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Day 1

• NJP Railway Station / IXB Airport to Lataguri transfer via Sevok

Reach NJP Railway Station / IXB Airport meet & greet by our office executive and transfer to Lataguri in an executive vehicle - This place is very close to the Garumara National Park - On the way visit Sevoke Kalimandir Coronation Bridge Balaji Mandir Malbazar – Chick in to the Hotel/resort - After getting a lunch you can also enter into the Forest by Jeep safari - Depending upon the availability of tickets/entry passes - we would suggest for Jatraprasad Chukchuki or Chapramari watchtowers – Overnight stay at Lataguri.

• Day2

Excursion to Murti Jhallong & Bindu – OR – Murti Samsing & Sunthalekhola.

Morning 8:30 a.m. after breakfast we take you for an excursion to Murti Jhalong & Bindu or Murti Samsing & Sunthalekhola. Murti is a small village by the side of the Murti River. It is an ideal picnic spot where one can enjoy the scenic beauty. Lucky ones can even catch a glimpse of elephants and other animals by the side of Murti River when they come to drink water. Jhalong is situated on the bank of the river Jaldhaka on the Indo-Bhutan border. It lies at the foothills of the Himalayas on the way to Bindu in Kalimpong sub-division. Jaldhaka Hydro Electricity Project on Jaldhaka River is a major attraction in this area. Bird lovers can enjoy a varied collection of hill birds as well as migratory water fowls here. Bindu is the last village of West Bengal before one enters Bhutan. It is a beautiful valley on the bank of the river Jaladhaka. This river serves as a natural physical boundary separating West Bengal and Bhutan. Bindu is also famous for its cardamom plantations. Visit to this place is an experience worth remembering. Samsing is a tea estate in the Dooars a small locality of about 100 houses which has grown around the tea gardens. On the top of the hill there is a beautiful Guesthouse. The silence of the place is disturbed only by the noise of the gurgling river Murti which flows about half a kilometer below. The drive to Samsing is through lush green tea gardens and the descending mist on the tea gardens during the monsoons is a sight to behold. It is a great spot to watch birds. Suntalekhola or Suntaley Khola (also Suntaleykhola) is a small village and a tourist spot in the Darjeeling District of West Bengal. The altitude of the place ranges from 650 to 950 m. It gets its name from a small stream: Suntaley Khola. In Nepali Suntaley means orange and khola means stream. This place is nearly 5 km from Samsing. The green patch on the left side of the way to Suntalekhola is amazing and holds many rarities of birds and butterflies. Overnight stay at Lataguri.

• Day3

Excursion to South Khayerbari and Jaldapara

Morning 8:30 a.m. after breakfast – drive for an excursion to South Khayerbari animal rescue centre and Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary – South Khayerbari is a rescue centre of the tigers & Leopards - which had been seized from different circus or rescue for tea garden – After lunch you can also enjoy the jeep safari (Optional) inside the Jaldapara Wildlife sanctuary which is another main attraction – Overnight stay at Lataguri.

• Day4

Lataguri to NJP Rly Station / IXB airport transfer via Gajoldoba visit

Morning 7:30 a.m. after breakfast check-out from hotel/Resort on time & transfer to NJP Railway station / IXB Airport for your onward journey – on the way visit Gajoldoba - Tour end. Gajoldoba is a reservoir formed by the first Teesta Barrage which was built for irrigational purposes – It’s surrounded by the Baikunthapur forests – The reservoir is used by many water birds from Ladakh and Central Asia – Little Grebe Great Crested Grebe Bar-headed Goose Greylag Goose Lesser Whistling Duck Ruddy Shelduck Common Shelduck Cotton Teal Tufted Duck Common Teal Eurasian Wigeon Spot-billed Duck Mallard Great Cormorant Indian Cormorant Little Cormorant Indian Pond Heron Grey Heron Purple Heron Northern Lapwing River Lapwing Grey-headed Lapwing Little Ringed Plover etc.