Visiting Places
Koshi
Ilam
Nepal's tea country — a quilt of green estates and misty hills in the far east.
KoshiKoshi Province
Ilam is Nepal's tea country, a quilt of green hills and estates in the far eastern hills near the Indian border. Misty mornings, the Mai Pokhari sacred lake and easy walks among the tea bushes define a visit. It is an unhurried, low-altitude alternative to the big trekking regions.
Known for
- Tea gardens
- rolling green hills in the far east
At a glance
- Region
- Koshi
- Province
- Koshi
- Getting there
- In the far-eastern hills; reached by road from Bhadrapur airport or Birtamod.
- Best time
- October–April for clear views; the tea bushes are greenest after the monsoon.
Things to see & do
- Walking the rolling tea gardens at Kanyam and around Ilam bazaar
- Sunrise over the hills and, on clear days, distant Kanchenjunga
- The sacred forest lake of Mai Pokhari and local tea tastings