Description

Darjeeling district has three wildlife sanctuaries: Jorepokhri, Mahananda, and Senchal.

The varied culture of the town reflects its diverse demographic milieu comprising indigenous Bengali, Nepali, Lepcha, Bhutia, Tibetan, and another mainland Indian ethnolinguistic groups. Darjeeling, alongside its neighbouring town of Kalimpong, was the centre of the Gorkhaland movement in the 1980s and the summer of 2017.

Update February 2017: Kalimpong, which was earlier a subdivision of Darjeeling district has become a separate district of West Bengal effective 14th Feb 2017 with an area of 1,056 square kilometres of its own. It is no longer a subdivision of the Darjeeling district. But that makes no difference to the tourists. In fact, Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Kurseong and various parts of Sikkim including Gangtok have been loved tourist destinations for ages and several of them can be combined on a single trip.

Tourists Destinations in & around Darjeeling

Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Lava Loleygaon, Rishyap, Kolakham, Charkhole-Jhandi, Gorumara & Chapramari National Park, Jhalong-Bindu-Jaldhaka, Samsing-Suntalekhola