Altitude: 6,710 ft (2,045 m) • World Heritage DHR Toy Train, Tiger Hill Sunrise, Sprawling Emerald Tea Valleys & Rich Gorkha Hospitality.
Darjeeling is an iconic Himalayan hill station in the northern region of West Bengal, India. It is internationally renowned for three treasures: Darjeeling Tea (the world's finest GI-tagged orthodox tea), Mt. Kanchenjunga (the third-highest peak on Earth, visible across the town ridge), and the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR), an operational 2-foot narrow-gauge steam railway recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1999.
Darjeeling local sightseeing is organized into traditional half-day and full-day taxi circuits:
Begins at 4:00 AM. Covers Tiger Hill sunrise over Mt. Kanchenjunga (8,586 m), the historic Yiga Choeling Monastery at Ghoom, and the Batasia Loop war memorial spiral.
Covers Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI), Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoo (Red Pandas & Snow Leopards), Tenzing Rock, Tibetan Refugee Self-Help Centre, and Tea Garden viewpoints.
Japanese Peace Pagoda and Buddhist Temple, strolls along Chowrasta Mall Road, the historic Windamere colonial estate, and Glenary’s bakery.
Tiger Hill sunrise, Batasia Loop, UNESCO steam joyride, HMI and zoo.
Live inside sprawling emerald tea plantations with colonial planters bungalow stays.
Combines colonial Darjeeling with Gangtok's MG Marg and Tsomgo glacial lake (12,400 ft).