Voting is over. Even in bad weather, there are signs of increasing tourist crowds in the mountains. From Wednesday morning, the hotels, homestays and tour operators’ offices in the hills are flooded with calls asking for bookings. Jamuni is the canvas township that has become the ‘brand ambassador’ of Darjeeling, the first choice of many. Anurag Basu’s ‘Barfi’ was shot here. Hujuge is a strange Bengali Hujug. Jamuni is on the top of the list of many people’s choice to add body to the body after the end of the polls in a quiet environment.

But where is the geographic location of that destination? The distance from Darjeeling city is about 12 km. It is possible to reach within an hour the quiet Jamuni surrounded by tea plantations, forests, farms, nurseries and orange groves. The village is quite a bit below Darjeeling city. What is it about jamuni that is so popular? Many tourist spots like Pelling, Namchi in South and West Sikkim can be visited within a few hours from Jamuni. You can say Jamuni is the transit point to enter Sikkim’. One can leave in the morning and return from Sikkim by two in the afternoon. Many people are thinking of killing two birds with one stone. However, as the natural beauty here fascinates the tourists, at the same time the luxury arrangements are not less in the homestays. You will get swimming pool.

Sitting on the balcony of the homestay, one will catch a glimpse of the hanging iron bridge draped in rows of flags over the colorful river. Ranbir Kapoor, the hero of the film ‘Barfi’, once again stood up. Darjeeling on one side of Jamuni. Sikkim on the other hand. The iron bridge connects the two. The mind will want to get lost in the sound of the birds chirping and the sound of the hilly colorful river. Jamuni Udyan is located next to the river. There the white stone idol of Shiva fascinates the tourists. You will get Jhum cultivation field. A variety of mountain flowers.

From here, if you want, you can easily visit Bijanbari, Jhepi, Singtam Baluabas Sky Walk made by Ajay Edward. Jamuni can be reached by four routes by road by train at New Jalpaiguri station or by air at Bagdogra Airport by rental car. The routes are Tindharia-Karshiang route, Dudhia-Mirik route, Rohini route and Pankhabari route. There are also government bus services from Tenzing Norgay bus terminus in Siliguri to Darjeeling. Jamuni can be reached by a small rental car from Darjeeling city. A lot of West Sikkim bound vehicles ply throughout the day on that route. Accommodation in Jamuni is homestay.

Bhupal Chhetri, the owner of Country Side Homestay, said, “Many tourists are booking rooms by searching on the website. Since the morning of the last round of polling, calls have been coming looking for rooms. The rent per person is Tk 1,800 per night. There are four homestays in the area. Many tourists are also saying that they will book rooms after reaching the village.”