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Himalayan
Hotel is a Heritage Hotel Located at 1 kms from the Market
Area of Kalimpong (West
Bengal, India).
It is a hotel of real charm and character, with an atmosphere redolent of its close association with Himalayan history.
The great names of the region have all been guests here. It has been home to Everest expeditions from the days of Mallory and Irving in the 1920's. Hillary and Tenzing were frequent
visitors.
Kalimpong
is siuated at 4000 ft above sea level and is the largest of
the for sub-divisions of the District of Darjeeling in the
Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council.
While
in Kalimpong visit Flower Nursuries, Durpin Daar hills (View
point and birding point), Jang - Dog - Palrifro - Brang -
Gompa. It is suggested that you do river rafting in river
Teesta (Throughout the year except Monsoon).
Distances:
Darjeeling : 55 kms, Gangtok : 82 kms, Pelling : 130 kms,
Bangdogra : 80 kms, New Jalpaiguri - 75 kms.
Kalimpong
is best accessed via Kolkata (Howrah)-New Jalpaiguri (75 kms)
by Train or Bagdogra (80 kms). It is also accessed alongwith
Darjeeling (55 kms) in a East
India Itinerary covering Sikkim.
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