Day : 1
- Took a train from Sealdah to NJP at 10.05pm(Darjeeling Mail)
Day : 2
- Reached NJP at 9.00am.
- Left for Darjeeling at 11.30am (Rs.140/head in share and Rs.1500-2000 for hire ).
- Reached at 3.45pm.
- Checked into the hotel (somewhere around mall road), Freshened up and went outside to chill ourselves.
- For veg food HASTY TASTY is the best option.
- Beside it there is a Bakery , where one can try different varieties of Chocolates , pastries and other bakery items.
- Had our dinner ASAP because everything was closed by 8.30pm.
Day : 3
- Woke up at 4.00am and left for tiger hill at 4.45am. Reached tiger hill at 5.15am . The sun rose at 6.15am . Watched the beautiful scenery and left tiger hill at 6.30am.
- Visited war memorial at 7.15am.
- From there we went to Ghoom Monastery (its on the way)
- Back to the hotel room at 8.30am.
- At 10.00am visited Japanese temple and Peace Pagoda. From there reached the zoo at 11.20am. Stayed there till 12.45pm. Inside the Zoo We had great fun.
- It was great fun climbing the rock. The experience was fantastic.
- From there we went to see a tea garden and spent about half an hour to have a clear picture of the tea garden. The we return back to hotel it was nearly 2.00pm
- Then we take rest for 3 hrs and then around 5.30 pm we left for Rock Garden. Its a beautiful place to be at.
- Then again we back to our hotel room after taking dinner at the same restaurant as stated above.
Places to visit
1st trip- Rs. 100 per head
1) Tiger hill :
Tiger Hill is a beautiful place from where sunrise can be seen. From here Kanchenjunga (a full snow covered mountain) is also visible , a fully white coloured peak. But the most imp feature is that as the sky changes it’s colour , the peak also viewed differently.
2) Batasia Loop (war memorial)
Entry fees:Rs 5 per head
Batase means the windy place. This is natural spur of the Tiger Hill mountain around which the narrow gauge rail makes double loop its way between Ghoom rand's Darjeeling towns. This is in itself an Engineering Marvel.
The sanctified War Memorial consist of the raised marble platform in oval shape 37ft * 24ft . With a 9ft high bronze statute of a Gorkha soldier in 'shok shastra ' and a 30ft high triangular Granite cenotaph on a 3 ft octagonal base with the " roll of honour " engraved on it.
3) Ghoom Monastery
This pic is of Maitreya Buddha at Ghoom monastery
This is a very nice place to visit. One can have a clear picture of Buddhism. Its very refreshing.
Many small children also stay there. They studied as well as do work in these type of monastery's.
2nd Trip: Rs. 100 per head( Mixed point)
1) Japanese Temple
We left our hotel at 9.30am and reached the temple around 10am
2) Batasia Loop (war memorial)
Batase means the windy place. This is natural spur of the Tiger Hill mountain around which the narrow gauge rail makes double loop its way between Ghoom rand's Darjeeling towns. This is in itself an Engineering Marvel.
3) Ghoom Monastery
| Location | Ghum, West Bengal, India |
|---|---|
| Founded by | Lama Sherab Gyatso |
| Founded | 1875 |
| Type | Tibetan Buddhist |
| Sect | Gelug |
Many small children also stay there. They studied as well as do work in these type of monastery's.
2nd Trip: Rs. 100 per head( Mixed point)
1) Japanese Temple
We left our hotel at 9.30am and reached the temple around 10am
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