Darjeeling and Mirik

Mirik
A beautiful place whose attraction is a huge lake around which the entire city is settled. The lake is surrounded by mountains from all sides, a spectacular view which one should not miss. You can sit beside the lake, take a stole, or travel up the mountains to enjoy the scenery. You can do horse riding or feed the fishes or can just spend hours looking the beauty around. If you are a shopping freak then mirik is the place. There are innumerous stalls situated near the lake and on the roads outside. Mirik has pleasant weather during summers (April May June) but temperatures go down upto 5 to 6 degrees per centegrade during winters (November December january and early February) and if you are lucky enough then you can also witness snowfall in the area.

Darjeeling
Darjeeling is situated in the hills, near Ghoom which is the highest hill station in India and the second highest in the world situated at an altitude of 7,407 feet. Among the various places for sight seeing in Darjeeling, is the Tiger Hill from where one can get the closest view of the Kanchenjunga and the Mount Everest with a clear sky. There is the Rock garden and Ganga Maya Park which have lovely water falls. One can ride on the Toy train from Ghoom and take a turn in the batasia loop. Darjeeling has innumerable cheap hotels and guest houses as well as five star luxury hotels. During the winters it snows and the whole ambience changes.
There is a place called Jhorpokri which is few kilometers away from darjeeling. It has a resort where one can stay and spend some lovely time among the mountain ranges. The entire place changes when it rains and seems a little heaven in itself. One thing which attracted my attention were the swans which I found near a lake which is just in front of the main resort building. It is a very beautiful place which one should not miss.

Travel Information II

This is a buddha temple. Scluptures can be seen on the walls of the temple.


This is a view of the bridge in the Mirik Lake.

This is the famous Buddhist Monastary in Mirik.

Travel tips

Travel tips which will help you enjoy your holidays. Travel to India and explore the natural beauty.

One has to take a train from Kolkata and reach New Jalpaiguri station in Siliguri from where car hiring facility is available. The other option to reach Siliguri is by flight to Bagdogra.

Besides hire cars, bus facility is also available. The hotels can also arrange for cars. The roads have sharp bends and are through the hills escalating from one to another hill. Thus it is always better to travel in hardy cars like jeeps and the like. One should also carry medicines for road sickness. Have light meals while you are travelling and carry minimum luggage with enough warm clothes as you never know when the climate changes.