Glenburn Tea Estate

To travel to Glenburn Tea Estate, perched stately among the jagged peaks of the Kanchenjunga Range, is to capture a time now past. As though erected in an old dream of remoteness and frontier prosperity, Glenburn sits among sprawling tea fields, on a property criss-crossed by snow-fed Himalayan rivers.

Each of Glenburn Tea Estate's suites is uniquely designed. From the dark mahogany of your bed in the Planters' Suite, you look out, past a snapping fire, to the Simbong Valley. The Rose Suite's unusual shape is a tribute to the delicacy and beauty of the flower. The Kanchenjunga Suite overlooks the magnificent steeps for which it is named. And morning in the Simbong Butterfly Room opens to a private garden that looks east, to the hills of Sikkim.

The atmosphere of well-being at Glenburn extends far beyond its walls. While some Indian hotels function as compounds, separating the guests from the world, the happy staff at Glenburn shares its contentment and pride with all.