Ani Voyages · Darjeeling & Sikkim
Private journeys through the Eastern Himalaya — every car, permit, room and handover arranged by people who drive these roads every week.
01 Destinations
Everything is arranged end to end from Bagdogra — cars, permits, stays and the people who meet you at each handover.
2,042 mWest Bengal
2,042 metres, 87 tea gardens, a two-foot-gauge railway running since 1881, and the third-highest mountain on earth 70 kilometres to the north. No permits, no altitude drama — the easiest of the two to travel.
1,650 mSikkim
A Buddhist kingdom until 1975, fully organic by state law since 2016, and the only Indian state you enter on a permit. Gangtok sits at 1,650 metres; the roads climb to 4,310.
02 Packages
Five journeys we run often. Every one is exclusive to your party, and every one can be altered.
Darjeeling · 3 days · 2 nights
Darjeeling for people who only have a Friday. Two nights, one tea garden, one sunrise.
Darjeeling · 6 days · 5 nights
The slow version. Two bases, a night inside a tea garden, and a free day built in on purpose.
Sikkim · 8 days · 7 nights
Sikkim and the high ground — a frozen lake at 3,753 m, a working border pass at 4,310, and two nights of thin air in the north.
Darjeeling & Sikkim · 7 days · 6 nights
Paced for children and grandparents in the same vehicle. Nothing above 2,600 metres, early dinners, short driving days.
Darjeeling & Sikkim · 7 days · 6 nights
Two people, three valleys, and nobody else in the vehicle. Long mornings, a room with a view, and one dinner you will not see coming.
Estimated starting costs per person on twin sharing, excluding flights. Final quotations depend on travel dates, availability and the itinerary we agree. All packages
03 Experiences
Nine things worth building a journey around. Mention any of them in the planner and we shape the days to fit.
Darjeeling
The picking line at 6:30, the withering loft, then eight lots tasted standing up.
Ghum · 2,258 m
Steam on two-foot gauge, UNESCO-listed since 1999.
Tiger Hill
Kanchenjunga at 4:50 am, 8,586 m of it.
Teesta · Singalila
Grade II–III water, ridge treks, paragliding when the air allows.
Sikkim
Rumtek, Pemayangtse, Tashiding — morning horns, no photographs inside.
Both
Momos folded in a Lepcha kitchen; Losoong and Pang Lhabsol by the Tibetan calendar.
Singalila
Serviced tents on the ridge, beds and hot water included.
Handpicked
Tea bungalows, boutique hill hotels, two lodges in the north.
Guided
Light-led itineraries: blue hour, first light, and the hour nobody else is out.
04 Why Ani Voyages
We live at the bottom of this road, in Siliguri. Everything above is arranged by people who drive it every week.
No two itineraries are the same. You set the pace; we build the days around it.
Drivers and guides from these hills, on our payroll — not a marketplace.
One number for the whole trip. When NH10 closes in monsoon, that number matters.
We have slept in every property we sell. If the hot water fails in November, we know.
Written quotations with inclusions and exclusions line by line. No surprises at checkout.
Monastery visits arranged with the monastery. Tastings led by the estate.
05 Travellers
Sample notes while we collect permission to publish the real ones. Hover to hold the row still.
★★★★★
“They moved our Tiger Hill morning by a day because of the forecast. We saw the whole range; everyone else saw cloud.”
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“Permits for Nathu La were done before we landed. We were the only car at the lake at eight in the morning.”
★★★★★
“Three hours from the plains to a tea garden, and someone met us at every handover. Nothing felt improvised.”
★★★★★
“We asked for slow. They gave us two nights in Lachung and no alarm clocks. Best decision of the trip.”
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“My parents are seventy-eight. The whole week was built so they never felt rushed or cold.”
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“The private dinner above the valley was the moment of our honeymoon. We had no idea it was coming.”
★★★★★
“They moved our Tiger Hill morning by a day because of the forecast. We saw the whole range; everyone else saw cloud.”
★★★★★
“Permits for Nathu La were done before we landed. We were the only car at the lake at eight in the morning.”
★★★★★
“Three hours from the plains to a tea garden, and someone met us at every handover. Nothing felt improvised.”
★★★★★
“We asked for slow. They gave us two nights in Lachung and no alarm clocks. Best decision of the trip.”
★★★★★
“My parents are seventy-eight. The whole week was built so they never felt rushed or cold.”
★★★★★
“The private dinner above the valley was the moment of our honeymoon. We had no idea it was coming.”
06 Gallery
Nine frames from the road between Siliguri and the snow line.
07 Build your own plan
Six choices. The summary updates as you go, with a transparent estimate — so nothing about the price is a surprise later.
Tell us roughly when and for how long. We reply within one working day with an itinerary, a named driver, and the permits that need filing.
Desk hours 9 am — 8 pm IST · Siliguri, West Bengal