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Day-01: Arrive Delhi
Arrive Delhi. Meet, assistance on arrival and transfer
to hotel. Overnight hotel. |
Day-02: Delhi - Darjeeling
Transfer to airport to connect flight for Baghdogra. Meet
upon arrival and transfer to Darjeeling -04-hrs drive. Amongst the hill station
of India, Darjeeling has had a chequered and curious history of its own. 1830
had established most of the now known hill stations of India. Darjeeling was ruled
first by the Rajah of Sikkim, then by the Gaurkha of Nepal, who invaded Skikim
in 1780 and the again reverted back to the Rajah proxy East India Co. Darjeeling
quickly developed as an important trading centre for tea plantation. Overnight
hotel. |
Day-03: Darjeeling
Sightseeing of Darjeeling visit:
Himalayan Mountaineering Institute: two kms. from town one could take a pleasant
walk from the mall towards the Raj Bhawan Palace. HMI is one of the premier school
of mountaineering in the world and imparts training in climbing to students all
over the world. The institute is situated in the Birch Hill Park and is about
half an hour walk from the mall. It has a museum containing an intensive collection
of historic mountaineering equipments, fine specimens of Himalayan flora and fauna.
Himalayan Zoo: Adjacent to the HMI lies the zoo, which has the most exotic breed
of high altitude fauna. The Himalayan Black bears, Red Panda, the Siberian Tiger
and a host of exotic birds, etc. It houses the famous snow leopard breeding centre.Overnight
hotel. |
Day-04: Darjeeling - Pemyangtse
Early morning we will get up before dawn and drive to tiger
hill to see the sunrise on Kanchenjunga. Return to hotel for breakfast. Late morning
depart for Pamyangtse - 06-hrs drive. Overnight hotel. |
Day-05:
Pemyangtse - Gangtok
Morning visit monastery and depart for Gangtok - 05 hrs
drive. Overnight hotel. |
Day-06: Gangtok
- Kalimpong
Morning sightseeing of Gangtok visit:
Rumtek monastery, Tibetan refugee centre and institute of Tibetology. Afternoon
drive to Kalimpong - 04 hrs drives.Overnight hotel. |
Day-07: Kalimpong - Phuntsholing
After leisurely breakfast we return to plains along the
main road through Assam to reach the Bhutan frontier at Phuntsholing. Overnight
hotel. |
Day
08 : Phuntsholing - Paro
A
magnificent drive through forest & over the hills to Paro valley - 06 hrs
drive. 0vernight at hotel. |
Day
09 : Paro
Sightseeing
of Paro visit: Kyichu Jhakhang, national museum, Drukyel Dzong & Rimpung.
Overnight hotel. |
Day
10 : Paro - Thimpu
After
breakfast depart for Thimpu, the capital of Bhutan - 03 hrs drive. Afternoon visit
golden Spired memorial Chortan and Tashichho Dzong Overnight hotel. |
Day
11 : Thimpu - Punakha
Depart
for Punakha - 04-hrs drive, the capital of Bhutan untill 1955. Afternoon we shall
either visit the monastery in Punakha Dzong or the one In the Tashichho Dzong,
as the monks commute between the two, and visit is normally only allowed when
the are not in residence. Overnight hotel. |
Day
12 : Punakha - Paro
Drive
through a drier land landscape to Wangdiphrodang. After a good look Around Wangdiphrodang
we continue to Paro valley. Overnight hotel. |
Day
13 : Paro - Delhi
Transfer
to airport to check in for Spectacular flight back to Delhi via Kathmandu. On
arrival meet at airport and transfer to hotel. Overnight hotel. |
Day
14 : Delhi - Onward
Farewell
dinner at Delhi followed by departure transfer for return flight. |
