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Thambi View Point
A 3,415 m balcony above the Old Silk Route where the road from Zuluk unwinds below in a stack of hairpin bends; on clear mornings Kanchenjunga rises straight ahead at sunrise.
30 km · about 35 min drive
West Bengal, India · Asia
Kālimpong is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Rhenok, 44km from Nathu La.
Kālimpong is a town located in West Bengal, India. With a population of 43,000, it is an important destination in Asia.
On a road trip, Kālimpong sits in India, where you drive on the left. It's in the Asia/Kolkata time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Kālimpong to your route.
Samabiyong Tea Garden (also spelt as Samabeyong) is a village in the Gorubathan CD block in the Kalimpong Sadar subdivision of the Kalimpong district in the state of West Bengal, India.
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Kālimpong is located in West Bengal, India, Asia. The coordinates are 27.0346 latitude, 88.6308 longitude.
Kālimpong has a population of approximately 43,000 people, making it a town in India.
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photogenic
A 3,415 m balcony above the Old Silk Route where the road from Zuluk unwinds below in a stack of hairpin bends; on clear mornings Kanchenjunga rises straight ahead at sunrise.
30 km · about 35 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A treeless high plateau at roughly 4,100 m on the Old Silk Route, grazed by yaks and dotted with a handful of houses and a British war memorial from the 1888 Anglo-Tibetan clash.
35 km · about 40 min drive
scenic viewpoint
The Queen of the Hills offering panoramic views of Kanchenjunga, the world's finest tea gardens, and a UNESCO heritage toy train ride.
36 km · about 40 min drive
cafe
A British-era bakery and restaurant on Nehru Road founded around 1885, with a glass-fronted tea room looking over the Darjeeling hills and a cellar bar below. Still the town's default meeting place.
36 km · about 40 min drive
mountain pass
A 4,310 m pass on the India-China border, one of the few open trading posts on the frontier, where you can stand metres from Chinese sentries at the barbed-wire line.
44 km · about 50 min drive
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