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HOLUMBA facing Mount. Kanchenjunga is a 2 acres natural landscaped botanical extravangenza, water fed by a natural spring, inhabited by a flora population over 1000 species of orchids, plants & trees, and
conveniently located on the main highway,a kilometre ahead of Kalimpong town having own car park & garages. (The Ven. Bikchu Sangharakshita lived in "The Hermitage"
(Magnolia) and refers to it as his Garden of Eden.)
HOLUMBA
offers the nature loving tourists an expansive orchid nursery :-"Nurseryman's Haven", world wide exporter since 1972 - specialist in Indo- Burmese orchids & Himalayan & Exotic - bulbs, tubers, rhizomes,
plants, & seeds.
HOLUMBA
offers the tired travellers, a quiet rest in quaint & affordable five individual wooden chalet-type cottages of "Holumba Haven"
complex, situated within the acres of orchid farm and forested botanical park.
The chalets named : Magnolia, Wood Cot , Bamboo Groove, Spring Site & Tree Tops, each have three double accommodation rooms, attached western bathrooms
with 24 hours hot & cold spring water &, kitchen in 6 rooms. Arcadia
- Cottage on adjacent property – ground floor. 2 double rooms, attached bathrooms, dining room, living room & kitchen. Total rooms - fourteen double accomodations. Dining room - 'The
Orchid' (seating 24 pax) is an annexe to the residence of Karma T. Pempahishey and family - owners of the niche.
The Pempahishey family houses a fairly extensive private library on:-
1. The Indian Sub Continent and Tibetan – Cultural History and Religion with special interest in The Trans Himalayan Region.
2. .Plants – specializing in Orchid Species of India besides medicinal plants,
...of India and plants in general.
Holumba Haven offers the energetic adventurer Shimano geared Mountain bicycles on hire.
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