You will be met upon arrival and transferred to your hotel where you will stay for two nights in Kolkata.

Today enjoy a full-day guided tour of Kolkata including the Botanical Gardens, Victoria Memorial (closed on Mondays), India Museum and Glenburn Experience.

This morning take a flight to Bagdogra. On arrival in Bagdogra, you will be transferred to Darjeeling for your two-night stay. Darjeeling was created by the British as a military and administrative centre to escape the heat of the plains and retains a special ambience to this day. The views of the Himalayas are stunning and there are many local attractions worthy of a visit. Darjeeling, famous around the world for tea, is also known as the ‘Queen of Hill Stations.

Today enjoy a sightseeing tour including visits to Tiger Hill for spectacular views of the Himalayas and the Kanchenjunga. Also visit Ghoom Monastery, the Zoological Park, the Tibetan Refugee Centre and the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute. After breakfast, you will begin your day of sightseeing, first visiting Tiger Hill  2590 metres to view the sunrise and reflection on Kanchenjunga and Mt. Everest. This will be followed by the famous toy train ride up to Ghoom Monastery. Upon arrival at Ghoom, you will visit the Ghoom Monastery and see the Yiga Choling Gompa, a Yellow Hat sect Buddhist monastery. The 19th century Gompa, one of the oldest in the area, enshrines an enormous gilded statue of the Maitreya Buddha and also houses valuable Tibetan manuscripts. In the afternoon, you will be taken for a half-day sightseeing tour of Darjeeling  visiting the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute. After the successful ascent of Mount Everest on the 29th May 1953, by Late Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary, the mountaineering in India got impetus. Consequently, the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute was established on the 4th of November 1954. Wind up your day with a visit to the Tibetan Refugee Centre – which started on the 1st of October 1959. At that time, following the dramatic escape of His Holiness Dalai Lama, thousands of Tibetans leaving their hearth and homes, fled to the neighbouring countries to live as free human beings. You will also have a ride in the Himalayan Queen, a train.

This morning drive through beautiful countryside to the small hamlet of Pelling (a 4 Hours journey). In the afternoon, take a tour of the awe-inspiring Pemayangste Monastery, the second oldest of its kind in Sikkim, and the sacred Kheopalry Lake and Rabtense Ruins. Stay the night at Mount Pandim.

Today you will be driven to Gangtok, en route you will visit the 18th Tashiding Monastery (a six-hour journey). Gangtok (meaning ‘High Hill’) is the capital of the Sikkim state and sits on a ridge overlooking the Ranipul River. At an altitude of 1750m, Gangtok became the state capital in the mid-19th century and has undergone rapid development since then. It is a bustling, lively, city with a population made up of Nepalese, Tibetans, Bhutea and Lepcha as well as migrants from West Bengal. Spend the afternoon at leisure here and stay in Gangtok for two nights.

Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim, is situated at a height of 5500 ft. You will be visiting Rumtek Monastery, the seat of the Karmapa Rinpoche the Enchey Monastery an important seat of the Nyingmapa order; and the Do Drul Chorten and Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, the most prestigious of its kind in India.

Drive to Kalimpong today. Kalimpong means ‘king’s ministers strong hold’, a Bhutanese word. The guided tour will include a visit to the town’s three impressive Buddhist monasteries – TharpaCholing Monastery, headed by the Dalai Lama; ThongshaGumpha, a Bhutanese monastery and perhaps the oldest in Kalimpong; and Zong Dog PalriFoBrang Monastery. Spend the night in Kalimpong.

Morning travel by road for Bagdogra to catch a flight for Kolkata on reaching you will be transferred to your hotel. The rest of the day is free to explore Kolkata for last-minute shopping. Overnight at the hotel.

In the morning after breakfast, you will be transferred to take a flight to Delhi, on reaching you will be met and later catch your flight for your onward destination.