Kurseong Garden

Kurseong Garden

Kurseong, a small hill sub-division in the district of Darjeeling is situated at the elevation of 1,458 metres (4,783 ft ). It is 32 km from Darjeeling and 47 km from Siliguri, located midway between Siliguri and Darjeeling on the National Highway 55.

The warm and pleasant climatic condition throughout the year makes Kurseong a very suitable place for flowering plants like orchids among which the white orchids are grown widely, and thus Kurseong is also referred to as “the land of white orchids”.

Kurseong as a tourist destination has various places of interest, Rock garden finds its significant position in the list with its eye-soothing beauty and a terrific location, it is about 2 km from Kurseong town and some famous tourist spots like Netaji Museum and the Goomtee tea garden.

Rock garden, as the name depicts lies in the huge bed of rocks also know as Giddha Pahar (gets its name from famous Mata mandir – The Giddha mandir), the high rocky hills all over the surrounding areas makes the place quite unique.