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Poobong Planters Bungalow, 1923

Ghoom, Darjeeling

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A budget-friendly place with beautifully decorated rooms

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Poobong the word means ‘ a valley behind clouds’ is enigmatically named as this area is shielded in the mist of clouds floating adding more beauty to the lush green tea garden of Poobong and provides a sense of ecstasy to the tourists. Poobong tea estate is located near Sukhiapokhri and Ghoom can be observed towards the southerly slopes of Sukhiapokhri -Ghoom road. Poobong tea estate has two segments: Tea estate and Busty(Fatak).

Poobong Tea Resort offers you luxurious heritage class holidays within lash green surroundings in the lap of Great Himalayan range. Delcious healthy and tasty food here combines with best in class comfort and warmth. Situated inside tea garden and Himalayan forests, it also offers you scopes for various mountain activities and sightseeing.

The tea plantation in the foothills of Himalayas, Darjeeling, had begun during 1841 by Arthur Campbell (British East India Company), a civil surgeon of the Indian Medical Service. Arthur Campbell used kernels from China to begin experimental tea planting, a practice he and others continued during the 1840s. Furthermore various adventurous Britishers ,specially Scottish tea planters had opened many Tea estates;among them one such was Poobong tea estate. Poobong tea estate was founded and constructed by the Duncans in 1923.

The picturesque Poobong tea garden offers a serene ,beautiful, breathtaking view with nature’s trail in the lap of the Himalayan range and strolling through the tea gardens with loved ones is an experience of transforming oneself into a wonderland of nature.