Travel style
Weekend breaks
Two to four nights from Siliguri
Many travellers have three or four days. From Siliguri you can reach Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Mirik or the Dooars forests in three hours or less.
We keep weekend routes to one or two bases so you spend your days there, not on the road.
Journeys
Routes in this style
Places
Where it fits best
A boot-shaped lake and farm homestays below the Silk Route
Sikkim's capital on a ridge above the Ranikhola valley
The Karma Kagyu seat across the valley from Gangtok
A glacial lake at 3,753 m on the road to Nathu La
Guru Rinpoche on the hilltop and Shiva on the next ridge
The quieter tea town half way up the hill
A quiet lake town among tea gardens and orange orchards
An old Tibet-trade town between Deolo and Durpin hills
A ridge village above Pedong looking down on the Teesta bends
Watchtower safaris on the edge of the Murti and Jaldhaka
Tea slopes and forest streams where the Dooars meets the hills
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Rooms that suit it
A long-running, family-run guest house on Bhanu Path, a short walk below MG Marg. Rooms are simple and warm, the garden is quiet, and the welcome …
An established mid-range hotel on Tibet Road, a few minutes' walk from MG Marg, with rooms that look out over the valley towards Kangchenjunga on clear …
A heritage hotel built in the 1930s as the royal guest house of the Chogyals of Sikkim, now run by Elgin Hotels. It has period rooms, …
A large, full-service resort on the outskirts of Gangtok with a spa, indoor pool and landscaped grounds. It is the most resort-like stay in the region …
Aritar has a good spread of family homestays around Lampokhari lake and the surrounding villages. They are clean, friendly and cheap, and most include dinner and …
A small heritage hotel in an old planter's house just below Kurseong on the Pankhabari road, with tea-garden views and well-kept rooms. Good value for a …
The old Himalayan Hotel on Upper Cart Road, built as the home of the MacDonald family and now run by Mayfair as a spa resort. It …
A stone colonial mansion on Durpin Hill, built in the 1930s by the jute merchant George Morgan and now run as a government tourist lodge by …
A cluster of family homestays in Sillery Gaon above Pedong, with rooms facing Kanchenjunga across the valleys. They are the only kind of stay in the …
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