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Honeymoons in Darjeeling & Kalimpong
Quiet rooms with the mountains outside
Honeymoons in Kashmir houseboats, Bhutan's valleys, Himachal orchards and Sikkim's hills, from saver homestays to the best lodges. Slow days, good rooms, no rush.
Photo: Arne Hückelheim 2010-09-21 12:41:53 This is a … · CC BY-SA 4.0 · CommonsThe best mountain honeymoons are slow: two or three bases, not seven, and rooms worth staying in. We avoid back-to-back long drives and add a day with nothing planned.
Darjeeling and Kalimpong are the West Bengal hills between Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan, 1,200 to 3,636 m high. Go March to May or October to November for clear views of Kangchenjunga. Plan 5 to 7 nights: Darjeeling for tea and the toy train, Kalimpong for nurseries and monasteries, Sandakphu for the high ridge.
Trips
Honeymoons trips in Darjeeling & Kalimpong
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Comfort
Tea and toy train: Kurseong and Darjeeling
Private car with driver
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Signature
Taj Chia Kutir, Windamere and Glenburn
Private SUV with driver
4 places
Where to go
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Darjeeling
The thunderbolt ridge, its tea and its two-foot railway
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Kurseong
The toy train's home town, ringed by old tea gardens
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Rishyap
Sunrise village facing the Kangchenjunga range
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Takdah and Tinchuley
An old British cantonment in mist and cedar forest
Experiences
Days that fit the style
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Toy train joy ride to Ghum and Batasia Loop
A 2-hour round trip on the 2 ft gauge Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, climbing from Darjeeling to Ghum station at about 2…
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Sunrise on Kangchenjunga from Tiger Hill
Drive before dawn to Tiger Hill, 2,590 m and about 11 km from Darjeeling, to watch first light hit Kangchenjunga. On cl…
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Happy Valley tea garden walk and tasting
Walk down to Happy Valley Tea Estate, 3 km from Chowrasta, the closest garden to Darjeeling town. Founded in 1854, it i…
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Kurseong station, DHR museum and bazaar walk
Walk the heart of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway in its headquarters town: the dead-end station with its one-room mus…
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Netaji's house at Giddapahar and Eagle's Crag
Visit the Bose family house at Giddapahar, 4 km from Kurseong, where Subhas Chandra Bose spent seven months under house…
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Dow Hill forest and the old school ridge
An easy half-day walk from Kurseong up through tall cryptomeria and pine forest to Dow Hill, a ridge of colonial-era bo…
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Tiffindara sunrise over the Kangchenjunga range
Walk about 1 km from Rishyap in the dark to Tiffindara viewpoint and watch the first light reach the Kangchenjunga rang…
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Guided forest walk around Rishyap
A half-day walk with a local guide through the oak, rhododendron and bamboo forest around Rishyap, on paths used by vil…
Where to sleep
Stays in these places
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Budget
Meghbalika Tourism Property (WBTDC)
The West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation's lodge in Darjeeling town, formerly the Darjeeling Tourist Lodge.…
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Budget
Roudra Chhaya Tourism Property (WBTDC)
WBTDC's lodge in Kurseong, formerly the Kurseong Tourist Lodge, with standard and larger double rooms, a restauran…
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Mid
Cochrane Place
A restored colonial house above Kurseong, once the home of a British magistrate, run as a small boutique hotel wit…
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Mid
Dekeling Hotel
A long-running family hotel run by a Tibetan family on Gandhi Road, a few minutes below Chowrasta, with simple, wa…
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Luxury
Windamere Hotel
A colonial hotel on Observatory Hill above Chowrasta, built in 1841 as Ada Villa, later a boarding house for tea p…
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Luxury
Glenburn Tea Estate & Boutique Hotel
Planter's bungalows inside a working tea estate founded in 1859, on slopes above the Rangeet river about 1.5 hours…
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