Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Darjeeling, India

Druk — Winter break in India, schoolvakanties in 5 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Regel

  Toy train runs and monsoon gaps

  1 jan – 31 decBoek vroegSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Winter quiet on the ridge (15 dec – 20 feb (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Festival

  Losar

  5 feb – 10 mrt · meestalChinees nieuwjaar

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 jan – 31 dec), Winter quiet on the ridge (15 dec – 20 feb (meestal))

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

• Natuur

  First flush tea

  10 mrt – 30 apr · meestalOogsttijd

  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.

• Natuur

  Rhododendron and magnolia

  15 mrt – 30 apr · meestalWilde bloemen & bloei

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 jan – 31 dec), Losar (5 feb – 10 mrt (meestal))

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

• Seizoen

  Hill-station summer season

  15 apr – 15 jun · meestalSchoolvakantiesDrukBoek vroeg

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 jan – 31 dec), First flush tea (10 mrt – 30 apr (meestal)), Rhododendron and magnolia (15 mrt – 30 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, Hill-station summer season

• Natuur

  Second flush tea

  1 mei – 20 jun · meestalOogsttijd

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-station summer season (15 apr – 15 jun (meestal))

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

• Risico

  Monsoon and landslide season

  15 jun – 20 sep · meestalSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-station summer season (15 apr – 15 jun (meestal)), Second flush tea (1 mei – 20 jun (meestal))

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 5 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 jan – 31 dec), Monsoon and landslide season (15 jun – 20 sep (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 jan – 31 dec), Monsoon and landslide season (15 jun – 20 sep (meestal))

Druk — Durga Puja and Dashain, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Durga Puja and Dashain

  25 sep – 25 okt · meestalSchoolvakantiesDrukBoek vroegSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 jan – 31 dec), Monsoon and landslide season (15 jun – 20 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Durga Puja and Dashain, Tiger Hill sunrise queue

• Seizoen

  Tiger Hill sunrise queue

  10 okt – 10 dec · meestalDrukte van dagjesmensenDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Clear season for Kanchenjunga

  15 okt – 10 dec · meestalDroog seizoen

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 jan – 31 dec), Durga Puja and Dashain (25 sep – 25 okt (meestal))

Druk — Tiger Hill sunrise queue

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 jan – 31 dec), Tiger Hill sunrise queue (10 okt – 10 dec (meestal)), Clear season for Kanchenjunga (15 okt – 10 dec (meestal))

Topdrukte — Tiger Hill sunrise queue, Winter break in India

• Seizoen

  Winter quiet on the ridge

  15 dec – 20 feb · meestalSeizoensluiting

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 jan – 31 dec), Tiger Hill sunrise queue (10 okt – 10 dec (meestal)), Clear season for Kanchenjunga (15 okt – 10 dec (meestal))