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Sikkim - Darjeeling Tour |
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Tour Highlights |
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Capital city “Delhi”, Himalayan Town “ Darjeeling” Capital city of Sikkim “
Gangtok” |
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Covered Places : Delhi – Darjeeling – Gangtok – Kalimpong – Delhi |
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Duration : 08 Nights / 09 Days |
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Day 01- Arrival Delhi |
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Arrive New Delhi, India’s Capital, where you are greeted with a traditional
Indian welcome on arrival at the airport and escorted to the hotel. After check
in at hotel our representative will explain you the travel plan and hand over
the essential travel documents to you. Overnight at hotel.
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Day 02- Delhi
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Morning start full day guided city tour. Start from Old Delhi. Visit Raj Ghat
which is Mahatma Gandhi’s Memorial, followed by photo stop at Red Fort. Red
Fort, built in 1648 by Mughal Emperor Shahjehan, Jama Masjid, one of the largest
Mosque of India. Here you will enjoy enjoy a cycle rickshaw ride. The pleasure
associated with the rickshaw ride here is ultimate. The rickshaw pullers take
you on a ride through various routes, offering you a different experience all
together.
In the afternoon you will visit New Delhi. Lakshminarayan Temple, a modern Hindu
Temple, The impressive Qutub Minar, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site,
built by Qutub-ud-Din Aibek in 1199 from sandstone and marble, Humayun's Tomb,
memorial of Mughal Emperor Humayun, built in the year 1562. The complex is a
World Heritage Site & the first example of this type of Mughal architecture in
India. India Gate (War Memorial Arch) and drive past the President's Ho1use,
Parliament House and Connaught Place shopping centre. Overnight at Hotel.
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Day 03 - Delhi – Bagdogra (By Flight)
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Morning drop you at airport to board on flight to Bagdogra. On arrival drive
Darjeeling , Queen of India's hill stations. Its setting is one of incomparable
beauty. A Victorian town of old world charm 'discovered' by the British. It is
surrounded by fragrant tea gardens which seem to flow over the layered slopes
like emerald swells on a rough sea. Overnight at Hotel.
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Day 04- Darjeeling |
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Today morning we visit Tiger Hill, famous for its magnificent view of
Kanchenjunga, Mt. Everest & other eastern Himalayan peaks especially at the time
of sunrise. On our way back we first visit Ghoom, as the name suggests it is
gloomy & clammy with perpetual fog. A Tibetan village, one can hear the
foghorn-like sounds of Buddhist monks blowing their giant Gyeling pipes from the
rooftops of the nearby Yiga-Choling ' Yellow Hat' Buddhist Temple. After some
rest we take a ride of toy train of Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR), now a
UNESCO World Heritage Site. Also visit the Mountaineering Institute, created by
the late Tenzing Norgay, the Sherpa who conquered Mt Everest with Sir Edmund
Hillary. Overnight at Hotel.
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Day 05- Darjeeling - Gangtok (95kms)
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Today we drive to Gangtok, a fairytale capital in the clouds, balances
precariously on Steep Mountain slopes, Surrounded by lush rice terraces, swifts
flowing rivers & distant snow views. It became a major stopover between Tibet &
British India at the end of the 19th century.On arrival check in at hotel.
Later we take a tour of Gangtok, visiting Research Institute of Tibetology,
organization dedicated to furthering Tibetan studies, Buddhist philosophy &
region. Overnight at Hotel.
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Day 06- Gangtok |
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Today we take an excursion tour to Tsongo Lake, considered extremely sacred by
the local people. The place is a paradise for bird lovers with large number of
Blue Whistling Thrush, Redstarts & Fork tails around. Next we visit Do Drul
Chorten, are two exquisite Stupas, the Dul-dul-Chorten, were built to
commemorate the victory of good over evil. Next we visit Rumtek Monastery,
meandering roads through emerald green rice terraces, lays Rumtek, the main
monastery of Kagyud or 'Black Hat' sect of Tibetan Buddhism. Built in 1959 by
His Holiness the 16th Reincarnated Gyalwa Karmapa, it is a replica of Tsurphu
Monastery from the Kham region of Tibet. Later we visit Himalayan Zoological
Park. Government Institute of Cottage Industries (GICI), which produces crafts
in authentic Sikkimese designs. Also explore Lal bazaar, melody of colour.
Various ethnic groups from different villages gather to haggle, bargain, gossip
their wares. Overnight at Hotel.
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Day 07- Gangtok - Kalimpong (80Kms) |
Today we take an excursion tour to Tsongo Lake, considered extremely sacred by
the local people. The place is a paradise for bird lovers with large number of
Blue Whistling Thrush, Redstarts & Fork tails around.
Next we visit Do Drul Chorten, are two exquisite Stupas, the Dul-dul-Chorten,
were built to commemorate the victory of good over evil. Next we visit Rumtek
Monastery, meandering roads through emerald green rice terraces, lays Rumtek,
the main monastery of Kagyud or 'Black Hat' sect of Tibetan Buddhism. Built in
1959 by His Holiness the 16th Reincarnated Gyalwa Karmapa, it is a replica of
Tsurphu Monastery from the Kham region of Tibet. Later we visit Himalayan
Zoological Park.
Government Institute of Cottage Industries (GICI), which produces crafts in
authentic Sikkimese designs. Also explore Lal bazaar, melody of colour. Various
ethnic groups from different villages gather to haggle, bargain, gossip their
wares. Overnight at Hotel.
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Day 08 - Kalimpong |
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Today we visit Thongsa Gompa also known as the Bhutanese Monastery. It is the
oldest monastery in Kalimpong & was founded in the year 1692. Though the old
structure was destroyed by the Gorkhas, it was rebuilt on the same site. Next
visit the Zong Dog Palri Fo-Brang Gompa, which is on the Durpin hill & is famous
for the Tibetan wall paintings. It also has a religious debating society along
with a school of Tibetan medicine. Later we visit Tharpa Choeling Monastery
founded in 1937 & belongs to the Gelugpa (yellow hat) sect of Tibetan monastery.
Evening free. Overnight at Hotel.
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Day 09- Kalimpong – Bagdogara (75kms)-Delhi ( By Flight ) |
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Today we drive to Bagdogara to take a fight for Delhi.Upon Arrival in Delhi
transfer to International airport to board on flight for onward destination. |
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