Tiny Lansdowne is one of the quietest hill station in India. So quiet and so hidden that you know you’ve reached only when you actually turn past the gates of the elegant Garhwal Rifles Centre. And the town is as picturesque as you were led to hope for by the drive up the road from Kotdwar- past a mountain stream (the ‘lost River Khoh) so clear you can see the pebbles on its bed from your car window – far up the mountainside. Man behind the Fairy Magic

The drive to Lansdowne will be the best drive of your life. The route goes through small hamlets and thickly forested countryside roads. The first view of Lansdowne is breathtaking. Lansdowne is set admits lovely surroundings - tall oaks and blue pines raise like spires off the mountainside. The forests are lovely, dark and deep, just ideal for those long walks and for rejuvenating oneself. In spite of being so close to Delhi, it surprisingly, does not have traffic on the road leading to Lansdowne. Lansdowne was originally a popular hill station of the British. Attracted by its salubrious climate and natural beauty, they established a cantonment here. The place still has a cantonment and proudly preserves its links from the past.