Dhotre ( 8,500 ft ) is a forest village with 68 small huts within the buffer zone of 'SINGALILA NATIONAL PARK'. Here, once, logs were collected by Forest Dept. with a 5kms long ropeway. The village was founded at that time. The ropeway was demolished in mid 80s. Village economy became ruined. In mid 90s, effort was given to develop a village tourism centre. It took 5 years, for an individual to motivate the villagers. On 9th February 2008, a fire had destroyed 33 huts. Now, the village again has been rebuilt with the help of Forest Dep. and many well-wishers, as well as the other fellow villages around Darjeeling. Surprisingly the satellite image updated on that very day. A Buddhist Monastery has renovated by Rumtek authorities of Sikkim. At present any nature lover can stay at Dhotre, in village huts or at the trekker’s hut. Electricity will not be provided here, because it is within the National Park.
Car, jeep and bus services are available regularly from Darjeeling.
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