Waking up and living amidst the lush green tea gardens can be a soul-stirring experience, right? Keeping this in view, tea garden tourism had been gaining a lot of appreciation since the British rule. As the Darjeeling Tea is famous for its exquisite flavor, many travelers look forward to staying in the tea plantations of Dooars and Darjeeling to witness tea cultivation, harvest and tea processing.

Not only Darjeeling and Dooars Tea Gardens, Sikkim and Assam tea estates are also welcoming guests in their tea gardens. The historic bungalows of the erstwhile British tea estate managers are being renovated and made available for travelers’ lodging and food requirements.

In the tea estates, apart from enjoying brilliant sunrises and sunsets, you can walk around the tea plantations observing the tea plucking activities, the estate guides can help you to understand the quality of the tea leaves, processing of different varieties of tea leaves, packing, branding, and distribution of tea crates. You can also attend tea tasting sessions where the tea tasters would be guiding you about tasting different varieties of tea, appreciating the flavors and the correct ways of making tea so that the flavor the tea leaves can be justified.