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Kurseong
Town in West Bengal, India

Kurseong

Kurseong is a town and a municipality in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Plan a trip to Kurseong→From Guwahati

It is the headquarters of the Kurseong subdivision.

See

Worth seeing

Kurseong is home to the costliest teas in the world. World-famous Castleton, Ambotia and Makaibari tea gardens produce the most delicate aromas of all black teas known to mankind.

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    DHR Archive

    Located in a small room in Kurseong station, the DHR archive house several exhibits including artefacts and old photographs.

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    Makaibari

    Makaibari is one of the famous Darjeeling tea estates.

Do

Things to do

You just relax or move around the town, tea gardens or the parks. Enjoy the cool mountain breeze. The town is small, clean and relatively uncrowded. You can walk to Eagle's Crag (Durpin Dhara) or trek (or take a taxi) to Deer's Park. Eagles Crag provides a panoramic view of Kurseong Town and the plains of Siliguri. You can view Himalayan peaks with their golden glow for sunrise.

Eat

Where to eat

Most of the hotels have their own restaurants. Roadside eateries serve popular snacks like momo and thupka.

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    Margaret's Deck
How locals move

Getting around Kurseong the local way

  • Get inShared taxis operate from Mirik to Siliguri.
  • Get inShared taxis also operate from Darjeeling Motor Stand to Krishnanagar, Mirik (just beside the Mirik Lake) and the fare is the same.
  • Get inShared taxis are available for internal transportation within Mirik to travel from Mirik Lake to Mirik Bazar at ₹5 per head.

From Wikivoyage: Mirik, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2025-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.