BERINAG

1,740 metres · Kumaon Himalaya

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Berinag Home Stay

Six shapes of stay

Not upgrades.
Just combinations
that worked.

None of these contain anything you could not have anyway. They exist because guests kept asking us to assemble the days for them, and after ten years we know which assemblies work.

Mist moving between tall deodar trees at first light
The host family standing in the courtyard of the homestay
A yoga mat set out on a terrace facing the mountains

Read this first

What a package is and is not here

It is not a paywall

Every walk, every cooking session, every farm morning and the telescope are included in the plain room rate as well. A package does not unlock anything. It simply means somebody has thought about the order.

It is a shape, not a schedule

The weather will rearrange any of these within twenty-four hours of your arrival, and we will let it. What the package guarantees is that the elements are budgeted for and the car is booked.

The price includes the driving

This is the only real difference. Long drives — Chaukori, the caves, the river — cost money because we pay a driver. In a package they are already in the number.

All six

Every package

Prices are for the stated number of guests, all meals included, in shoulder season. Peak season adds roughly eighteen per cent; monsoon takes about twelve per cent off.

Mist moving between tall deodar trees at first light ₹14,800

The Long Weekend

3 nights · 2 guests

  • Sunrise at Kot ridge
  • Full village and tea garden walk
  • One cooking session with Kamla
  • All meals
A yoga mat set out on a terrace facing the mountains ₹31,200

Stillness

6 nights · 1 guest

  • Daily yoga on the upper terrace
  • Guided forest bathing
  • Three silent mornings
  • Ayurvedic-leaning menu
  • No fixed schedule at all
A work desk set beside a window looking onto hills ₹46,000

The Month

28 nights · 1 guest

  • The Valley Room or the Cottage
  • Fibre + 4G failover
  • Laundry twice a week
  • All meals and tea
  • Weekends planned by us if you want
The Milky Way arching over a dark hillside ₹18,600 New

Dark Sky

3 nights · 2 guests

  • Two telescope nights
  • Astrophotography basics
  • Moon-phase-timed booking
  • Late dinners, late breakfasts
Two walkers on a high ridge trail ₹34,500

Ridge to River

7 nights · 2 guests

  • Six graded walks, 3 km to 18 km
  • One high-meadow overnight
  • Packed lunches carried
  • Physio-led stretching

Compare

The three most-booked, side by side

If you are choosing between these, the honest answer is almost always the middle one.

The Long Weekend

₹14,800 3 nights · 2 guests

  • All meals and tea
  • Kot ridge sunrise walk
  • Tea garden and village walk
  • One cooking session
  • Full-day drives
  • Laundry
  • High meadow trek

Ridge to River

₹34,500 7 nights · 2 guests

  • All meals and tea
  • Six graded walks, 3–18 km
  • Packed lunches carried
  • High meadow overnight
  • Physio-led stretching
  • Laundry twice
  • Kit check on arrival

In detail

What each one actually contains

Written out properly, because a bulleted list on a card is not enough to decide by.

Mist moving between tall deodar trees at first light

01

The Long Weekend — 3 nights

Arrive by evening on day one, two full days, leave after breakfast on day four. It is the minimum that works and we do not sell shorter. One sunrise, one long walk, one cooking session, one afternoon in which you do nothing at all and find it uncomfortable.

  • ₹14,800 for two, all meals
  • Kot ridge at 5 am, one clear morning permitting
  • Tea garden loop and village walk
  • Roti and one dal with Kamla
  • Bonfire nightly, Oct–Mar
The host family standing in the courtyard of the homestay

02

The Slow Week — 6 nights

The package we recommend and the one two thirds of guests choose. Six nights is the point at which people stop checking their phones — we have watched it happen enough times to say it with confidence.

  • ₹28,400 for two, all meals
  • Everything in the Long Weekend
  • Waterfall day and the river pools at Thal
  • Chaukori sunrise drive, car included
  • Two farm mornings — milking, terrace, orchard
  • Laundry twice, line-dried
A yoga mat set out on a terrace facing the mountains

03

Stillness — 6 nights, solo

Built for one person. Yoga on the upper terrace at 6.30, guided forest bathing, three mornings in which nobody will speak to you before eleven, and a kitchen that leans lighter and more ayurvedic than usual.

  • ₹31,200 single occupancy
  • Daily yoga, 60–75 min
  • Three silent mornings by arrangement
  • Lighter menu, no fixed schedule
  • The Cottage where available
A work desk set beside a window looking onto hills

04

The Month — 28 nights

For people working remotely. The Valley Room or the Cottage, fibre with 4G failover, laundry twice a week, and weekends planned by us if you want them planned.

  • ₹46,000 for the Valley Room
  • ₹74,000 for the Cottage
  • All meals, all tea
  • Laundry twice weekly
  • Weekend trips arranged on request
The Milky Way arching over a dark hillside

05

Dark Sky — 3 nights

Timed to the new moon, which is why these dates are fixed rather than flexible. Two telescope nights, astrophotography basics, and a deliberately late-shifted day so that nobody is tired at midnight.

  • ₹18,600 for two
  • New-moon dates only, Oct–Feb
  • 8-inch reflector, two nights
  • Astrophotography basics with Deepak
  • Late dinners, later breakfasts
Two walkers on a high ridge trail

06

Ridge to River — 7 nights

Six graded walks from three to eighteen kilometres, building to a high-meadow overnight above 3,000 m. Opens in May when the snow clears and closes in November.

  • ₹34,500 for two
  • May–November only
  • Six walks, cumulative 3,100 m ascent
  • One night camping at 3,200 m
  • Packed lunches carried, kit check on arrival
Two walkers on a high ridge trail
We booked the Slow Week because we could not face planning anything. By the fourth day we had abandoned the plan entirely and nobody minded, which I think was the actual point.
Tom & Rachel Whitfield · Bristol · October 2025

The numbers

Every package, priced

Shoulder season, per package, for the stated occupancy. Peak season adds approximately eighteen per cent. Monsoon reduces by approximately twelve per cent.

PackageNightsGuestsShoulderPeakMonsoon
The Long Weekend32₹14,800₹17,500₹13,000
The Slow Week62₹28,400₹33,500₹25,000
Stillness61₹31,200₹36,800₹27,500
Dark Sky32₹18,600₹18,600Not offered
Ridge to River72₹34,500₹40,700Not offered
The Month281₹46,000₹46,000₹40,000
Thirty per cent advance confirms any package. Balance on arrival by UPI or cash. Long drives, where listed, are included at cost. Nothing else is added at checkout because there is no checkout.

Booking a package

Four steps

The same process as any other stay. There is no separate packages portal because there is no portal.

1

Say which one, and roughly when

Two lines is enough. If you are between two, say so and we will tell you which fits your dates.

2

We check the weather odds

Dark Sky needs a new moon. Ridge to River needs the snow gone. We will not sell you a package your dates cannot deliver.

3

Thirty per cent to confirm

UPI or bank transfer. The rest on arrival.

4

We book the cars

Any driving in your package is arranged before you land, not on the morning.

A shared meal laid out on a blanket outdoors

Or tell us what you actually want

Every package on this page started as somebody's specific request. If none of them fit, describe the trip you have in mind and we will price it.

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