Tumsong Tea Retreat, Darjeeling

Over the years, tea tourism in India has gained immense popularity among globetrotters.

Tumsong, the first of the Chiabari Tea Retreats to be open to the public, started out as a tea garden back in 1867 when the German Wernicke brothers, who had just started on the nearby Lingia garden (now a part of the Chamong Group) planted the estate around a temple to Tamsa Devi, a local deity. The temple stands on a steep slope that rises sharply from 2700 ft to 5500 ft and offers fantastic views of the majestic Kanchenjunga and the Golden Valley of Darjeeling. The locals believe that the goddess Tamsa presides over this serene landscape and in fact, they refer to Tumsong as the Garden of Happy Hearts.

We have developed a new tea tourism site near Darjeeling and is looking forward to some real time activities. Visit to Tea Factory to watch the production, joining the tea tasting session even going round the tea estate along with the locals and the factory with one of the process executive to brief you about the process.