Re: Road condition and travel suggestion for destination Derjelling.
How is the road condition between Siliguri to Derjelling as i am planing to go there?is the roads are steep towards derjilling or is there any problem that i may face with 4 adult and 1 kid on board with boot full luggage? I have another alternate plan,self drive till siliguri and park the car some where and from there hire taxi to derjilling,is there any place where i can park my car for two days in siliguri?request your help..
Driving to Siliguri and parking your car and going to Darjeeling in a hired car does not make any sense. You will only do the dirty job of driving to Siliguri through some unrewarding roads only to leave your car back when the drive will start to get rewarding.
Thr are 4 roads (some other options are their also) from Siliguri to Darjeeling.
1) The original road is Hill Cart Road through which the Toy Train chugs up. This road is least steep but is broken down now and heard is almost out of bound.
2) The Pankhabari road is the steepest and at times have heard is one way only for vehicles coming down.
3) The Mirik route is good but is the longest. You can come down through this route and stop over in Mirik.
4) The most suitable route is through Rohini. Heard the roads have been repaired also. The Swift will VERY easily climb the slopes upto Kurseong from where it is along the Hill cart road to Darjeeling