O que acontece em Darjeeling, Índia, ao longo do ano

Movimentado — Winter break em Índia, férias escolares em 5 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Regra

  Toy train runs and monsoon gaps

  1 Jan – 31 DezReserve cedoFechamentos

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Winter quiet on the ridge (15 Dez – 20 Fev (normalmente))

Meia-estação — férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um mês comum

• Festival

  Losar

  5 Fev – 10 Mar · normalmenteAno-Novo 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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Winter quiet on the ridge (15 Dez – 20 Fev (normalmente))

Tranquilo — férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um dos piores meses em clima

• Natureza

  First flush tea

  10 Mar – 30 Abr · normalmenteColheita

  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.

• Natureza

  Rhododendron and magnolia

  15 Mar – 30 Abr · normalmenteFlores silvestres e floradas

  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.

Ainda em andamento: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Losar (5 Fev – 10 Mar (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Hill-station summer season, Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) em Índia

• Temporada

  Hill-station summer season

  15 Abr – 15 Jun · normalmenteFérias escolaresLotadoReserve cedo

  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.

Ainda em andamento: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 Jan – 31 Dez), First flush tea (10 Mar – 30 Abr (normalmente)), Rhododendron and magnolia (15 Mar – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — viajantes descrevem como alta temporada, Hill-station summer season

• Natureza

  Second flush tea

  1 Mai – 20 Jun · normalmenteColheita

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Hill-station summer season (15 Abr – 15 Jun (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Hill-station summer season, Summer vacation (north & east) em Índia

• Risco

  Monsoon and landslide season

  15 Jun – 20 Set · normalmenteFechamentos

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Hill-station summer season (15 Abr – 15 Jun (normalmente)), Second flush tea (1 Mai – 20 Jun (normalmente))

Tranquilo — férias escolares em 5 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um dos piores meses em clima

Nada novo começa em julho.

Ainda em andamento: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Monsoon and landslide season (15 Jun – 20 Set (normalmente))

Meia-estação — férias escolares em 4 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um mês comum

Nada novo começa em agosto.

Ainda em andamento: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Monsoon and landslide season (15 Jun – 20 Set (normalmente))

Movimentado — Durga Puja and Dashain, férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Feriado

  Durga Puja and Dashain

  25 Set – 25 Out · normalmenteFérias escolaresLotadoReserve cedoFechamentos

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Monsoon and landslide season (15 Jun – 20 Set (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Durga Puja and Dashain, Tiger Hill sunrise queue

• Temporada

  Tiger Hill sunrise queue

  10 Out – 10 Dez · normalmenteInvasão de bate-voltaLotado

  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 ↗

• Temporada

  Clear season for Kanchenjunga

  15 Out – 10 Dez · normalmenteEstação 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.

Ainda em andamento: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Durga Puja and Dashain (25 Set – 25 Out (normalmente))

Movimentado — Tiger Hill sunrise queue

Nada novo começa em novembro.

Ainda em andamento: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Tiger Hill sunrise queue (10 Out – 10 Dez (normalmente)), Clear season for Kanchenjunga (15 Out – 10 Dez (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Tiger Hill sunrise queue, Winter break em Índia

• Temporada

  Winter quiet on the ridge

  15 Dez – 20 Fev · normalmenteFechamento de baixa temporada

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Tiger Hill sunrise queue (10 Out – 10 Dez (normalmente)), Clear season for Kanchenjunga (15 Out – 10 Dez (normalmente))