BERINAG
1,740 metres · Kumaon Himalaya
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Rooms and rates
The four
Shoulder-season rates with three meals, tea and every experience that does not need a car. Extra person ₹800; under-sixes free.
Ground floor · step-freeThe oldest room in the house, in the original 1940s stone section. Thick walls, a deep window seat and a door straight onto the courtyard. Cool in June, needs the extra quilt in January. Chosen most often by guests travelling with parents.
The view: Into the courtyard — the walnut tree, the cow, and everything that happens in the house.
First floor · best viewTwo windows on two walls, both facing north. On a clear morning from October to December you can watch the Panchachuli line turn grey to pink to white without lifting your head. The desk is here, which is why workation guests ask for it.
The view: North, nothing in the way. Sunrise pink at about 05:42, October to December.
First floor · familyThe largest room: a double and two singles, opening onto the upper terrace above the apricot trees. In June the fruit is at eye level from the window. Sleeps four comfortably, five with the floor mattress.
The view: Down into the fruit, and a skylight over the singles showing the whole southern sky.
Separate building · privateA separate two-room building forty steps up the slope, built in 2021 from the stone of a collapsed byre. Own kitchenette, own veranda, and no shared walls with anyone. For honeymooners and anyone staying more than a fortnight.
The view: The highest point on the property — the ridge, the tea rows and eleven kilometres of valley.
Seasons
Three seasons, no dynamic pricing, no algorithm. The number you see is the number you pay.
| Room | Sleeps | Low Jul–Sep | Shoulder Jan–Mar | Peak Apr–Jun, Oct–Dec | 28 nights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Heritage Room | 2 | ₹2,100 | ₹2,400 | ₹2,900 | ₹38,000 |
| The Valley Room | 2 | ₹2,800 | ₹3,200 | ₹3,800 | ₹46,000 |
| The Orchard Room | 4–5 | ₹3,600 | ₹4,100 | ₹4,900 | ₹58,000 |
| The Stone Cottage | 2–3 | ₹4,900 | ₹5,600 | ₹6,600 | ₹74,000 |
| Whole house | 11 | ₹12,600 | ₹14,400 | ₹17,200 | On request |
Per room per night, all meals included. No service charge, no GST at these tariffs. Long-stay rates from 21 nights.
Nobody sleeps cold
Asked more than anything else, usually by people who had a cold night somewhere else in the hills. From December a pankhi — a handwoven wool blanket from the family handloom — goes on top of everything.
Whole house
About six times a year a family or group books the entire property — eleven people, the courtyard, the kitchen and nobody else. Our cook plans the menus with you.
Room questions
You can book the Valley Room, which faces the peaks directly. Whether they are visible is weather — about nine mornings in ten from October to December, closer to one in monsoon.
No, and there is no need. The house interior has never gone above 26 °C, and nights are cool in every month.
Yes, all four, with a key you keep. The house itself stays open in the day — a village norm, not an oversight.
The Orchard Room sleeps five. Need more? Take Orchard and Valley together — they share the upper landing.
Yes — deduct ₹500 per night for solo use of a double. No single supplement.
Three nights, and we hold to it. Two nights after a seven-hour drive leaves one real day here.
The Valley Room books first. Ten weeks ahead for October–December, about eight for May and June.