På gång i Darjeeling, India under året

Mycket folk — Winter break i India, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Regel

  Toy train runs and monsoon gaps

  1 jan – 31 decBoka tidigtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Winter quiet on the ridge (15 dec – 20 feb (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Festival

  Losar

  5 feb – 10 mar · vanligtvisKinesiskt nyår

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 jan – 31 dec), Winter quiet on the ridge (15 dec – 20 feb (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

• Natur

  First flush tea

  10 mar – 30 apr · vanligtvisSkörd

  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.

• Natur

  Rhododendron and magnolia

  15 mar – 30 apr · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 jan – 31 dec), Losar (5 feb – 10 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Hill-station summer season, Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) i India

• Säsong

  Hill-station summer season

  15 apr – 15 jun · vanligtvisSkollovTrångtBoka tidigt

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 jan – 31 dec), First flush tea (10 mar – 30 apr (vanligtvis)), Rhododendron and magnolia (15 mar – 30 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Hill-station summer season

• Natur

  Second flush tea

  1 maj – 20 jun · vanligtvisSkörd

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-station summer season (15 apr – 15 jun (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Hill-station summer season, Summer vacation (north & east) i India

• Risk

  Monsoon and landslide season

  15 jun – 20 sep · vanligtvisStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-station summer season (15 apr – 15 jun (vanligtvis)), Second flush tea (1 maj – 20 jun (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 jan – 31 dec), Monsoon and landslide season (15 jun – 20 sep (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 jan – 31 dec), Monsoon and landslide season (15 jun – 20 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Durga Puja and Dashain, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Durga Puja and Dashain

  25 sep – 25 okt · vanligtvisSkollovTrångtBoka tidigtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 jan – 31 dec), Monsoon and landslide season (15 jun – 20 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Durga Puja and Dashain, Tiger Hill sunrise queue

• Säsong

  Tiger Hill sunrise queue

  10 okt – 10 dec · vanligtvisDagsturisternas tryckTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Clear season for Kanchenjunga

  15 okt – 10 dec · vanligtvisTorrsäsong

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 jan – 31 dec), Durga Puja and Dashain (25 sep – 25 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Tiger Hill sunrise queue

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 jan – 31 dec), Tiger Hill sunrise queue (10 okt – 10 dec (vanligtvis)), Clear season for Kanchenjunga (15 okt – 10 dec (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Tiger Hill sunrise queue, Winter break i India

• Säsong

  Winter quiet on the ridge

  15 dec – 20 feb · vanligtvisStängt mellan säsongerna

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Toy train runs and monsoon gaps (1 jan – 31 dec), Tiger Hill sunrise queue (10 okt – 10 dec (vanligtvis)), Clear season for Kanchenjunga (15 okt – 10 dec (vanligtvis))