Mangalore Travel Corporation

GANGTOK – DARJEELING 4 nights 5 days

Main Highlights

  • Stay with breakfast and dinner
  • Pickup and Drop from Airport/Railway station to destination
  • Welcome drink on arrival (Non-alcoholic)
  • Site seeing by Pvt. Vehicle as per below mentioned
  • Tiger Hill
  • Ghoom Monastery
  • Batasia Loop
  • Himalayan Mountaineering Institute
  • Zoological Park
  • Tibetan Refugee Centre
  • Tenzing Rock &  Gombu Rock
  • Tea Estate

 

How will your journey take place?

Day 1

Arrive at Bagdogra/New Jal Pai Guri and drive to Darjeeling (Approx: 93 km/ 3 Hrs)

Day 2

Early morning visit Tiger Hill, Ghoom Monastery and Batasia Loop. After breakfast visit Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (Closed on Thursday), Zoological Park (Closed on Thursday), Tibetan Refugee Centre (Closed on Sunday), Tenzing Rock, Gombu Rock, Tea Estate (from outside).

 

Ghoom Monastery

Old Ghoom Monastery is the popular name of Yiga Choeling. The monastery belongs to the Gelukpa or the Yellow Hat sect and is known for its 15 feet (4.6 m)-high statue of the Maitreya Buddha. The external structure of the building was established in 1850 by the Mongolian astrologer and monk Sokpo Sherab Gyatso, who was head of the monastery until 1905.

Batasia Loop

The Batasia Loop is a spiral railway created to lower the gradient of ascent of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India. At this point, the track spirals around over itself through a tunnel and over a hilltop. It was commissioned in 1919

Tiger Hill

Tiger Hill is located in Darjeeling, in the Indian state of West Bengal, and is the summit of Ghoom, the highest railway station in the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway – a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It has a panoramic view of Mount Everest and Mount Kangchenjunga together.

 

Himalayan Mountaineering Institute

The Himalayan Mountaineering Institute was established in Darjeeling, India on 4 November 1954 to encourage mountaineering as an organized sport in India.

Zoological Park

Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park (also called the Darjeeling Zoo) is a 67.56-acre (27.3 ha) zoo in the town of Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal. The zoo was opened in 1958, and an average elevation of 7,000 feet (2,134 m), is the largest high altitude zoo in India.

Tibetan Refugee Centre

Tibetan Refugee Self Help Centre in Darjeeling, India is a rehabilitation Centre for the Tibetan refugees in the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region. It was established on 2 October 1959, after they followed Dalai Lama and escaped from Tibet. The production of Tibetan handicrafts is the centre’s main activity.

Tenzing Rock & Gombu Rock

One of a pair of large natural rocks used by people to practice rock-climbing, including beginners.

 

Tea Estate

 

 

Day 3

Morning drive to Gangtok 98 km/ 4 hrs approx.

 

Day 4

Full day excursion Tsomgo Lake & New Baba Mandir.

Day 5

Departure transfer from Gangtok to Bagdogra in time for the flight to onward destination 125 km 5 hours approx

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