Discover the Art of Tea

Tea tourism in Dooars offers a chance to explore the tea growing regions of north west Bengal away from the usual tourist trails. Instead of gazing at gardens from the road, visitors can tour plantations, learn about leaves, discover differences between varieties and stay in comfort within a functioning tea estate. The Dooars region has tea gardens, forests, rivers and is close to the Himalayan foothills. Moreover, it is a land of people, where those with an interest in the c

A West Bengal trip can mean very different things to different travellers. For one person, it may mean Kolkata, Victoria Memorial and Bengali food. For another, it may mean Darjeeling, tea gardens and Himalayan views. Families may want wildlife in Dooars, while nature lovers may be interested in the Sundarbans. Travellers with more time may also consider Shantiniketan, Bishnupur, Murshidabad or Kalimpong. That variety is what makes a West Bengal trip plan interesting, but it

When most people plan a trip to North Bengal, they think of Darjeeling. The toy train, the misty hill town, tea gardens seen from a moving car window. But a short drive away, in the plains below the hills, there is a different kind of tea experience waiting. This is the Dooars, spread across Jalpaiguri district, and here you do not just look at tea gardens from outside. You stay inside them. The Dooars stretches along the base of the eastern Himalayas, bordering forests, rive