Zurrantee Tea Tourism near Chalsa in Dooars

Zurrantee twilight Welcome to Zurrantee Tea Garden – your ultimate destination for tea tourism in Dooars foothills. Set amidst a picturesque landscape surrounded by low hills carpeted with tea bushes Zurrantee Garden is perhaps one of best located gardens in Dooars. A drive of 3hrs from Bagdogra airport through the lush green riverine foothill plains takes you to Zurrantee via Chulsa in the central Dooars. Being centrally located it has easy access with all major tourist destinations in Dooars. Within 40kms drive in either side one can reach Gorumara National Park, Murti, Jladhaka Hydro Project, Bindu and Samsing for a day excursion. This can also be a well deserved stopover for them going to Bhutan from Darjeeling or Gangtok.

The 120years old British Bungalow is converted with luxurious rooms for the tourists. All 4 rooms are decorated cozily with wooden floors and old teak furniture giving you the old age charm, attached bath with modern fittings and 24hrs hot and cold water. Zurrantee Room The dinning and drawing room has a fireplace with a vintage gramophone to entertain you. The drawing room also has a well stocked library with a snookers board. Perched on top of a hill – the highest point of the garden – the bungalow gives a magnificent sweeping view of the vast valley rolling down to the distant plains with meandering streams flowing through it. As you look from your bungalow premises you can see the long chains of Bhutan Himalayas and dense forested hills of almost inaccessible Neora Valley National Park borders the northern horizons and to your south the vast plains with forests of Gorumara National Parks and tea gardens rolls down the slopes with the Murti and Jaldhaka rivers appear like glittering silver threads, to your east as far as you can see the extended chains of tea gardens are visible on the high plateau that slowly descends to the plains beyond Samsing. With unpolluted clean air and no noise of civilization you are bound to rejuvenate your soul at Zurrantee. The mesmerizing surroundings, tranquil environment and refreshing greeneries all around make this place a perfect refuge for any sect of travelers as you wake up in a bright fresh morning with twittering of birds.

Zurrantee tea garden Zurrantee provides a bundle of activities with full of excitement. The day can be occupied with guided garden walk with a visit to the factory to see the tea processing and plucking of tea leaves and also tea testing. Tourist having fondness of golf and tennis can engage themselves at the nearby Chulsa Club in a beautiful natural landscape. In the afternoon a campfire is arranged with an ethnic dance performance by the tribal garden workers in the natural settings with their traditional instruments.

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Quick Facts: Zurrantee Tea Estate

Established: Year 1890
Distance/Connectivity: From Siliguri (Airport/Station) – 96kms; From Kalimpong – 125kms, From Darjeeling - 135kms, From Chulsa – 16kms, From Phuntsoling – 90kms
Altitude: 2100ft (700m) Approx
Climate: 10 to 25 degree C in winter and 20 to 32 Degree C in summer, Monsoon period – July to August, Rain fall – 450 to 550 mm
Total Room: 3 double/Twin and a 2-bedroom family Suite
Facilities: ● Spacious room, ● attached bath with modern fittings, H&C Water, ● in house kitchen with garden fresh organic food ● Indoor games, ● Library ● Internet facilities, ● Laundry service,
Activities: ● Guided Garden Tour (Tea Testing, Tea Processing, Plucking), Village hike, ● Birding, ● Lawn Tenis / Golf in nearby Chulsa Club, ● Wildlife safari in Gorumara, ● Nature Excursion, ● Picnic Lunch by river side, ● Ethnic Cultural dance,