The Burra Bungalow - home to generations of planters, remains the focal point of Glenburn hospitality, with its sweeping Main Verandah, cozy Living Room (with fireplace and library) and grand Dining Room where our candle-lit sit-down dinners are held.
The four bedrooms have been charmingly decorated, each following a different theme, and are comfortable and spacious, yet cosy.
Each of the suites, as their names suggest, offer a unique experience for the guests. Some have single rooms attached to the main suite allowing comfortable accommodation for a third (or fourth) sharing the suite, and each of them open on to the main verandah, with private entrances to the gardens behind the main bungalow.
Two of the suites have fireplaces and three of the bathrooms have free standing bathtubs while all four bathrooms have a lovely walk-in rain shower. There are views of the mountains from the Front Verandah, but not directly from any of the rooms.
Located in the northern wing of the house, The Kanchenjunga Suite overlooks the magnificent mountain range it is named after, although there are no direct views of the mountains from within the suite due to the gardens, trees and foliage just outside.
With its cool blue and white Toile de Jouy furnishings, and canopied king-size bed, this is the perfect place to enjoy the peace and tranquil beauty that Glenburn is famous for.
A Victorian, teak, queen-size provides a bed for a third person in the room, and an adjoining room, with windows covering the length of two entire walls, adds a further bed to this natural family suite.
The beds are fitted with electrical bed warmers. There are no TVs in the rooms to break the tranquility.
With its regal, turn of the century four-poster bed, made of Spanish mahogany, The Planters' Suite takes you back in time to the days of the East India Company and other voyages of discovery.
Let the old maps and prints, and oriental figures in the Toile de Jouy furnishings, transport you back to those grand old days, while you relax in front of a crackling fire in the privacy of your room.
For a breath of fresh air, step into the garden from your private verandah and sit-out which looks out across the Simbong Valley, towards the hills of the old royal kingdom of Sikkim.
The annexed sit-out also has an extra bed, and separate access to the bathroom of the main bedroom, ensuring a bit of privacy for a third person sharing this suite.
This suite does not have a bath tub in the bathroom but it does have a large walk-in rain shower.
As perhaps given away by its name, The Rose Suite was created as an ode to the purity and timeless beauty of the rose. The unusual shape of this room creates an adjoining chamber offering a third person sharing the suite complete privacy.
The roses creep their way onto the furniture, the drapery, the paintings, and the exquisitely embroidered bed sheets.
The suite also has a connecting sit-out, with splendid views of the garden on three sides and direct access to the main verandah of the house.
Soft mountain breezes ensure the fragrance of the rose creepers adorning this side of the house, waft in through the windows that run along an entire side of the suite.
The beds are fitted with electrical bed warmers.
There are no TVs in the rooms to break the tranquility.
A soft muslin trail of butterflies dresses the canopied four poster bed in The Simbong Butterfly Room, overlooking the Simbong Tea Division of Glenburn. Facing the eastern hills of Sikkim, one can wake up to a spectacular sunrise, and step into a private sit-out and garden.
Delicate etchings of wisteria drape the wardrobe, intricately tiled roses adorn the fireplace, and birds and honey bees float across the furnishings, adding to the charm of this cosy little double room.
This room is smaller size in comparison to other suites. However there is a fire-place, a sit out with cane furniture, direct access to the main Living Room as well as the garden, and also a large bathroom with free-standing bathtub and walk-in rain shower. It's charm more than makes up for its size!