What is Kalimpong Walks?

KALIMPONG WALKS is a walk and a guide program to showcase the true beauty and vast history that this little town has to offer. Kalimpong is a town that was the home of the shy tribe of Lepchas, witnessed the coming of Tibetans and Buddhists and along that Buddhism, a base for the Lhasa Newar traders who followed the silk route to trade with Lhasa and finally the summer camp for Britishers who in turn invited Nepalis to work in various sectors.

With such an interesting back drop, we decided to bring this very side into focus and show to the tourists and locals what they can learn about Kalimpong.

So its time now to move beyond ususal toursit spots and delve deeper into the history with Kalimpong Walks.

Keeping this in mind, we have introduced 4 kinds of walk programs each covering various interesting places as you will see on this site. The walks are undertaken by our trained team of guides who are fluent in English and Hindi.

THE MORNING WALK, THE COMPREHENSIVE INSIGHT, THE EVENING WALK AND MORNING TO DUSK - are the packages that we offer. All walks are easily completed in 1 day as the area coverage is within Kalimpong. If you have your own vehicle, the outskirts can also be covered.

Apart from these walk program, we also provide guide services if you simply want to take him or her for a day to explore the town yourself.

For booking a walk - please call - 09932 828 753 or 0 9547 486 509.

The oldest monastery in Darjeeling hills

This is most revered Gumba , the Tongsa Gumba. Built in late 1600's this automatically becomes the oldest monastery in Kalimpong and nearby hills. It was built during the rule of Bhutanese, who came to Kalimpong after the Tibetans.

In the front is the Kalimpong Walks team.

Take a Kalimpong Walk to know more about the coming of Bhutanese and spread of Buddhism. Contact at 0 9547 486 509 or 0 9932 828 753.

Lepcha gumba

This is the monastery of the Lepchas - the original inhabitors of the Darjeeling and Sikkim Hills. They are animists; nature worshippers. Kunchenjunga is highly revered where they believe lies their sacred land where after the soul goes after death to unite with their ancestors.

As time has passed by, races and cultures have intermixed leading this shy tribe no other option but to adapt and adjust in the modern world. Today most are either Christians or Buddhists.

Take a Kalimpong Walk to know the fascinating history of the Lepchas.Contact at 0 9932 828 753 or 0 9547 486 509

Old Handicraft Center

This is the Handicraft center started by the Scottish Missionaries for the purpose of manufacturing items like bags, laces, hankerchiefs etc. Locals were employed and till today machines can be seen inside.

Take a Kalimpong Walk to know more about the activities of Scottish Missionaries.Contact at 0 9547 486 509 or 0 9932 828 753

MacFarlene Church

This is the MacFarlene Church in the memory of William MacFarlene. Built after the coming of Scottish missionaries in Darjeeling and Kalimpong hills, this church was completed in the year 1890-91.

The sermons were in 10 different languages for the spread of Christianity , however, today it is only in Nepali.The design of this church came from Scotland though the workers were locals.

Visit Kalimpong to know more about the history of Scottish Missionaries.

Chilled and spicy bowl of Lefing

This tempting bowl is a bowl of Lefing - a tibetan dish made of noodles, drowned in chilled radish water and hot spice. The astonishing fact is that this dish is not found anywhere in Darjeeling hills except in Kalimpong. Extremely popular with the younger generation, one will always find school and college students hanging out here for Lefing.

Take a Kalimpong Walk to get your own bowl of Lefing.Contact at 0 9932 828 753 or 0 9547 486 509

Launch - Kalimpong Walks

The KALIMPONG WALKS was succesfully launched on 1st April 2010 in Green Hills Resort, Kalimpong.

This new tourism initiative was highly appreciated by all as it is a common belief and opinion that Kalimpong , because of its vast history and colourful lifetsyle and rich culture, is and had been in a need of such a tourism step.

The guests that graced the occasion were hoteliers and restaurant owners and many others are from the tourism/service industry.

In the above picture, you see the trained guides of Kalimpong Walks with Mr and Mrs Acharya, who started it all.

JOYDEEP AND FRIENDS

Joy and his three other friends are from a photography club from Kolkata. They took a Kalimpong walk on 14th april 2008. Their guide's name was Chamba. They seemed to have had a pretty good time.