mts above sea level
Activities - Wildlife, trekking, camping.

How to reach there
By Air:The nearest airport to Darjeeling is Bagdogra about 90 kms away from Darjeeling. There are direct flight connections with Delhi, Calcutta and Guwahati.

By Rail:Apart from Darjeeling Railway Station the two closest railway stations are Siliguri (80 kms) and New Jalpaiguri (88 kms) from Darjeeling. These railway stations have direct railway connections with Kolkata, Delhi, Guwahati, Varanasi and other major cities of India.

By Road:Darjeeling is connected to Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan and all of its surrounding hills. The major access to Darjeeling is via Siliguri which is connected to all the major cities.

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