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Sameer S
Bangalore89 contributions
Apr 2013 • Family
Dow Hill - Chimney - Chitre - is a must do walk. Easy enough for kids. Plan for 4-5 hours, and take water and some snacks along.
Written April 25, 2013
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Sanghamitra
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Oct 2019 • Family
Excellent place. Fake haunted stories. Beautiful nature. Pure tranquility. Added images of the haunted Church and Victoria Boys School. Must visit
Written October 9, 2019
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Dr Anshuman Das
Kurseong, India, Asia1,818 contributions
Mar 2016 • Family
Located 3km above the town of kurseong this hill is famous for :-
1. Views of Kanchanjanga
2. Deer Park
3. Forests
4. Dow Hill and Victoria Schools
5. Dow Hill village with its Post Office
6. The water reservoir
7. Road to Bagora and Chimney , this Old Military Road connects Dow Hill to Dilaram and Senchal lake.
Visitors can walk up from kurseong via Dow Hill Road. An hours walk or take a
Car (seats costs Rupees 25 ) from kurseong town. The forest is a good picnic spot but not recommended for use of fire for cooking. The best reason to go up to Dow Hill is for the views.If you are expecting the usual tourist attractions and shopping malls don't bother. Chatakpur forests can also be approached from Dow Hill.
1. Views of Kanchanjanga
2. Deer Park
3. Forests
4. Dow Hill and Victoria Schools
5. Dow Hill village with its Post Office
6. The water reservoir
7. Road to Bagora and Chimney , this Old Military Road connects Dow Hill to Dilaram and Senchal lake.
Visitors can walk up from kurseong via Dow Hill Road. An hours walk or take a
Car (seats costs Rupees 25 ) from kurseong town. The forest is a good picnic spot but not recommended for use of fire for cooking. The best reason to go up to Dow Hill is for the views.If you are expecting the usual tourist attractions and shopping malls don't bother. Chatakpur forests can also be approached from Dow Hill.
Written March 4, 2016
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Shivam pandey
1 contribution
Nov 2019 • Friends
I have a horror experience with my friends in this dow hill forest and this incident I will never forget in my life whatever happened with me.
Written December 27, 2019
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Mrit
Cooch Behar, India18 contributions
Jun 2019 • Friends
nothing is haunted in this place.. quite beautiful.. the beauty of nature can capture from this place..
Written June 11, 2019
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RogerL
Lancashire, UK3 contributions
Mar 2021
I am unable to believe the rubbish printed about Dow Hill.I was in school at Victoria Boys School for nine years and never saw or experienced some of the obviously fake events.I was a boarding pupil which means I spent 81 months on the hill top,,what was I missing ? No Ghosts, no dense impassable foresrs and anything else people can dream up.Nothing but a marvellous place to grow up,receive a first class education and,except during the Monsoon period,splendid weather.
Its isolation made us into strong reliant pupils able to look after themselves under most circumstances
As a tourisr I went there again,the school buildings are chaned for the wose.nothing else,Oh yes, a lot more peo[ple.!!!
Its isolation made us into strong reliant pupils able to look after themselves under most circumstances
As a tourisr I went there again,the school buildings are chaned for the wose.nothing else,Oh yes, a lot more peo[ple.!!!
Written January 26, 2022
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ajapetrus
Mahe, India818 contributions
May 2019
Kurseong is adorned with rolling hill slopes, crammed with tea plantations, and green hills, speckled closely with conifer forests, among other splendours. From the Kurseong DHR station/main market junction, a steep road climbs uphill, off the Hill Cart Road that leads to the tallest of the scenic hills of Kurseong, namely, the Dow Hill and beyond. Once we travel about four and a half kilometres along this Baghgora/Dowhill Road, we reach the Dow Hill Eco Park, which is the renovated original Deer Park of Kurseong. A vast portion of the Dow hill is so covered with dense forest and towering pine trees, and remain eternally covered with mist, that some locals used to frighten with incidences ranging from leopards targeting the sheep and goats to paranormal mysteries.
Apart from the mysterious sounds inside the deep woods and the stories of ghosts and spirits, Dow Hill really has much more scenic treasures to offer. At the foot of Dow Hill is the Dow Hill Girls’ School with its majestic colonial façade and Victoria Boys’ School. A little away is the West Bengal Forest School Museum, the Forest School and the Hostel. The Central Water Reservoir at Durpin, which is a source used by the Kurseong Municipality to manage the potable water resources is also very close.
One can also continue further to trek up to the top, passing through the shadows of the towering pine trees, and then walk back using the short cuts through the Jungle. It’s quite unlikely to spot any ghost or even a leopard, but definitely the experience will no wonder have a mystic effect. Alternately, opt to take a Cab to the top and then walk back. The downhill walk from Dow Hill offers a panoramic view of the Kurseong town with its splendid natural scenes, carpeted tea estates, hill tops, very prominently, the Eagle’s Crag, surrounded by the communication towers, on the other side of the Kurseong station, as well as the beautiful cottages of the British era.
Try to keep aside a day or half to wander freely around the Dow Hill to enjoy its splendour.
Apart from the mysterious sounds inside the deep woods and the stories of ghosts and spirits, Dow Hill really has much more scenic treasures to offer. At the foot of Dow Hill is the Dow Hill Girls’ School with its majestic colonial façade and Victoria Boys’ School. A little away is the West Bengal Forest School Museum, the Forest School and the Hostel. The Central Water Reservoir at Durpin, which is a source used by the Kurseong Municipality to manage the potable water resources is also very close.
One can also continue further to trek up to the top, passing through the shadows of the towering pine trees, and then walk back using the short cuts through the Jungle. It’s quite unlikely to spot any ghost or even a leopard, but definitely the experience will no wonder have a mystic effect. Alternately, opt to take a Cab to the top and then walk back. The downhill walk from Dow Hill offers a panoramic view of the Kurseong town with its splendid natural scenes, carpeted tea estates, hill tops, very prominently, the Eagle’s Crag, surrounded by the communication towers, on the other side of the Kurseong station, as well as the beautiful cottages of the British era.
Try to keep aside a day or half to wander freely around the Dow Hill to enjoy its splendour.
Written October 2, 2019
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1001 Things
Siliguri, India111 contributions
May 2019 • Solo
Dowhill and Victoria School-Places worth visiting while Traveling to Kurseong, Darjeeling
beautiful places to visit in kurseong
beautiful places to visit in kurseong
Written May 7, 2019
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bishwaksen
Kolkata (Calcutta), India1,116 contributions
Nov 2015 • Friends
Dow Hills lie on top of Kurseong town. Its famous for it tuberculosis sanatorium. Nowadays, there is also a deer park which is more a small park cum playing area for children. The park is not worth it - unless you have kids - but the trek or ride is very scenic.
Written November 12, 2015
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nikhil_malhotra
New Delhi, India234 contributions
Apr 2022 • Family
We drove around the area for some time to take in the beautiful sights. The entire drive is quite nice and refreshing. Must visit if staying around Kurseong.
Written April 4, 2022
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Aritra M
Kolkata (Calcutta), India8 contributions
Is there any option for night stay with family? if yes, kindly provide the contact info and tariff......thanks in advance.
hi,
I want to stay in dowhill forest with my friends . we can go with tant for stay in night in the forest .
.so please help me how can I go and any suggestions For our this journey
can downhill be visited in August????
I am a tour operator. To be honest, you can come anytime here. Different time, different experience. you need not any agency to contact, just come yourself. From November it is too cold here but beautiful. But if you want to get the experience of famous Dow Hill Haunted Night Safari then you must contact them on facebook page. Thank You.
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