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Jorebungalow

Jorebungalow is a village in the Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

The place

Jorebungalow is a village in the Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Jorebungalow

9 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
    Darjeeling Himalayan Railway

    The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, also known as the DHR, is a 610 mm gauge railway that runs between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal. Built between 1879 and 1881, it is about 88 km long.

    3.7 km · Heritage railway between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling, India, also known as the Toy Train · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Tiger Hill, Darjeeling

    Tiger Hill ) is a mountain located in Darjeeling, in the Indian State of West Bengal. It has a panoramic view of Mount Everest and Mount Kanchenjunga together.

    3.3 km · Hill in India with views of the Himalayas · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Senchal Lake

    Senchal lake, located 10 km to the south-east of Darjeeling, is the main reservoir of potable water for the town of Darjeeling, India. The water body is actually a twin lake: North Senchal lake, built in 1910 and South Senchal lake, built in 1932.

    2.2 km · lake in India · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Windamere Hotel

    Windamere Hotel, built as 'Ada Villa' in 1841 and then turned into a boarding house for tea planters and other Raj types, on contract, in the late 1880s. In 1939, it became 'Windamere Hotel', a colonial hotel situated on Observatory Hill, in Darjeeling, India.

    3.8 km · building in India · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Yiga Choeling Monastery

    Old Ghoom Monastery is the popular name of Yiga Choeling. The monastery belongs to the Gelukpa or the Yellow Hat sect and is known for its 15 feet -high statue of the Maitreya Buddha.

    800 m · building in India · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Lloyd's Botanical Garden

    Lloyd's Botanical Garden, or Darjeeling Botanical Garden, is a botanical garden in Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal.

    3.6 km · botanical garden · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Dhirdham Temple

    Dhirdham Temple is a Hindu temple located in Darjeeling, India. The temple was constructed in 1939 by Rai Saheb Purna Bahadur Pradhan from Nepal.

    2.8 km · temple in Darjeeling · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Chowrasta

    Chowrasta "Intersection" lit. where four roads meet) is a historical public square in the Victorian era hill resort town of Darjeeling in the state of West Bengal, India.

    3.7 km · historical public square in Darjeeling · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Mag-Dhog Yolmowa Monastery

    Mag-Dhog Yolmowa Monastery is a gompa in the town of Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal. The monastery is also known as "Aloobari" monastery after the locality it is located in.

    1.4 km · gompa (Buddhist monastery) in India · Wikipedia

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Getting to Jorebungalow

Airports
Bagdogra (IXB), 37 km · Paro (PBH), 123 km · Xigaze Peace / Shigatse Air Base (RKZ), 279 km
Stations
Ghum railway station, 600 m · Darjeeling railway station, 2.9 km
  • Guwahati → Jorebungalow
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  • Kolkata → Jorebungalow
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  • Varanasi → Jorebungalow
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No local-transport research exists yet for Jorebungalow

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 Jorebungalow. 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
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    TawangIN

    7 ways of moving, 24 sources

    362 km
  2. 02
    Sohra (Cherrapunji)IN

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    396 km
  3. 03
    Dawki and ShnongpdengIN

    9 ways of moving, 23 sources

    427 km
  4. 04
    GhandrukNP

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    464 km
  5. 05
    ZiroIN

    7 ways of moving, 24 sources

    564 km

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

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Next door to Jorebungalow

Jorebungalow is 38 km from Siliguri, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.