Qué hay en Darjeeling, India, a lo largo del año

Concurrido — Winter break en India, vacaciones escolares en 5 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Norma

  Toy train runs and monsoon gaps

  1 Ene – 31 DicReserva prontoCierres

  The steam joyrides to Ghum book out weeks ahead in season, and the full line from the plains is suspended for weeks at a time when the monsoon takes the track out. Check before you plan the arrival around it. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Winter quiet on the ridge (15 Dic – 20 Feb (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Festival

  Losar

  5 Feb – 10 Mar · normalmenteAño Nuevo Lunar

  The Tibetan and Sherpa new year is marked at the Ghoom and Bhutia Busty monasteries with masked dances and a week of family visiting. Quiet compared to the town's Hindu festivals, and in the empty part of the year. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Winter quiet on the ridge (15 Dic – 20 Feb (normalmente))

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

• Naturaleza

  First flush tea

  10 Mar – 30 Abr · normalmenteCosecha

  The first plucking after the winter dormancy, from about the third week of March, is the year's most valuable tea and the estates run tours and tastings around it. Rooms in the garden bungalows go early.

• Naturaleza

  Rhododendron and magnolia

  15 Mar – 30 Abr · normalmenteFlores silvestres

  The ridge above Ghoom and the Singalila road towards Sandakphu flower through spring, magnolia first and rhododendron behind it. It is also the second-clearest stretch for the mountain.

Sigue en marcha: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Losar (5 Feb – 10 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Hill-station summer season, Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) en India

• Temporada

  Hill-station summer season

  15 Abr – 15 Jun · normalmenteVacaciones escolaresMucha genteReserva pronto

  Kolkata and the plains come up to escape the heat and the Mall, the toy train and the Tiger Hill jeeps are all booked out. Prices peak here rather than in autumn, and the mountain is often hazed over anyway.

Sigue en marcha: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 Ene – 31 Dic), First flush tea (10 Mar – 30 Abr (normalmente)), Rhododendron and magnolia (15 Mar – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, Hill-station summer season

• Naturaleza

  Second flush tea

  1 May – 20 Jun · normalmenteCosecha

  The muscatel picking, and the one the auction houses actually pay for. The gardens run tours in the same weeks, and it is worth going out to one rather than buying on Mall Road. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Hill-station summer season (15 Abr – 15 Jun (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Hill-station summer season, Summer vacation (north & east) en India

• Riesgo

  Monsoon and landslide season

  15 Jun – 20 Sep · normalmenteCierres

  The eastern Himalaya takes some of the heaviest rain in India, and slips regularly close NH-10 up from Siliguri and the Rohini road, sometimes for days. The town keeps working; getting to it is the problem. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Hill-station summer season (15 Abr – 15 Jun (normalmente)), Second flush tea (1 May – 20 Jun (normalmente))

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 5 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Monsoon and landslide season (15 Jun – 20 Sep (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Monsoon and landslide season (15 Jun – 20 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — Durga Puja and Dashain, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  Durga Puja and Dashain

  25 Sep – 25 Oct · normalmenteVacaciones escolaresMucha genteReserva prontoCierres

  Bengal's biggest holiday and the Nepali Dashain fall together, and the whole of Kolkata seems to come up the hill. It is the busiest fortnight of the Darjeeling year and the one to book months ahead. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Monsoon and landslide season (15 Jun – 20 Sep (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Durga Puja and Dashain, Tiger Hill sunrise queue

• Temporada

  Tiger Hill sunrise queue

  10 Oct – 10 Dic · normalmenteAvalancha de excursionistasMucha gente

  The clear autumn weeks are when everyone drives up before dawn for the Kanchenjunga sunrise, and cars queue nose to tail on the single hill road in the dark to reach the viewpoint for first light. Fuente ↗

• Temporada

  Clear season for Kanchenjunga

  15 Oct – 10 Dic · normalmenteTemporada seca

  The weeks after the monsoon clears are the most reliable of the year for the mountain: cold, dry mornings, Tiger Hill sunrises that actually deliver, and the Singalila trek at its best.

Sigue en marcha: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Durga Puja and Dashain (25 Sep – 25 Oct (normalmente))

Concurrido — Tiger Hill sunrise queue

En noviembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Tiger Hill sunrise queue (10 Oct – 10 Dic (normalmente)), Clear season for Kanchenjunga (15 Oct – 10 Dic (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Tiger Hill sunrise queue, Winter break en India

• Temporada

  Winter quiet on the ridge

  15 Dic – 20 Feb · normalmenteCierre de temporada baja

  Cold, dry and largely empty; the hotels heat with a bar fire and a bucket of hot water, and half of Chowrasta is shut. The mountain views are the best of the year on the days it is clear. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Tiger Hill sunrise queue (10 Oct – 10 Dic (normalmente)), Clear season for Kanchenjunga (15 Oct – 10 Dic (normalmente))