Cosa c'è in programma a Darjeeling (India) durante l'anno

Affollato — Winter break in India, vacanze scolastiche in 5 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Regola

  Toy train runs and monsoon gaps

  1 gen – 31 dicPrenota prestoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Winter quiet on the ridge (15 dic – 20 feb (di solito))

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

• Festival

  Losar

  5 feb – 10 mar · di solitoCapodanno lunare

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 gen – 31 dic), Winter quiet on the ridge (15 dic – 20 feb (di solito))

Tranquillo — vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, uno dei mesi con il clima peggiore

• Natura

  First flush tea

  10 mar – 30 apr · di solitoRaccolto

  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.

• Natura

  Rhododendron and magnolia

  15 mar – 30 apr · di solitoFiori e fioriture

  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.

Ancora in corso: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 gen – 31 dic), Losar (5 feb – 10 mar (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Hill-station summer season, Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) in India

• Stagione

  Hill-station summer season

  15 apr – 15 giu · di solitoVacanze scolasticheAffollatoPrenota presto

  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.

Ancora in corso: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 gen – 31 dic), First flush tea (10 mar – 30 apr (di solito)), Rhododendron and magnolia (15 mar – 30 apr (di solito))

Folla al massimo — i viaggiatori la descrivono come alta stagione, Hill-station summer season

• Natura

  Second flush tea

  1 mag – 20 giu · di solitoRaccolto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 gen – 31 dic), Hill-station summer season (15 apr – 15 giu (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Hill-station summer season, Summer vacation (north & east) in India

• Rischio

  Monsoon and landslide season

  15 giu – 20 set · di solitoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 gen – 31 dic), Hill-station summer season (15 apr – 15 giu (di solito)), Second flush tea (1 mag – 20 giu (di solito))

Tranquillo — vacanze scolastiche in 5 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, uno dei mesi con il clima peggiore

In luglio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 gen – 31 dic), Monsoon and landslide season (15 giu – 20 set (di solito))

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

In agosto non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 gen – 31 dic), Monsoon and landslide season (15 giu – 20 set (di solito))

Affollato — Durga Puja and Dashain, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festività

  Durga Puja and Dashain

  25 set – 25 ott · di solitoVacanze scolasticheAffollatoPrenota prestoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 gen – 31 dic), Monsoon and landslide season (15 giu – 20 set (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Durga Puja and Dashain, Tiger Hill sunrise queue

• Stagione

  Tiger Hill sunrise queue

  10 ott – 10 dic · di solitoAssalto dei gitantiAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

• Stagione

  Clear season for Kanchenjunga

  15 ott – 10 dic · di solitoStagione secca

  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.

Ancora in corso: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 gen – 31 dic), Durga Puja and Dashain (25 set – 25 ott (di solito))

Affollato — Tiger Hill sunrise queue

In novembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 gen – 31 dic), Tiger Hill sunrise queue (10 ott – 10 dic (di solito)), Clear season for Kanchenjunga (15 ott – 10 dic (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Tiger Hill sunrise queue, Winter break in India

• Stagione

  Winter quiet on the ridge

  15 dic – 20 feb · di solitoChiusura di bassa stagione

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 gen – 31 dic), Tiger Hill sunrise queue (10 ott – 10 dic (di solito)), Clear season for Kanchenjunga (15 ott – 10 dic (di solito))