Before you go: notes from the route

Short, practical reading for anyone planning Sittong, Tinchuley, Lamahatta, Kurseong or Darjeeling. Written by people who drive it, not copied from a guidebook.

Ripe oranges on the trees in an orchard at Sittong

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Sittong or Tinchuley: where to spend your first night in the hills

Two villages, two very different nights. Here's how we decide which one goes first when we build a trip.

Kurseong railway station on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway

5 min read

NJP to Darjeeling via Kurseong: what the drive is actually like

How long it takes, where we stop, and why we save Kurseong for the way down.

4 min read

What a North Bengal package should include, and what to ask first

Read this before you book with anyone, including us. The five questions that stop a hill trip going wrong.

Kanchenjunga above the gardens at Batasia Loop, Darjeeling

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Before you go: notes from the route

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Sittong or Tinchuley: where to spend your first night in the hills

NJP to Darjeeling via Kurseong: what the drive is actually like

What a North Bengal package should include, and what to ask first

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