#48 of 79 · mountain
Siliguri to Darjeeling
Siliguri, West Bengal → Darjeeling
65 km · Mar – May, Oct – Dec · Moderate
Hill Cart Road: tea, the toy train’s shadow, and a climb from the plains to a ridge that looks at Kanchenjunga. Short on the map, a full Himalayan morning in the car.
Viewpoints
Kurseong
Tea factories and the first real cold.
30 km
1,458 m
Sonada
The ridge begins to feel like Darjeeling.
48 km
1,950 m
Batasia Loop
The toy train’s spiral, and the Kanchenjunga frame.
62 km
2,121 m
- Road
- Narrow, busy with shared jeeps. Landslides in monsoon. Fog on the last climb is routine.
Tips
- 01
Leave Siliguri at 5am
Jeeps fill the road by eight.
- 02
Clear mornings
If the mountain is out at Tiger Hill, everything else can wait.
From the road
1 notes
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Amol G.
Mar 2026
Left Siliguri at 4:40. Batasia was clear. Kanchenjunga sat on the ridge like it had been waiting.
