Tiger hill:

The view of dazzling  mighty kanchenjenga from tiger hills is phenomenal. Tiger hill is situated at an altitude of 8482 ft(2,590 m) in Darjeeling ,West Bengal,India.It is the summit of Ghoom ,the highest railway station in the Himalayan Railway.
It is 63 km from Siliguri and  11 km from Darjeeling.  It takes mostly 2hrs 30 min  from Siliguri by private car .The best season to visit is between October to December and March to April . The road leading to tiger hill is very beautiful. The lone beautiful pine trees with refreshing cool breeze and if u are lucky  u  can get snow in  the month of December just adding to it’s serenity.

Shared Jeep, taxi ply on the road towards tiger hill. For the sunrise view 4 AM is the best time at the observatory tower .  The captivating serenity of the changing  colours of the snow peaks as the sun strikes is awesome.   The transition  of colours from  orange to yellow to snowy white is striking . Mount Everest 29,029ft   (8848m)  is just visible from Tiger hill . Senchal  Wildlife is close to it.
After the sunrise if the weather is clear the beautiful  Darjeeling town and also  kurseong  and teesta and Mahananda river is  also seen from top . 
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