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Tiger Hill View, Darjeeling Travel HolidaysThe name is derived from Dorje Ling which means 'the place of thunderbolts'. Darjeeling is the part of victorian holiday resorts and also the major tea growing centre of India. This place is very popular among the holiday makers from plains. Darjeeling is also famous as the starting point for some of the magnificent treks like Sandakphu etc.

The unique features of this place are -

The Mall, Chaurasta, Haden Hall (is a workshop of carpet and woolen garments), Observatory Hill, Bhotia Basti, Natural History Museum.

The other most famous attractions of Darjeeling are -

Darjeeling Zoo - which is worth a visit and is a home for several endangered species like Snow Leopard, Royal Bengal Tiger, Siberian Tige apart from other fauna like Himalayan Bears, Wolves etc. This zoo also runs a breading programmes with considerable success.

Himalayan Mountaineering Institute - It is possibly India's most important training centres for climbers. The very first director of this Institute was Sherapa Tenzing Norgay - the conqueror of Mount Everest. This Institute also has a museum dedicated to the history of mountaineering with old as well as equipments plus collection of costumes of different Himalayan tribes.

The Institue also houses the Everest Museum which is dedicated to the real life legend "the conquest of highest peak in the world Mount Everest". The museum displays the photographs of Tenzing and Hillary's successful climb in 1953. The museum also has a huge telescope pointing at Kanchanjungha known as Hitler's telescope (it was presented by Adolf HItler to a Nepalese General).

Tiger Hill - It is the most famous spot around Darjeeling which is famous for its incredible viewpoint (2585 mtrs.). It provides an unparalleled 369 degree Himalayan panorama with incomperable sunrise over Kanchanjungha that can be rated as one of the best in the world.

Monasteries - Darjeeling shelters a large population of Tibetian refugees and proves itself as a good place to feel and see the Tibeian culture adequately backed by a number of monasteries such as Bhotia Basti, Ghoom Monastery, Samten Cholin, Nyingmapa Gonjan Moanstery (School of Tobetian Thangka Painting), Sonada Monastery to name a few.





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