Stop at Happy Valley Tea Estate. Wandering through the tea gardens settled on the gentle hill slopes of Darjeeling is the perfect way to start your day at the Happy Valley Tea Estate.

Darjeeling, May 28: From court cases and crores in dues to a tie-up with the best-known department store in the world — Happy Valley Tea Estate has turned its fortune around in just two years. Today, ...

Happy Valley, a 400-acre garden, was bought by Amiyonath Banerjee from David Wilson in 1903. Of the 400 acres, 296 acres is covered by tea shrubs. The garden, which dates back to 1854, has been ...

The second oldest of Darjeeling’s 87 tea plantations, Happy Valley was established by a Britishman in 1854, just five years after Harrods. Happy Valley passed into the hands of an elite Bengali ...

At Happy Valley tea estate, perched at 6,800 ft. (2,100 m) ... Tea-estate workers are paid on average $1.38 a day in northern India and $2.25 in the south, ...