Destinations

Twelve places, and what each one actually asks of you

Altitude, season, how many nights it really needs and what the permits are. The honest version, including the places we would talk you out of if your dates were wrong.

2,042 m

West Bengal

Darjeeling

The tea town the British built to escape the plains, still arranged around a ridge, a clock tower and a railway that refuses to be hurried.

2 to 3 nightsOctober to December for views, March to May for flowers

5 packages · from ₹15,900Explore

1,650 m

Sikkim

Gangtok & East Sikkim

A capital built down the side of a ridge, with a pedestrian high street, serious food, and a glacial lake an hour above it.

2 to 3 nightsMarch to May and October to mid-December

7 packages · from ₹13,900Explore

Up to 5,430 m at Gurudongmar

Sikkim

North Sikkim

The high country: Yumthang in flower, Gurudongmar frozen at 5,430 m, and two valleys that feel a long way from anywhere.

3 to 4 nights, always via GangtokMarch to May for rhododendron, October to November for clarity

2 packages · from ₹23,900Explore

2,150 m

Sikkim

Pelling & West Sikkim

The closest you get to Kanchenjunga without walking to it, plus the ruins of the old Sikkimese capital.

2 nightsOctober to December, and March to May

3 packages · from ₹13,900Explore

1,250 m to 2,350 m

West Bengal

Kalimpong, Lava & Loleygaon

Quieter than Darjeeling, warmer than Sikkim, and the gateway to the cloud forest villages at Lava, Rishop and Loleygaon.

2 to 3 nightsAll year; clearest October to December

2 packages · from ₹11,900Explore

90 m to 300 m

West Bengal

The Dooars

The flat forest belt below the hills, where the tea gardens run into the jungle and the elephants come through at dusk.

2 to 3 nightsOctober to April; forests close mid-June to mid-September

1 package · from ₹9,900Explore

2,000 m to 4,100 m

East Sikkim

The Old Silk Route

The old Kalimpong to Lhasa trading road, thirty-two hairpins stacked up a mountainside, and homestays at 3,000 m.

3 nightsMarch to June, and September to December

1 package · from ₹14,900Explore

2,320 m at Thimphu, 3,100 m at Dochula

Kingdom of Bhutan

Bhutan

Dzongs on river confluences, a monastery on a cliff face, and a country that counts its success differently.

5 to 7 nightsMarch to May and September to November

2 packages · from ₹24,900Explore

1,496 m at Shillong

North East India

Meghalaya

The wettest place on earth, a river you can see the bottom of, and bridges grown from living roots over generations.

4 to 6 nightsOctober to April; spectacular but very wet June to September

2 packages · from ₹19,900Explore

80 m

North East India

Assam & Kaziranga

Two thirds of the world population of one-horned rhino, in grassland taller than the jeep.

2 to 3 nights at the parkNovember to April; the park closes in the monsoon

1 package · from ₹28,900Explore

3,048 m at Tawang, 4,170 m at Sela Pass

North East India

Tawang & West Arunachal

The largest monastery in India, a pass at 4,170 m, and a road that takes two days each way and is worth every hour.

6 to 8 nights; this is a long tripMarch to June, and September to early November

1 package · from ₹31,500Explore

1,400 m at Kathmandu, 822 m at Pokhara

Kathmandu & Pokhara

Nepal

Seven World Heritage sites in one valley, a lake under the Annapurnas, and a border half an hour from our office.

6 to 8 nightsOctober to December, and March to May

1 package · from ₹27,500Explore

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