Queen Of The Himalays

Darjeeling is the city in West Bengal. Darjeeling is the UNESCO Heritage Site, famous for its tea industry, it’s views of Knagchenjunga. It is the world’s third highest mountain. It is one of the popular tourist destinations in India. Darjeeling stands at a height of 2,050 metres above the sea level, it thus has a cool climate all over the year. The untouched beauty of the hills is spread over a steep mountain ridge. Darjeeling is one of the beautiful hill stations in Eastern part of India.

Darjeeling is very famous for its tea production, extensive tea production were practised in this area many years back. Here tea producers develop hybrids of black tea and create new fermentation techniques. The tea of this region recognised all around the world. The tea of Darjeeling ranks among the most popular black tea all around the world.

The views of the hills over the hills of Darjeeling are so mesmerising, the lush green slopes embedded with women plucking tea leaves, perfectly relate it with the name as ”QUEEN OF THE HIMALAYS”. Darjeeling is a part of Eastern Himalayan. Fauna around Darjeeling consists of sal, oak, alpine forests. Dense evergreen forests ranges all around the town giving pleasure of the peaceful environment. The town of Darjeeling and some regions around Darjeeling face the problem of deforestation due to the increased demand of the wood all around the country.

Darjeeling is a wonderful place to walk around and explore the tea estates, villages and markets. Darjeeling is a delight for all kind of tourists. Very famous and the oldest site in Darjeeling, “Makal-Babu-Ko-Thaan”, is the place which is believed by both Shivas and Buddhist believers. This is considered to be the very ancient monasteries in India. Tiger hills located at an altitude of 2590 metres and is about 13 km away from Darjeeling, is most famous point for sight seeing, immortal sunrise views.

The Darjeeling ropeways is India’s first cable car system, was set up to cater to the tea gardens I the valley which is not easy to access. Darjeeling ropeways finds it ways to give tourist an array of divine panoramic view as they travel across the magical valleys. Now-a-days, the Darjeeling Ropeways serve as tourist hotspots, attracting a large number of passengers all around the year to signify immense beauty of this very natural place. The adventure avid can visit Darjeeling in the month of February to June which is the ideal time for all adventurous activities in Darjeeling.