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Siliguri Travel Guide

Siliguri is Rightly called the dateway to North-Eastern India's, many splendoured delights. A small drid bustling commercial settlement,
itself is unpropossesing, its beauty being best highlighted by a (hive in the neighbourhood, through ii!a plantations manicured a pristine dbeen.
Siliguri is the principal tran..it point for going to the Darjeeling hills, Dooars, Kurseong, Kalimgong,A
and to the states of Sikkim and Assam. It is also the gateway to eastern Nepal and Bhutan. Siliguri is the biggest town in North Bengal and is fast developing in to a modern town ship.Siliguri is one of the most important junctions of the North-East Frontier Railway on metre gange Railway grid. New Jalpaiguri station the junction for broad gauge lines is 3kms from Siliguri. Direct Railway connections with Calcutta, Delhi and Assam are available from here.Badogra, the major airport of the Region, is only 11 kms from Siliguri. Bagdogra is connected with calcutta and Delhi by daily flights. Siliguri 607 kms from Calcutta, 80 kms from Dargeeling, 114 kms from Gangtok, 475 kms from Guwahati, 470 kms from Patna, 564 kms from Kathmandu (Nepal).
Mirik Mirik is an excellent Seenic spot at an altitude of about 5800 feet. The mighty kanchenjunga is clearly visiable from this newly built hill resort. The newest hill station in West Bengal, Ahoneymonners. At 25 kms long lake is its main attraction, it boasts of a beautiful natural lake formation fed as perennial springs and Rain water. The Western bank being hill-slopes covered by a rich forest of about ten thousand cry to maria-japanica" trees.

Geography : Siliguri is situated at the base of the Himalaya mountains in the plains. It is the largest city in the area (North Bengal) and second largest city in West Bengal and connects the hill station towns of Gangtok, Rangpo, Kalimpong, Kurseong, Mirik and Darjeeling with the rest of India. The Mahananda River(also known as Mahanadi) flows past Siliguri. Siliguri has three main seasons summer, winter and monsoon. Summer temperatures rarely exceed 38°C.It is considerably cooler than the southern and central regions of West Bengal. During this season, tourists from all over India and from around the world stop in Siliguri en route to the cooler climes of the northern hill stations. Winters are relatively cool and temperatures range from a high of 15°C to a low of about 3°C. Light rain and dense fog are seen during this season. During the monsoon season between June and September, the town is lashed by heavy rains often cutting access to the hill stations and Sikkim. The climate is suitable for growing tea and the surrounding region has many tea gardens. The ancient Baikunthapur Forest is nearby. The region is also a huge producer of Tea. Siliguri is one of the fastest growing cities of India.