How To Reach Tea Garden in Darjeeling

Your eyes will be awestricken with the beauty

There are about 80 Tea Gardens that you can visit to learn about the tea varieties in Darjeeling. While you visit the Tea Gardens, you will learn about the history of how it all started. Every tea garden in Darjeeling has a story, which seems pleasurable when you sip the tea and listen to it. Along with it, the aroma coming from the far-far green gardens give you a bliss of being in heaven.

Therefore, if you are a die-hard lover of tea and your day never starts without a cup of tea, you need to be there.

How to reach the tea gardens in Darjeeling?

To embark the journey, you are required to reach Darjeeling first. There are many ways by which you can reach there like air, rail and road. There are no direct broad gauge railway stations or airports in Darjeeling, but you can reach there with an ease.

Below are the ways which will help you to reach the tea gardens.

By Air: If you wish to travel to Darjeeling by plane, you need to land at the nearest airport, which is at Bagdogra. From Bagdogra, you will get cabs which will take up to Darjeeling situated at an elevation of 6,710 feet.

By Rail: You can easily reach Darjeeling and consequently the tea gardens by rail. New Jalpaiguri is the nearest rail station, from where you can hire sharing cabs, private cabs and obviously, the world famous Toy Train to take you to Darjeeling.

By Road: You can avail the direct luxury bus service between Kolkata and Siliguri if you wish to travel by road to Darjeeling. Likewise, from Siliguri, you can have local transport to be in Darjeeling.

As you reach Darjeeling, you are almost at the tea gardens. You can hire private cabs from Darjeeling and visit the garden of your choice.