Mongpo
If you are planning a vacation in Darjeeling, then you can
include this lovely day trip to Mongpu as part of your itinerary. Mongpu, also
spelt as Mungpoo is a small mountain village in Darjeeling district. It's
located at an average altitude of about 3,700ft and about 31kms from
Darjeeling.
Distance
between Kalimpong and Mongpo is 1646 kms
or 1022.8 miles or 888.8 nautical miles
Origin
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Mungpoo, Mangpu, West Bengal, India
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Destination
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Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
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Driving Distance
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20 kms or 12.5 miles or 10.8 n miles
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Driving Time
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53 minutes
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Distance Between Darjeeling To Mungpoo - By Road 37 Mins (20 Km 129 Mtrs)
·
1 By Taxi From Darjeeling To Mungpoo
37m 20
KM
One-Way fare starting from 1,350 rs
·
2 By Selfdrive From Darjeeling To Mungpoo
37m 20 KM
One-Way
fare starting from 121
Mungpoo is a town in West Bengal, Darjeeling
district, India, located
33 km east of Darjeelingand
52 km north-east of Siliguri.
Mungpoo has 12 schools, including four of higher
secondary level. The nearest college is in Darjeeling.
Mungpoo is notable for the Rabindra Museum, the museum of the
great writer Rabindranath
Tagore.
Route Map
As you approach Mongpu, you will pass through
colorful flower nurseries, tea gardens and crystal clear water streams. Mongpu
is well known for Cinchona plantation and cultivation of other medicinal plants.
Barks of Cinchona plants are used for extraction of quinine, a medicinal
element used for curing malaria.
On the way to Mongpu - A mountain stream ahead
Cinchona plants
at Mongpu
One of the features of Mongpu is its several
schools. Before entering the Mongpu locality you will come across a beautiful
school (known a Agramsingh Giri Jr. High School) which is perched in the hill.
As you drive along you will first see it from high above and then the road
winds around and passes by the school.
Agramsingh Giri School, Mongpu
Mongpu is also famous for being the summer
residence of the great poet & Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. The
poet came to this place for its soothing and quiet ambience, and of course for
its beauty of Cinchona plantations. Although the place doesn't have views of
the great snow peaks, it has a charm of its own.
Rabindra Bhavan (Mongpu)
It is here where the poet wrote his famous poem 'Janmadin'.
The house known as Rabindra Bhavanhas been now converted into a
museum (known as Ranbindranath Tagore Museum). Tagore came to this house four
times between 1938 and 1940. During his last visit he fell seriously ill and
had to be shifted to Kolkata.
T
agore's bed at Rabindra Bhavan (Mongpu)
The bed on which Tagore slept and the mahogany desk he used
are still there. You will also find several original paintings of Tagore here
as well as several of his handwritten verses and poems.
Tagore's Mahogany Desk
The museum is a must visit during this tour.
It's open on all days except Sunday. Timings: 9am to 4pm
(lunch hour is from 12:30pm to 1:30pm).
This is a typical local bazaar area where small shops and
stalls are set up selling daily essentials. This is the main hub of Mongpu and
this is where the locals meet and chat with each other.
Local Bazaar at Mongpu
Monastery at Mongpu
How to take the
Mongpu day trip from Darjeeling?
You can take the tour by booking a private
cab from a taxi stand in Darjeeling or go through a local tour operator. The
drive to Mongpu from Darjeeling takes about 1 hour 30 minutes. The total tour
including lunch & sightseeing at Mongpu should take about 5 to 6
hours. But try to carry packed lunch. There is no proper hotel or restaurant at
Mongpu, although you will find some small roadside eateries at the main Mongpu
market area.
How to reach
Mongpu
Mongpu is a part of Darjeeling District under
Darjeeling Sub-Division and Rangli Rangliot Block. It is about 31kms from
Darjeeling, 51kms from Siliguri, 60kms from NJP and 39Kms from Kalimpong. From
Darjeeling it takes about an hour to reach Mongpu by taxi. From NJP station you
can take a taxi and reach in 2 hours via NH10.
HISTORY of Mongpo.......................
Rabindranath
Tagore often holidayed in Mongpu, a quiet Himalayan village about 1.5hr from
Darjeeling, during the last three years of his life. So it was only natural
that photographer Dhritiman Mukherjee and Bollywood music director Shantanu
Moitra visited Mongpu—and their Bengali heritage—when they were on the West
Bengal leg of their #100DaysInHimalayas project. Between February and December
2016, the duo will make a series of trips in the Himalayas covering reaches
running from Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh, and into the neighbouring foothills
of Nepal and Bhutan—and they’re taking National Geographic Traveller India
along for the ride.
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See distance chart bellow..
From
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Distance
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Siliguri
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92 K.M
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New Jalpaiguri
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97 K.M
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Bagdogra
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105 K.M
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Malbazar
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37 K.M
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