Glenburn Tea Estate

Darjeeling

Colonial bungalows on a working tea garden, with Kanchenjunga in front.

The place

A tea estate above the Rungeet river with two planters' bungalows on it, eight rooms between them, and Kanchenjunga filling the horizon on a clear morning. Four meals a day, walks down through the tea to the river, and the factory to go round. Among the best-run places in India.

What is there

  • Two bungalows, eight rooms
  • Kanchenjunga views
  • Tea tasting and the working factory
  • Walks down to the Rungeet
  • All meals, and very good ones
  • Darjeeling and its railway nearby

Getting there

About two hours from Bagdogra airport.