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West Bengal

Kolkata

Sunderbans Tiger Reserve

Hotels in Sunderbans

Gadiara

Gadiara is a small town in Howrah District of West Bengal, India. It is situated at the confluence of the Hoogly and Rupnarayan Rivers.

Shantiniketan

The town is home to Visva Bharati founded by Rabindranath Tagore in 1921. It is around 211 kms from Kolkata.

Hotels in Shantiniketan

Siliguri

Siliguri is a city in Darjeeling district in the northern part of West Bengal, India. It is a gateway to Bhutan, Darjeeling, Sikkim, Kalimpong, Eastern Nepal and Assam.

Hotels in Siliguri

Jaldhapara Wildlife Sanctuary

It is 124 kms from Siliguri. This sanctuary was constituted in the year 1941 for the protection of Wild Life, particularly one-horned rhinos, an animal threatened with extinction. River Toorsa runs through the Sanctuary. The forest is mainly savannah covered with tall elephant grasses. The wild life, in addition to one-horned rhinos, consists of Royal Bengal Tigers, wild elephants, deers, sambhar, barking deer, spotted deer and hog deer, wild pig, bisons and a number of birds, peafowls.

Hotels in Jaldhapara

Darjeeling

Hotels in Darjeeling

Kalimpong

Hotels in Kalimpong

  • WB Tourism List of Guest Houses and Hotels
  • Himalayan Hotel - In the early days of the last century the hotel was the family home of David Macdonald. After accompanying the Younghusband Mission to Lhasa in 1904 as interpreter, Macdonald was posted to Tibet as a British Trade Agent, serving in Yatung and Gyantse until his retirement in 1924. Macdonald assisted the 13th Dalai Lama's escape from Tibet in 1910, and he was later invited to Lhasa in 1921. After he retired, with his large family grown up, Macdonald turned the family home into a Hotel. Today it is managed by Nilam and Tim Macdonald, David Macdonald's grandson. It has been home to Everest expeditions from the days of Mallory and Irving in the 1920's. Hillary and Tenzing were frequent visitors, while it has also played host to Mme Alexandra David-Neel, Charles Bell, and many of the other British officials who travelled to Tibet in the first half of the twentieth century, as well to other Tibetologists such as Prince Peter of Greece, Rinchen Dolma Taring, authoress of “Daughter of Tibet”, Dr. Joseph Rock, Heinrich Harrer, author of “Seven Years in Tibet”, Sir Basil Gould, formerly Political Officer, Sikkim, and James Cameron, author “Point of Departure”. Tariff: Rs.1700 - Rs.2700.
  • Dew Drop Villa - Located on the Hill Top locality. Tariff: Rs.750 - Rs.2000.
  • JP Lodge - Located near the Bus Stand. Tariff: Rs.1000 - Rs.1800.
  • Orchid Retreat - No phones or TV in this hotel. Tariff: Rs.1400 - Rs.2000.
  • Sood's Garden Retreat - Located away from the town on the hills. Tariff: Rs.1200 - Rs.4900.
  • Pineview Resort - Located 1.5kms from the main town. It has a nursery that has more than a 100 varieties of Cactus plants from around the world. Tariff: Rs.550 - Rs.750.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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