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Chapter Two — Where You'll Stay

One Real Stay, Handpicked

Handpicked along your own route — not a hotel chain repeated city to city.

Evening exterior view of MAYFAIR Hill Resort Darjeeling, a former royal residence, lit up with its pitched red roofs and colonnaded entrance porch

4 nights in Darjeeling

Mayfair Darjeeling

Darjeeling · Hotel · Premium★★★★★

A former Sikkimese royal summer residence on the Jawahar Road ridge in Darjeeling — turreted cottage rooms, terraced gardens, and an indoor pool.

4 nights

Chapter Three — Activities & Sightseeing

The Real Stops Along the Way

3 of your 5days — the full day-by-day plan follows below.

Tea plantation in the mountains under a clear sky, morning light on the rows

Day 2 · Darjeeling

Darjeeling — Tiger Hill Sunrise and a Tea Garden

A pre-dawn drive to Tiger Hill for sunrise over Kanchenjunga, with the convoy of jeeps that makes the same trip every clear morning. The return stops at Ghum monastery and the Batasia Loop war memorial. Back in town for a late breakfast, the rest of the morning is Happy Valley Tea Estate, a short walk from the Chowk Bazaar, for the factory tour and a tasting. The afternoon is free for the Mall.

Houses built on a steep green hillside in Sonada, Darjeeling district

Day 3 · Darjeeling

Darjeeling — the Toy Train and the Town

A ride on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, the UNESCO-listed toy train, usually the joy-ride up to Ghum and back with a stop at the Batasia Loop. The rest of the day covers the town itself: the Peace Pagoda on Jalapahar Hill, the Himalayan zoo and mountaineering institute below Observatory Hill, and Chowrasta for the evening. A cable-car ride, when the Darjeeling ropeway is running, adds a different angle over the tea gardens on the slopes below.

Close-up of a pile of fresh green tea leaves

Day 4 · Darjeeling

Darjeeling — a Full Day in the Tea Garden

A slower day built around a longer stay in a working tea estate rather than a short factory visit. A full walk through the garden with the estate manager, from the oldest bushes to the newer plantings, and time in the factory to see a full processing run rather than a snapshot of it. A tasting through several grades, first and second flush side by side. The afternoon is unhurried, on the estate's own grounds or by the river below it.

Chapter Four — Day by Day

5 Days, In Full

Every day, start to finish — including the transfers the sightseeing chapter above skipped.

Hillside hill-station town view over Darjeeling, houses climbing the ridge
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Darjeeling

Arrive in Darjeeling

The gateway is Bagdogra airport, near Siliguri, about three hours by road up into the hills, or the New Jalpaiguri rail junction a similar distance away. The drive climbs steadily through tea gardens and forest, with the views opening out in the last stretch before town. You settle in by the afternoon. The evening is for the Mall and Chowrasta, Darjeeling's pedestrian square, and a first look at the hills as the light drops.

Tea plantation in the mountains under a clear sky, morning light on the rows
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Darjeeling

Darjeeling — Tiger Hill Sunrise and a Tea Garden

A pre-dawn drive to Tiger Hill for sunrise over Kanchenjunga, with the convoy of jeeps that makes the same trip every clear morning. The return stops at Ghum monastery and the Batasia Loop war memorial. Back in town for a late breakfast, the rest of the morning is Happy Valley Tea Estate, a short walk from the Chowk Bazaar, for the factory tour and a tasting. The afternoon is free for the Mall.

Houses built on a steep green hillside in Sonada, Darjeeling district
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Darjeeling

Darjeeling — the Toy Train and the Town

A ride on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, the UNESCO-listed toy train, usually the joy-ride up to Ghum and back with a stop at the Batasia Loop. The rest of the day covers the town itself: the Peace Pagoda on Jalapahar Hill, the Himalayan zoo and mountaineering institute below Observatory Hill, and Chowrasta for the evening. A cable-car ride, when the Darjeeling ropeway is running, adds a different angle over the tea gardens on the slopes below.

Close-up of a pile of fresh green tea leaves
04

Darjeeling

Darjeeling — a Full Day in the Tea Garden

A slower day built around a longer stay in a working tea estate rather than a short factory visit. A full walk through the garden with the estate manager, from the oldest bushes to the newer plantings, and time in the factory to see a full processing run rather than a snapshot of it. A tasting through several grades, first and second flush side by side. The afternoon is unhurried, on the estate's own grounds or by the river below it.

Densely built hillside of Darjeeling with buildings layered up the slope
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Darjeeling

Darjeeling — Departure

A free morning, for a last walk on the Mall or a return trip to Chowrasta before the crowds build. Bagdogra airport is about three hours away by road, with wide connections to Kolkata, Delhi and beyond; New Jalpaiguri's rail junction is a similar distance. It suits a shorter trip that stays entirely in the Darjeeling hills.

Chapter Five — Terms & Conditions

Straightforward, In Writing

Cancellation windows, refund timing, and rescheduling terms for this journey follow our one sitewide policy — nothing package-specific to dig through.

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Chapter Six — Similar Journeys

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Why Choose Us

The Same Trust, Sized to This Trip

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Planning, Built Around You

This route was shaped around West Bengal's real places, not lifted from a fixed template.

13 years — Brijesh Sharma, Bespoke Itinerary Specialist

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Handpicked Hotels

This stay was chosen in person, not off a ratings page.

1 real stay, 5★

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A Private Fleet, Always Yours

One driver, air-conditioned, for the whole route — no shared shuttle.

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