BERINAG

1,740 metres · Kumaon Himalaya

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Berinag Home Stay

Snow peaks turning gold at dawn over the Kumaon hills

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Photo gallery of Berinag Home Stay.

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Village photographs were taken with permission — we ask you to do the same, especially faces and anything inside a temple.

Snow peaks turning gold at dawn, seen from the Kumaon hillsThe valleySnow peaks turning gold at dawn, seen from the Kumaon hills Low sun and cloud over green forested hillsForest & waterOak forest at 6.20 Four minutes from the door A bed positioned to face a wide picture windowHouse & detailsThe Valley Room · Two windows, both north A painted house on a green terraced hillsideThe villageWalking a stone path between village houses Traditional stone houses of a hill villageHouse & detailsA swept stone courtyard with morning light across it Sunbeams falling through a dense forest canopyForest & waterLight through chir pine Late March, 8 am A stone house alone on a green Himalayan hillsideThe villageSlate roofs of a hillside village stacked down the slope Terraced fields stepping down a hillsideThe villageTerraced fields stepping down a hillside Rolling green hills under low cloudThe valleyRolling green hills under low cloud A slim waterfall dropping into a rock poolForest & waterThe unnamed fall Guided only A made bed with a brown wool blanket over white linenHouse & detailsPankhi wool · the family handloom A brown village cow under a blue skyThe villageA cow resting in a village shed A simple room with white linen and a wooden floorHouse & detailsA simple room with white linen and a wooden floor Blue mountain ranges layered into the distanceThe valleyBlue mountain ranges layered into the distance Goats grazing on an open hill slopeThe villageGoats grazing on an open hill slope Fresh snow settling on pine branchesThe valleyFresh snow settling on pine branches A shallow river braiding between grey rocksForest & waterEast Ramganga at Thal Forty minutes by car A small hill market with produce laid outThe villageA small hill market with produce laid out Sunlight through the branches of an old forest treeForest & waterTemple grove floor Uncut for two centuries Distant snow peaks on the horizon beyond terraced fieldsThe valleyDistant snow peaks on the horizon beyond terraced fields A viewpoint at sunrise with the valley below in cloudThe valleyA viewpoint at sunrise with the valley below in cloud Star-filled night sky above a snow-covered mountainThe valleyStar-filled night sky above a snow-covered mountain A stone house with a brown roof below a mountainHouse & detailsA traditional stone and timber hill house A vegetarian thali of home-cooked foodHouse & detailsA thali of home-cooked hill food laid out on a wooden table A Kumaoni cook lighting the wood-fired chulhaHouse & detailsCooking over a traditional wood-fired chulha A plate of fresh flatbread on a wooden tableHouse & detailsA plate of fresh flatbread on a wooden table A dark bowl of slow-cooked black soybean curryHouse & detailsA dark bowl of slow-cooked black soybean curry

None of it photographs as well as it looks. The valley is difficult to shoot and easy to be in — three nights is enough to see the difference.

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