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12 DAYS
HILLS OF NORTH BENGAL & SIKKIM
CALCUTTA -
BAGDOGRA - DARJEELING - GANGTOK - YUKSOM - PELLING - KALIMPONG
DAY 01
CALCUTTA / BAGDOGRA-DARJEELING
ARRIVE AT CALCUTTA AND THEN FLY TO BAGDOGRA BY IC AFTERNOON FLIGHT.
UPON ARRIVAL, DRIVE TO DARJEELING (93 KMS, 03 HRS DRIVE). ENROUTE,
STOP AT KURSEONG TOURIST LODGE FOR SOME REFRESHMENTS. UPON ARRIVAL
AT DARJEELING, CHECK-IN AT HOTEL. DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL.
DAY 02
DARJEELING
EARLY MORNING (0430 HRS APPROX.) DRIVE TO TIGER HILL TO VIEW SUNRISE
OVER KANCHENJUNGHA. RETURN TO HOTEL AND HAVE BREAKFAST.PROCEED FOR A
TOUR TO PADMAJA NAIDU HIMALAYAN ZOOLOGICAL PARK, HIMALAYAN
MOUNTAINEERING INSTITUTE, ROPEWAY (IF OPERATING), TENZING & GOMBU
ROCK, TIBETEN REFUGEE SELF HELP CENTRE, TEA ESTATE & LEBONG RACE
COURSE. LUNCH IN THE HOTEL AFTER RETURN. WATCH A CULTURAL PROGRAM IN
THE EVENING (ONLY FOR GROUPS). DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT THE HOTEL.
DAY
03 DARJEELING
AFTER BREAKFAST TRANSFER TO DARJEELING STATION FOR THE TOY TRAIN
RIDE (IF OPERATING) UP TO GHOOM MONASTERY TAKING A TURN AT THE
BATASIA LOOP. DRIVE DOWN TO VIEW THE BEAUTIFUL ROCK GARDENS. RETURN
TO HOTEL FOR LUNCH. REST OF THE DAY FREE. DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT
HOTEL.
DAY 04
DARJEELING-GANGTOK
AFTER BREAKFAST, DEPART FOR GANGTOK (200 KMS, 06 HRS).
ENROUTE, STOP AT RANGPO TOURIST LODGE FOR SOME REFRESHMENTS. UPON
ARRIVAL AT GANGTOK, CHECK-IN AT HOTEL. LUNCH, DINNER AND OVERNIGHT
AT HOTEL.
DAY
05 GANGTOK
AFTER EARLY BREAKFAST, DRIVE TO TSHANGU LAKE (35 KMS, 2 HRS DRIVE,
12,400 FT). LUNCH UPON ARRIVAL AT HOTEL. IN THE AFTERNOON, VISIT THE
DIRECTORATE OF HANDICRAFT & HANDLOOMS, ENCHEY MONASTERY AND RESEARCH
INSTITUTE OF TIBETOLOGY. DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL. DAY 06:
GANGTOK-YUKSOM AFTER BREAKFAST, DEPART TO YUKSOM, (129 KMS, 06 HRS
DRIVE). ENJOY PICNIC LUNCH ENROUTE. CHECK-IN, DINNER AND OVERNIGHT
AT HOTEL.
DAY 07
YUKSOM
AFTER BREAKFAST, GO FOR A DAY HIKING TO THE DUBDI MONSTERY. VISIT
NORBUGANG, (STONE THROS AWAY WHERE THE FIRST CHOGYAL WAS CROWNED)
AND THE PRESERVED FOOTPRINT OF HIS HOLYNESS GYALWA LATCHAN - THE MAN
WHO BROUGHT BUDDHISM TO SIKKIM IN 1641 AD. PACKED LUNCH ENROUTE.
DINNER UPON ARRIVAL AND OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL.
DAY
08
YUKSOM - PELLING
AFTER BREAKFAST, DEPART FOR PELLING (05 HRS DRIVE). ENROUTE VISIT
KHENCHOPALRI LAKE AND MONASTERY. CHECK-IN AT HOTEL. LUNCH, DINNER
AND OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL.
DAY
09
PELLING
AFTER BREAKFAST, VISIT SANGOCHOLING MONASTERY. LUNCH AT HOTEL. VISIT
PEMAYANGTSE AND RABOATSE PALACE RUINS. DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT
HOTEL.
DAY
10
PELLING-KALIMPONG
AFTER BREAKFAST, DEPART TO KALIMPONG (98 KMS, 04 HRS DRIVE).
CHECK-IN AND LUNCH AT HOTEL. EXPLORE THE TOWN IN THE EVENING. DINNER
AND OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL.
DAY
11
KALIMPONG
AFTER BREAKFAST, VISIT DELLO HILLS AND DOCTOR GRAHAM'S HOMES. LUNCH
AT HOTEL. VISIT FLOWER NURSERIES, JANG-DOG-PALRIFRO-BRANG MONASTERY,
GOURIPUR HOUSE, DURPIN DARA HILL & DHARMODYA VIHAR. DINNER AND
OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL.
DAY
12
KILIMPONG-BAGDOGRA/CALCUTTA
CHECK-OUT FROM THE HOTEL AFTER BREAKFAST AND DRIVE TO BAGDOGRA (79
KMS, 2 & 1/2 HRS DRIVE). FLY TO CALCUTTA BY IC AFTERNOON FLIGHT.
UPON ARRIVAL AT CALCUTTA, MEETING AND ASSISTANCE AT THE AIRPORT AND
TRANSFER TO YOUR HOTEL OR CONNECT YOUR INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT.
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