Travel Tips

• Avoid venturing alone in night, for safety reasons. However, you can move around in groups.
• Avoid being overfriendly with taxi drivers, tourist guides and other unknown people.
• Neither should you carry, nor exhibit too much cash or any other valuable items in public.
• Plenty of hotels are available in all the major tourist spots of North Bengal, suiting all budgets and requirements. Make sure to check out the safety and security facility available at the hotel before checking in.
• Never buy railway/air tickets or book hotel rooms through touts. These could be invalid. Save yourself all those logistical hassles. Simply, try us !
• Get your domestic tickets done in advance and save some precious energy and time. Also, there are 'peak' seasons when tickets aren't available. So, better not take chances.
• Be aware of pickpockets especially at crowded haunts like airports, railway station or even some popular markets and tourist spots.
• Samosas, biscuits, pakoras, tea, ice-cream are easy to come by on most bus/railway stations. Though if your palette or tummy doesn't quite relish all this, carry something along. Some distance trains have a restaurant car near the upper class bogies that serves meals and tea.
• Never leave an unlocked suitcase in a hotel room or an unattended one on airports/ train stations.
• Keep your hotel room locked while you are inside. Chain locking your hotel room door is a smart precaution.
• Travel healthy. Once on the road (or in the air), take all precautions that will keep you from that running nose (or tummy!), dizzy body temperatures, giddy hangovers etc. Make sure you don't embark on a trip even if there are some early signs of a sickness.
• If you believe in taking precautions, take all the vaccinations one needs. To avoid malaria and dengue, carry mosquito repellents, nets and sprays.
• Carry ample winter clothes when you are travelling in places like Darjeeling or Sikkim. Also carry umbrellas or raincoats during the monsoons.
• Carry a first aid kit with adhesive bandages, thermometer, water-purification tablets, antibiotics, antiseptic creams and mosquito repellents.