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Eastern Himalayas
In your hectic daily life can you ever dream of a place, where you wake up with the sweet song of an unknown bird - as the first ray of the sun softly touches your eyes? Open your eyes, what you see through your windowpane, is no high rise building- it's a massive mountain covered with lush green forests -- real forests, standing there for thousands of years with innumerable species of flora and fauna. Most of them are still unknown to you. Come out of your wooden cabin, step to the green grassy plot-still wet with dew. Over your head is the crystal clear blue sky. Blue-as deep as a lover's eye. Close your eyes, take a lungful of fresh air-hold it. What do you feel? Is it different.......
Eastern Himalaya includes eastern-Nepal, entire Bhutan and the seven sister states of North-East India. The region is home of two of the highest mountains of the world - The Everest and Kanchenjunga. The diverse ethnicity of the people, the virgin forests, unique landscape makes this region one of the most attractive yet the least visited places in the world. This site is supported at ground level by naturebeyond, a leading travel operator. Our infrastructure and ground support will make your travel a memory to cherish.
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Darjeeling Himalaya Darjeeling region is famous throughout the world for the tea it grows. It is also known for its richness in cultural & natural heritage and the famous toy train that has been declared an UN heritage.
The region covering about 1144 sq km, attracts millions of tourists every year for the variety of attractions it offers to the tourists. The hills rise from the `Terai` and `Dooars` plains of Bengal and reaches an altitude of more than 12,000 feet. Three divisions of the Darjeeling district, namely Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong constitute the hilly areas of Darjeeling Himalaya.
Dooars: Lying in the Himalayan foothills, Dooars has great natural beauty. The wildlife-rich tropical forests, innumerable hill streams cutting across the green carpet of tea gardens and undulating plains, low hills rising up from the rivers. A drive through the Dooars plains, the gateway of Bhutan and the entire North East of India, can be the experience of a lifetime.
The Dooars valley (also called Duars) stretching from River Teesta on the west to River Sankosh on the east, an area coving roughly 130 km by 40 km, the Dooars forms major part of the Jalpaiguri district. The name Dooars is derived from 'doors' as the region is the gateway to the entire north-east India and Bhutan. Dooars is also the gateway to the hill stations of Darjeeling - Sikkim region. Dooars is famous for its rich biodiversity and forests. The most notable of which are Gorumara National Park, Jaldapara Wild Life Sanctuary and Buxa Tiger Reserve.
Sikkim: The state is legendary for its peaceful nature and simplicity. Famous for Kanchenjunga, the third highest mountain in the world at 8586m, the mountain state of Sikkim offers tremendous variety of plant and wildlife besides a diverse ethnic mix of people with rich cultural tradition. Rising 300m above the Indian plains, Sikkim borders the edge of the Tibetan Plateau on its north and Nepal on its east. Although it was historically a Buddhist kingdom, the Hindus currently represent the majority.
The state has close links with Tibet and it's the home of over 250 monasteries of mostly the Nyingma-pa sect. Sikkim is rich with wide variety of flora and fauna. More than 450 varieties of orchids, over 600 species of butterflies, 500 species of birds along with red pandas, snow leopards and other animals can be seen in the state. The largest collection can be seen at the Kanchenjunga National Park which covers an area of 850 square kilometers.
Bhutan: If ever there be a place that can take the clinche cut of Sangrilla, then that place is Bhutan. The land of the thunder dragon does justice to the legend of that wonderland, hidden far and away from the prying eyes and humdrum ways of the modern world. It is still as much about magic and mystery, simplicity and tranquillity; and about a way of life that has escaped the clutches of time. The Buddhist Kingdom of Bhutan lies along the lofty ridges of the eastern Himalayas, bordered by China (Tibet) to the north and northwest, and by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal and Sikkim on the east, south and west respectively.
With an area of 46,500 square km., Bhutan is comparable to Switzerland both in its size and topography. It was the mighty Himalayas which protected Bhutan from the rest of the world and left the Kingdom blissfully untouched through the centuries. The Drukpa Kagyupa school of Mahayana Buddhism provided the essence of a rich culture and a fascinating history. The Bhutanese people protected this sacred heritage and unique identity for centuries by choosing to remain shrouded in a jealously guarded isolation.