Ranked by how much each place adds to a visit, with realistic visiting times, opening hours and ticket prices.
7 places · showing 1–7
1
The 2,590 m viewpoint where, on a clear morning, the first light hits Kanchenjunga and — very occasionally — Everest appears on the…
2
The 1881 narrow-gauge railway, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, still running steam joy rides from Darjeeling to Ghum via Batasia Loop.
3
An 1854 tea garden within walking distance of town, where you can watch plucking and processing and taste the result.
4
A high-altitude zoo with snow leopards and red pandas, sharing a campus with the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute founded after the…
5
The flat square at the top of town where Darjeeling gathers — bookshops, tea rooms, benches and a mountain view over the roofs.
6
The spiral where the toy train turns through 360 degrees to lose height, wrapped around a Gorkha war memorial and a garden.
7
A white Nipponzan Myohoji pagoda on Jalapahar hill, with drumming at morning and evening prayers and a wide Kanchenjunga view.