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Singtam Tea Garden

Singtam Tea Garden is a census town in Darjeeling Pulbazar CD block, Darjeeling Sadar subdivision, Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India.

The place

Singtam Tea Garden is a census town in Darjeeling Pulbazar CD block, Darjeeling Sadar subdivision, Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Singtam Tea Garden

10 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.

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

    2.6 km · zoological park in Darjeeling · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Mahakal temple

    The Mahakal temple or Mahakal mandir is a sacred Hindu temple located in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, the third god in the Hindu triumvirate. The temple was built in 1782 by Lama Dorjey Rinzing and is perched atop the Observatory Hill and is an amalgamation of Hindu and Buddhist religions.

    4 km · Temple in West Bengal · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    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.

    5.3 km · building in India · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    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.

    4 km · 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.

    3.6 km · temple in Darjeeling · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    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.

    2.6 km · natural history museum in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    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.

    3 km · heritage house in Darjeeling · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Observatory Hill

    Observatory Hill is a hill near Chowrasta square, or The Mall as it is popularly known, in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. Views of snow-clad peaks, including Mount Kanchenjunga, are visible from the Observatory Hill.

    4 km · hill in Darjeeling, India · 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 Singtam Tea Garden

Airports
Bagdogra (IXB), 43 km · Paro (PBH), 124 km · Xigaze Peace / Shigatse Air Base (RKZ), 276 km
Stations
Ghum railway station, 5.8 km · Darjeeling railway station, 3.9 km
  • Siliguri → Singtam Tea Garden
    19 km · quickest by road, 52 min · ₹210–260
  • Guwahati → Singtam Tea Garden
    24 km · quickest by road, 37 min · ₹195–245
  • Kolkata → Singtam Tea Garden
    12 km · quickest by road, 32 min · ₹110–140
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No local-transport research exists yet for Singtam Tea Garden

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 Singtam 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.

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Around it

Next door to Singtam Tea Garden

Singtam Tea Garden is 43 km from Siliguri, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.