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Tailor-made Himalayas Holidays

Welcome to the Himalayas, a land of ice-topped peaks where snow leopards patrol the mountains, monks chant in Tibetan monasteries and prayer flags flutter in the breeze. This remote region is unlike any other in India, home to the Dalai Lama and gold-topped stupas, ancient rock temples and isolated villages where locals cook up fat, piping-hot momos. Lower down in the lush foothills, you’ll discover emerald tea plantations and pine-scented colonial hill stations accessed by steam trains that puff in from the arid plains below.

For many, their Himalayan adventure begins with a ride on the UNESCO-listed Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, en-route to sip tea in family-run plantations responsible for creating the finest varieties of India’s signature brew. The lesser-known Kalka-Shimla toy train navigates a nail-biting 900 mountain bends to reach the 19th-century seat of the British Raj, once the home of Rudyard Kipling. Here, you can stay in Elizabethan mansions and trek through fairytale forests.

Spiral upwards to Himalayan hubs like Kalimpong, Pelling and Gangtok, a mecca for hikers who wish to wander among the clouds, passing bronze prayer wheels and monasteries, pausing at tiny villages for bowls of noodle soup. Spiritual seekers continue to Dharamshala, where the exiled Tibetan government and his holiness the Dalai Lama reside. Listen carefully and you’ll hear the chanting of robed monks punctuated by the clash of Tibetan gongs carried on the icy wind from Tsuglagkhang Temple.

Whether you come to hike, sip tea or ride steam trains, the Indian Himalayas are best navigated with help from one of our clued-up destination experts.

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Climb the Himalayas on a toy train

— by Kabir Chettri
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Darjeeling
Himalayas
Cooking class followed by lunch at Palighar

Lunch in a Himalayan farmhouse

— by Kabir and Ahana Pradhan
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Kalimpong
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A smoking firepit at Jungle House in Shimla

Jungle House: your fairytale cottage in the Shimla hills

— by Karan Singh
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Shimla
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Nettle soup, cooking class at Bamboo Retreat

A lesson in holistic Himalayan cooking

— by Bhawana Adhikari
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Gangtok
Himalayas

Tour the Masroor Rock Temples

— by Passang Sherpa
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Palampur

The Elgin Mount Pandim, Pelling: a royal retreat in the Himalayas

— by Mr. B.R. Oberoi
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Pelling
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