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Chongtong Tea Garden

Chongtong Tea Garden is a census town in the Darjeeling Pulbazar CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the state of West Bengal, India.

The place

Chongtong Tea Garden is a census town in the Darjeeling Pulbazar CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Chongtong Tea Garden

5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park

    Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park is a 67.56-acre zoo in the town of Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal. The zoo was opened in 1958, and an average elevation of 7,000 feet, is the largest high altitude zoo in India.

    5.4 km · zoological park in Darjeeling · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Bengal Natural History Museum

    The Bengal Natural History Museum is a museum in Darjeeling, West Bengal, that exhibits a vast range of natural artifacts and fossils. The museum is home to specimens of over 400 species of birds, 110 species of eggs, 35 species of snakes and 57 species of fish.

    5.4 km · natural history museum in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Roy Villa

    Roy Villa is a four storied building situated at Lebong Cart Road, Darjeeling, West Bengal. The building holds a special significance in being the Death place of Sister Nivedita, the disciple of Swami Vivekananda who died on 13 October 1911.

    5.9 km · heritage house in Darjeeling · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Puttabong Tea Estate

    Puttabong Tea Estate is a tea garden in the Darjeeling Pulbazar CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

    5.8 km · tea garden in West Bengal, India · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Darjeeling Old Cemetery

    Darjeeling Old Cemetery is a historical cemetery situated beside Lebong Cart Road in Darjeeling, in the Indian state of West Bengal.

    5.9 km · Cemetery in Darjeeling · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Chongtong Tea Garden

Airports
Bagdogra (IXB), 44 km · Paro (PBH), 127 km · Xigaze Peace / Shigatse Air Base (RKZ), 277 km
  • Siliguri → Chongtong Tea Garden
    19 km · quickest by road, 52 min · ₹210–260
  • Guwahati → Chongtong Tea Garden
    24 km · quickest by road, 37 min · ₹195–245
  • Kolkata → Chongtong Tea Garden
    12 km · quickest by road, 32 min · ₹110–140
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Chongtong Tea Garden. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThe road however is rough and not paved, so trekking is the better option.
  • Get inYou can also opt for package tours conducted by India Beacons Sojourn can customize your stay and arrange for transport.
  • Get inIf you plan to trek to Rishop from Lava, the driver will take care of parking it at Lava, which you can avail on return.
  • Get inYou should trek the way from Lava and back, as the path is just 4 km amidst mountain forests.

From Wikivoyage: Rishop, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2025-11.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    TawangIN

    7 ways of moving, 24 sources

    367 km
  2. 02
    Sohra (Cherrapunji)IN

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    403 km
  3. 03
    Dawki and ShnongpdengIN

    9 ways of moving, 23 sources

    434 km
  4. 04
    GhandrukNP

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    456 km
  5. 05
    ZiroIN

    7 ways of moving, 24 sources

    569 km

If you know how people move in Chongtong Tea Garden – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Chongtong Tea Garden

Chongtong Tea Garden is 45 km from Siliguri, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.