Lepcha Heritage Museum: A museum which is home to some fine ancient Lepcha treasure, texts, myths as well as antiques and souvenirs belonging to the culture.
Durpin Gompa: Located at 5km from the town centre ,the place is known to be Kalimpong's largest monastery with beautiful interiors decorated with wall paintings and murals from the period.
Deolo Hill : A beautiful hilltop park which is highly frequented during sunrise to get a beautiful view of the Khangchengdzonga mountain region. One of the first places visited by most travelers coming to town.
China Garden: The place to go for those Chinese cravings. Serves delicious Chinese and Continental cuisine.
Gompu's : If you are in for some fine momos, then Gompu's is the ideal place to hit. The place is particularly famous for it's traditional style of making meaty steamed momos.
Sood's Garden Retreat: A well visited getaway which specializes in authentic North Indian cuisine along with a fine menu of beverages.Kalimpong is ideal for tourist shopping with a fine range of handicrafts, cane crafts, handlooms, souvenirs and antiques that are available around the city's crowded market places. Some of the well known ones include:
Main Bazaar
R.C. Mintri Road
Colour House
Language: Nepali, Bhutan, Tibetan, Bhutia, Hindi and English
Climate: The town is well known for it's temperate climate with summers and winters being equally pleasant posing no problem whatsoever for tourism. The town also receives it's fair share of rainfall through the year.
Currency: Indian Rupee
Trivia: Kalimpong used to be a gateway for trade between India and Tibet before Tibet's annexation by China