Windamere is the original Heritage House of the Himalayas. For the average traveler, these lands may appear remote and somewhat intimidating even while intriguing. For the adventurous, the lure of faraway places with strange sounding names is the reason for planning a journey to these lands. Whatever the circumstances, Windamere aim to give the traveler an intense and unforgettable experience of the Himalayan region: of the lands and people; the food and drink; the sights and sounds.

Entertainment :
Windamere has its own company of artistes, who perform "The Songs & Dances of the Hills", in an outdoor setting; and "Ghazals", in the intimate setting of the hotel's Bearpark Parlour.

Christmas Week at Windamere
It runs from 18th December to 1st January every year, has been celebrated at the hotel, in the same way, without interruption, since 1939. It has become a tradition for well known entertainers from London's famous West End Theater district, to entertain at Windamere during Christmas week. The outstanding millennium Christmas of 1999 drew guests from 15 countries, including Brazil, Britain, the United States, Canada,Germany, Switzerland, Australia, South Africa, Thailand, Japan and China.

Sightseeing :

Botanical Gardens
It seems in the character of Britons to create botanical gardens wherever they happily settle. And so they created the Lloyd Botanical Garden in Darjeeling, which offers a protected habitat for many species of Himalayan trees and plants.

Darjeeling Himalayan Mountaineering Institute
The institute offers training in mountain climbing, and maintains a fascinating museum of memorabilia of famous mountaineers and expeditions of the past.

Himalayan Zoological Park
Adjacent to the Mountaineering Institute, on Birch Hill, is the Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park, which has attracted world attention by successfully breeding endangered species like the snow leopard and red panda.

Tea Gardens
The Darjeeling tea gardens are beautifully located, and the bungalows of the managers pretty without exception. The tea gardens are worth visiting, to observe the way tea is manufactured. Tea estate managers, "the planters" as they are called, are known for their hospitality.

Monasteries
There are well over a dozen Buddhist monasteries in Darjeeling. The best known is the Yiga Choeling Monastery, or the Ghoom Monastery, Darjeeling's oldest, founded in 1850. in India.

Trekking
Darjeeling can be defined as a trekker's paradise. People from far and wide come to this part of India in order to fulfill their trekking desires.