India: Sikkim and Darjeeling – Walking in the Himalayas
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Highlights
- Visit Calcutta
- Explore Darjeeling
- Hike to Sri Khola
- Visit Rinchenpong
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- Airfare (broken out separately
- Accommodations as listed, including all service charges and taxes
- All ground transfers
- All private excursions with expert English-speaking guides
- All meals as indicated with B-breakfast, L-lunch, D-dinner
- Bhutanese visa
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Accommodation: Oberoi Grand – Deluxe Room
Arrive Calcutta today (flight details to be advised). On arrival you will be met by our representative and transferred to your hotel (check in after 12 noon).
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Oberoi Grand – Deluxe Room
A mere village in the 17th century, Calcutta (Kolkata) thrived during the British Raj and became a leading center for commerce and a port of call for east bound ships. Calcutta today reveals the ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Windamere Hotel – Superior Room
This morning you will be picked up and taken to the airport in time to board your flight to Bagdogra. On arrival you will be met and driven to Darjeeling (4 hours) at 6890 fe...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Windamere Hotel – Superior Room
Start your day with a visit to one of Darjeeling’s most revered site - the Mahakal Dara that sits atop the Observatory Hill. This truly unique and spiritual place of worshi...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and oDinner
Accommodation: Trekking Camp
Early this morning you will be driven to Sandakphu via Manebhanjang. Although the drive is only about 38 miles, it takes close to 5-6 hours to reach Sandakphu. The road as far as Manebhanja...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Trekking Camp
If you are up to it, wake up early to view sunrise from the ridge. A local proverb says that if one does not wake up to see the sunrise at Sandakphu the visit will remain
incomplete. ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Trekking Camp
After breakfast, you head out, mostly downhill, through a thick “Hobbit” forest of rhododendron and pine, and pass through several course villages. After a walk of 4-5 hours, you come to cam...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Yangsum Heritage Farm
Today is the last formal trekking day. After breakfast you have a short hike to Rimbick, mostly through small farming villages. Rimbick derives its name from the Lepcha word “Ling-gi...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation Yangsum Heritage Farm
Today is an opportunity to explore the surroundings of this lovely small town of Rinchenpong. From here a number of trails allow you to experience the rich and diverse vegetation of S...
Meals Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Silver Oak – Deluxe Room
When you are finished breakfast, you have a 3-4 hour drive to Kalimpong, once the starting point for the land route to Tibet. The town is also the gateway to neighboring Bhutan. Th...
Meals Breakfast
Today, you drive back to Bagdogra Airport for your flight to Delhi or Calcutta and home. We will meet you on arrival and help you with your transfer to the requisite international airport or with a day room, should it be needed.
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Logistics
What's excluded
- International airfare
- Indian Visa
- Meals where not indicated with a B,L,D
- Tips/gratuity (porters, drivers, local guides, etc.)
- Domestic and international airport taxes
- Other items of a personal nature including laundry, alcoholic beverages, etc.
- Additional expenses resulting from the delay or extension of the trip due to causes beyond our reasonablecontrol
Accommodation
- Oberoi Grand – Deluxe Room
- Windamere Hotel – Superior Room
- Yangsum Heritage Farm
- Silver Oak – Deluxe Room
10 Breakfasts, 8 Lunches and 8 Dinners
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