Duration:
07 Nights / 08 Days
Places Covered:
Delhi - Bagdogra -
Darjeeling - Gangtok – Kalimpong – Siliguri -
Delhi
DAY 01 :
Delhi
You arrive in Delhi by international flight.
After a traditional 'Swagat' (Welcome) our
representative would assist you at the airport
an
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at our hotel for check in and overnight stay.
DAY 02 :
Delhi
Breakfast at the Coffee shop. Rest of the
morning at leisure. You will be taken on a
guided tour of Delhi, beginning with a morning
sightseeing trip to Old Delhi and followed by
visits to the 1648 Red Fort, India's largest
mosque - Jama Masjid and Gandhi Memorial at Raj
Ghat. Afternoon tour includes visits to India
Gate, President's House, Humayun's Tomb, Lotus
Temple and Qutub Minar. Overnight stay at hotel.
DAY 03 :
Delhi / (by air) Bagdogra /
Darjeeling (100 km / 3 hrs)
Breakfast at hotel. Morning transfer to the
airport on time to board flight for Bagdogra. On
arrival our representative would meet & assist
you at the Airport for your departure to
Darjeeling. The 100 km distance will be covered
in approximately 03 hrs. On arrival
we assist you to check in at our Hotel for
overnight stay.
DAY 04:
Darjeeling
Located at an altitude of 7000 ft., Darjeeling,
one of the most reputed hill station in the
Indian Subcontinent, is nested in the towering
snow-capped mountain ranges, dominated by the
almighty Kanchenjunga (Alt. 8598m). Early
morning visit the Tiger Hill (Alt 8500m) to view
the sunrise. Then we return to our hotel en
route visiting the Ghoom Monastery, the most
famous one of the area, built in 1875. Next is a
Toy Train ride from Ghoom to Darjeeling.
Breakfast at hotel. Morning visit to the
Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, the Tibetan
Refugee Camp & Market. Lunch is suggested at the
hotel. Afternoon visit to Museum, Botanical
Garden and Tea Gardens within a 20 km radius.
Overnight stay at hotel.
DAY 05:
Darjeeling/ Gangtok (95 km / 3
hrs)
Early morning breakfast at hotel and drive to
Gangtok. Gangtok is the capital of Sikkim on a
ridge overlooking the Ranipul River. Its name
implies 'High Hill' and the place is ever so
famous for snow clad Himalayas, Rhododendron
flowers, Orchids & rare Butterfly species, the
Red Panda, traditional ethnic culture and a
distinctive cuisine. On arrival we assist you to
check in at our Hotel. Later in the evening
visit to Enchey Monastery, built in 1909, and is
home to about 100 Nyingmapa monks. Overnight
stay.
DAY 06:
Gangtok
This morning a drive of 24 km. to Rumtek
Monastery, the seat of the Gyalwa Karmapa, the
head of Kagyupa order of Tibetan Buddhism.
Afternoon tour includes Namgyal Institute of
Tibetology, promotes research of the language &
traditions of Tibet and contains one of the
worlds. Largest collections of books and rare
manuscripts on Mahayana Buddhism. Followed by
visit to Do-Drul Chorten, one of the most
important reliquary stupas in Sikkim. Overnight
stay.
DAY 07:
Gangtok / Kalimpong / Siliguri
(100 km / 3 hrs)
Early morning drive to Kalimpong, a resort town
for the Monasteries. On arrival we visit the
Thongsa Monastery (Bhutanese monastery) founded
in 1692 & the Tharpa Choling, the Yellow Hat (Gelugpa
Order) Tibetan monastery, built in 1837 at
Tirpai. Later we drive on to Siliguri, major
trade centre and gateway for Darjeeling,
Kalimpong, Sikkim, the North -East India,
Eastern Nepal and Bhutan. On arrival we assist
you to check in at our Hotel for overnight stay.
DAY 08: Siliguri / (15 km / 30 min.) /
Bagdogra / Delhi
Early morning drive to Bagdogra airport to board
flight for Delhi.
