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Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen, umbrella. Mirik When To Max: 18.4°C Min: 9.5°C Rain: 234.0mm Pretty Sep VISIT Very cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen, Mirik is an easy 50 km from both umbrella. and but is Max: 11.6°C Min: 9.3°C Rain: 294.0mm http://www.ixigo.com/weather-in-mirik-lp-1042908 comparatively less crowded. This is Oct where you want to go for your lazy Jan Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen, umbrella. retreat, your slow holiday. Very cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen. Max: 13.8°C Min: 10.8°C Rain: 60.0mm Mirik is located just a tad lower Famous For : Cit Max: 8.4°C Min: 3.0°C Rain: 15.0mm than 6,000 ft, and offers the beauty Nov Feb of tea plantations as well as the The focal point of all activity at Very cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen. Very cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen. Mirik is the lush environs of Samendu Lake. Max: 11.7°C Min: 7.1°C Rain: 30.0mm grandeur of mountains, especially Max: 6.0°C Min: 2.4°C Rain: 18.0mm Hotels and eateries and a parking lot sit Grande Dame Kangchendzonga, as Dec along the lakeshore. The Shiv Mandir and Mar a splendid backdrop. Very cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen. the Singha Devi Mandir are a short walk Very cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen. Max: 12.3°C Min: 5.6°C Rain: 0.0mm from the lakeshore. Max: 8.4°C Min: 2.8°C Rain: 24.0mm Mirik is the country of scenic tea and orange Apr plantations and lavish sunrises and sunsets. Very cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen, What To For views of the flat river plains far below, umbrella. Mirik has a range of strategic viewpoints. Max: 7.7°C Min: 8.6°C Rain: 78.0mm The May SEE Kawlay Dara is one such high spot. Do the 5 Sights Very cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen, 20-min walk or hitch a pony or a cab ride up. umbrella. http://www.ixigo.com/places-to-visit-see-in-mirik-lp-1042908 Watch the rising sun or the flaming sunset Max: 10.2°C Min: 6.4°C Rain: 90.0mm flood the landscape and paint the peaks red. 1 Sumendu Lake Rameetay Dara is another viewpoint. Walk Jun part way, pony ride or cab it. Very cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen, umbrella. Tingling, along the Siliguri-Mirik Road, about Max: 8.2°C Min: 9.8°C Rain: 246.0mm 6 km from Mirik, offers fascinating views of the lush tea country around the town. Jul This Pdf and its contents are copyright © 2013,ixigo.com, all rights reserved. ixigo logo, the Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen, character and all other marks displayed herein are umbrella. registered and/or common law trademarks of ixigo.com and/or third parties. Max: 12.1°C Min: 11.4°C Rain: 297.0mm

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is not allowed to purchase things for the Mirik, Darjeeling, , The seat of the late Kyabje Bokar Rinpoche, trading purpose. Also be careful about the 5 Satya Shivam Temple Sumendu Lake is the main attraction of the Bokar Chockhor Ling Monastery belongs fake stuff, as many items sold here are too Mirik. A good 1/2 km long, the serene water to the Kagyupa order of Tibetan Buddhism. cheap. The main market is about 1 km walk body has the Kangchendzonga Range as its The monastery is located on the hilltop with from the border and is located in Nepal Where To backdrop and is framed by forests of oak a beautiful and colorful complex. area. Also, note that cameras are not and chestnut. The lake is surrounded by  Almost 500 monks participate in a allowed at the market area. Eat garden on one side and pine trees on the full schedule devoted to studying, practicing 3 Places other connected by an arch footbridge and sustaining the teachings of Shakyamuni 4 Orchid Nursery & Cardamom Farm, Mirik http://www.ixigo.com/foods-in-of-mirik-lp-1042908 called Indreni Pull. A pleasant 3 and a half Buddha. Devotees and visitors from across the world spend days, months and even km long path winds around the 1 Shivam Restaurant lake. The depth of water varies from 3 years at the Mirik monastery. The feet to 25 feet. There are pony rides, monastery can be reached by a brief 10- boating and picnics to enjoy, and you can min walk, a pony ride or a local cab. 2 Shiva Restaurant hop onto a paddle boat for a breezy spin 3 Pasupati Market , Mirik around the lake. You can come here with 3 Verdhan Restaurant family and children to spend some quality time.

Mirik has one of the most suitable climate

for cardamom and orchid plantation. The

most typical orchid grown here are  2 Bokar Chockhor Ling Cymbidium Orchids, known as queen of Monastery orchids. These are the most demanding type of orchids in market and are also sold at Darjeeling highest prices. The slopes of Mirik in Rato Pashupati market in Mirik on Indo- Nepal Mate Basti, a few kilometres from Mirik Lake border is famous for foreign goods. The are dazzling with orchids plantation. Almost market is located on the way to Mirik Lake. 1 lakh orchids are expected to bloom every The shopkeepers there, keep all sorts of year in different colours of red, white, pink, imported goods, shoes, watches, jackets, yellow and green perfumes and clothes. On the back of road . there is customs check, hence you cannot go Bokar Chockhor Ling Monastery, beyond purchasing stuff in extra numbers. It Mirik, West Bengal 734214