Darjeeling a Little Kingdom of Nature and Joy

Darjeeling a Little Kingdom of Nature and Joy

Nature fascinates everyone with its magical paints and imprints, which evoke the poets inside you to let the magical words describe the beauty of the place or time. Among many such place, where nature has left all its possible magical strokes is Darjeeling a Himalayan town located in the bosom of the mighty Himalayas.

  Darjeeling has potential of tourism and it was well recognised since British Era in India, as the picturesque town is blessed with abundant of natural forests, cascading waterfalls, manicured tea gardens and pleasant weather condition making an ideal gateway for summer break.  Hundreds of thousands of visitors from across India and abroad plan for a trip to Darjeeling to soak in the splendid landscape and take home back million dollar memories to relish for lifetime.

Among the many splendid features with which Darjeeling is blessed with, the outmost special feature that leaves thousands to crave for more and more is the beauty of the manicured tea gardens, that run up and down the hills, painting the valley with coveted green in color. In these many tea gardens, the world’s best tea leaves are grown which share the taste with the people across the world and to the fact, Darjeeling tea leaves fetches the highest price in the international tea industry some fetching a price of 1.5 lak per kilograms. Not to forget to Mention, our Prime Minister Narendra Modi and

Many of them would have never thought that somewhere in the corner of the world, the best of tea is grown, which rejuvenates not just the retiring mind but rejuvenates the senses along with the soul. Yes I am talking about Darjeeling tea, the best tea leaves which have herbal and medicinal values and is recognised across the world for its authentic taste that comes with every sip.
Going down to the rolling valleys and the deep gorges, the town post innumerable places of interest to win the heart of the guests. Among the many, the few highlights are the Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park where the Himalayan heritage are preserved and kept for the public view, HMI (Himalayan Mountaineering Institute) where you will see instruments used for the first ever mountain expedition to win the summit of Mount Everest by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Edmund Hillary are kept to public viewing, Botanical Garden, Shruberry Park or Nightingale Park, Chowrasta (Heritage of Darjeelingey), Dhirdham Temple (replica of Pashupati Nath Temple of Nepal), Happy Valley Tea Estate and Batasia Loop. Among all these, a special place is given to crowning glory of Darjeeling Tourism “Darjeeling Himalayan Railway”, “ Hamro Pahar ko Darahor or Darjeeling Himalayan Heritage”, which is highly admired by the visitors for offering a unique opportunity to explore the beauty of the hills at a very low speed. You are surely going to feel the beauty being well placed by the almighty amid the Himalayas giving a treat to the eyes and rejuvenating the soul. Don’t worry, if you are a poet or an enthusiastic travellers, you will surely feel, it an everlasting experience of lifetime. 

Well, the small town is well composed by the Darjeelingey as Gorkha people, who are known for their bravery but the other side you will feel, when you are here. They are the most friendly people on earth who aptly match with our Incredible India Motto “ Attithi Devo Bhava”.

Be here and you will feel, that somewhere in the corner of this world, God has crafted and left its best possible strokes of nature to let its creativity be admired by its creations.

 

Things to Do in Darjeeling

Things to do in Darjeeling

Like an oyster of ocean, Darjeeling stands to give the best of tourism experience as its spectacular natural beauty distinct in colors and character reaches the heart with a transparent image of Mount Kanchenjunga. Beside that an aura of essence of Darjeeling tea, historic and cultural reflects an organic side of local tourism. The prodigy revives the age old fashion as the streets still shares the marvel of British architecture and then traditional differences seems to host the best of exclusive tourism.

Things to do

Let’s be more unconventional about activities as Darjeeling is a hub of contrasting tricks that allows traveler to feel something different and unique when it comes to indulge in parody of activities.

Joyride of Darjeeling Toy Train: the most obvious amongst all, the Joy Ride is simply phenomenal and it reflects the marvel of old hospitality of Darjeeling. The Toy Train as we understand is an old heritage property of Darjeeling and owing to cultural and historical importance it becomes very official for everyone to try the ride at least once to live the moment of past. The Joy Ride starts from Darjeeling Railway station and travels till Kurseong, the entire journey is of around 3 hours, so get on your seats and get ready to enjoy the slow natural ride.

White Water Rafting: an eternal flow of Teesta River may excites the mind of adventure lover to try the trick of water rafting, a beauty of nature flows along with time and during the season of monsoon, the surrounding area like Beni and Labarbote is raft by experienced rafters to enjoy an advent of river rafting.

Stay at Tea Gardens: the cultural association of tea and Darjeeling cannot be denied as tourism in some sense is highlighted by an essence of Darjeeling tea and gardens around could be the best place where one could stroll around to see how some of the finest liquors or orthodox brands are made. For tea garden visit one would require to get in touch with manager of tea estates and after their approval one could enjoy their day here at numerous tea estates.

Sit on Darjeeling Chowrasta: Chowrasta is an abode of comfort and probably the most famous scenic theater where one could sit along with friends while enjoying the beauty of weather. During the time of cultural show, one could just walk around here and be a part of traditional fest or else during day time could stroll around Mall road to capture a clear glimpse of Mount Kanchenjunga to make an advent memorable.

Drive up to Tiger Hill: popular for its divine view of sunrise, Tiger hill is the highest point of Darjeeling and early morning ride could be the most refreshing thing to perform while coming here. Morning ride would let your mind see the silent beauty of Darjeeling and calm streets would take you straight into a lap of nature where you could spend your days with friends and family.

Accommodation

Mayfair Hill Resort: it is a heritage hotel set near the silent area of Governor House; the 5 star properties dwelled with all modern amenities offers the best of comfort living to traveler. The heritage hotel reflects the royal charm and with foliage of nature around one could just be peaceful with the service and excellence it looks to provide to traveler. The 44 luxurious and well furnished rooms is amazingly decorated with contemporary architecture beside that classification of rooms allows one to choose from an options. With features like Spa, business center, personalized services it would simply make your stay memorable and imperial.