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At a Glance: Essential Visitor Information
TimingsDaytime
Entry feeNominal garden entry (verify locally)
Best time to visitFebruary to March and September to December
From city centreAbout 5 km
LocationDarjeeling, West Bengal
Know before you go
About Batasia Loop
The Batasia Loop is a spiral section of the toy-train track where the line loops over itself to lose height, set in a landscaped garden with a Gorkha war memorial at its centre. It offers a striking foreground for photographs with Kanchenjunga behind, and is a scheduled stop on toy-train joy rides.
Getting there
How to Reach Batasia Loop
Roughly 5 km from Darjeeling on the way to Ghoom; a stop on toy-train joy rides, or reachable by taxi.
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