Meet & Greet on arrival at NJP Railway Station / IXB Airport & transfer to Darjeeling (6,950 ft.). On arrival Check-in to hotel & rest of the day at leisure. Overnight
Early morning (4:00 AM) visit Tiger Hill (Subject to availability of Permit / Token) back to hotel. After breakfast start at 8.30 AM visit Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, P.N. Zoological Park (Thursday closed), Tenzing Rock, Ropeway, Tibetan Refugee self-help Centre (Sunday closed), Tea Garden (outer view), Japanese Temple, Ghoom Monastery, Batasia loop. Evening free for shopping or leisure. Overnight stay at Darjeeling.
The Batasia Loop is a spiral railway created to lower the gradient of ascent of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. Batasia Loop is located 5Kms from Darjeeling Town. It has the best view of Darjeeling's landscape including the hill town.There is also a memorial to the Gorkha soldiers of the Indian Army, who sacrificed their lives after the Indian Independence in 1947.
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-high statue of the Maitreya Buddha.
The Himalayan Mountaineering Institute was established in Darjeeling to encourage mountaineering as an organized sport in India. The first ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary sparked a keen interest in establishing mountaineering as a well-respected endeavor for people in the region. Tenzing Norgay was the first director of field training for HMI.
There is a wonderful Japanese temple located at a 10 minutes driving distance from the Darjeeling town center. The temple is also known as the Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhist Temple. ... Close to the temple is the Peace Pagoda that showcases four avatars of Lord Buddha.
Tiger Hill is the best sunrise view point. It is 11 km from the town of Darjeeling. It has an amazing view of Mount Everest and Mt.Kangchenjunga together from its dedicated observatory and a viewing deck. People flock this place to have the most spell binding view of the golden snow peaks at sunrise.
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After breakfast proceeds to picturesque drive to Gangtok (5,500 ft.). Visit Institute of Tibetology, Dro-dul Chhorten, Enchey Monastery & Banjakhri Falls (maximum 4 hours). Check-in to your hotel. Overnight stay at Gangtok.
The Enchey Monastery was established in 1909 above Gangtok, the capital city of Sikkim in the Northeastern Indian state. It belongs to the Nyingma order of Vajrayana Buddhism.
The institute employs researchers and one of its new research programs is a project which seeks to the social history of Sikkim's approximated 60 monasteries and record this on a computer. Another project seeks to digitize and old and rare photographs of Sikkim for knowledge distribution.
After breakfast start for an excursion to Tsomgo Lake (12,400 ft.) & Baba Mandir (13,200 ft.) which is 55 kms one way from Gangtok city. Overnight stay at Gangtok.
(In case of Land slide or any other reason Tsomgo Lake is closed we will provide alternate sightseeing.)
Major "Baba" Harbhajan Singh was an Indian army soldier. He is revered as the "Hero of Nathula" by soldiers of the Indian army, who built a shrine in his honor. He was accorded the status of saint by believers who refer to him as the "Baba" (saintly father).Many who come here leave a bottle of drinking water which they arrange to collect a few days later. It is believed that one can fulfill one's wishes by drinking that water. Although this temple is on a roadside, it is surrounded by mountains from all sides and the views all around is magnificent.
Tsomgo Lake, also known as Tsongmo Lake or Changu Lake, is a glacial lake in the East Sikkim district of the Indian state of Sikkim, some 40 kilometres from the capital Gangtok.
After breakfast Check-out from hotel in time and take the departure transfer to NJP Railway Station / IXB Airport for your onward journey.
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