Hi!
The cabin is a pvt. unit on our land, made naturally with exquisite sunset, snow clad peaks & Beas river views.
Naggar is the widest part of the Kullu valley with breathtaking views & we are centrally located here. The Naggar Castle, Tripura Sundari & Krishna temple are nearby. Manali & Vashisht are 20 km. We also serve homely vegetarian meals & snacks at our home.
We aren't a commercial hospitality unit, but an alt space for artists & anyone who is looking for a different travel experience.
The space
*INCLUDES BREAKFAST
*PRIVATE 100 mbps WIFI
*WE HAVE 2 ROOMS as well
*NAGGAR CASTLE is a minute's walk
*BASIC GROCERIES are a 2 minute walk
*WINTER ESSENTIALS*
-Electric blankets under bedsheet
-Warm bedsheets and pillow covers
-Water heating kettle with tea, coffee, milk powder and sugar jars
-We have a small herbal tea shop with local and garden dried teas which you must definitely try, served with our raw spring/winter honey.
-We sell our own products, only kept for our visitors and guests since they are small batch and seasonal. We have cold pressed GUTTI KA TEL (apricot oil), the best kept secret of the Himalayas, perfect for winter. RAW HONEY is harvested seasonally from the higher villages near Kais wildlife sanctuary from local bees. APRICOT SCRUB in its purest form when mixed with milk or rose water forms the best paste for all skin types.
Our place is very near to popular traveller spots like the Naggar Castle, Tripura Sundari temple, Krishna Temple and Nicholas Roerich Estate and Art Gallery. The Chandrakhani trek also begins here. Manali and Vashisht are only 20 kms away for a quick night out or café hopping. Jana waterfalls nearby also has great local cuisine.
--------------This is not a commercial homestay or a hotel.
We are sharing our home with you and expect you to be responsible guests.
We believe in co-existence and living self-sustainably, enjoying each other's company as well as helping each other.
Please don't treat the cabin as a hotel room but as a “short term vacation rental”.
This means we give you the keys, and then the cabin is yours. You take care of your dishes, kitchen, and cleanliness. We will help you with your luggage if needed. :)
Perfect for 2 adults, the space has a cosy kitchen, living and washroom just as you enter on the ground floor. The kitchen is stocked with all the basic supplies for you to cook and a wooden island as a dining and working table. The shower room is right beside , an experience and wind down spot in its own self. Reclaimed wooden stairs lead you up to the bedroom and viewing deck of your cabin. The bedroom is snug amidst the deodars with the deck as the best sunset point in all of Naggar. The bed is king sized with an 8 inch mattress. For descriptive details, scroll below!
LAUNDRY
We charge laundry by the load. Every load will be 300 INR. Please make sure you have enough clothes to fill up the machine (7 kg front loading machine) so we can save electricity and water.
MEALS
Our cook makes home cooked and simple vegetarian meals for us and our team everyday. You can inform him of the same at least a meal or a day before so we can count you in. There are also multiple cafés and restaurants a minute's walk away from the property that serve North Indian, Italian, Continental and Local dishes with the staple mountain Maggi and chai as well!
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A place where the world ceases to exist in the midst of nature. We have built a cabin of wood, stone, mud, slate and glass. An ode to slow living for the hustlers in the city, we present to you, an adaptation from an ancient mountain building technique - DHAJJI HOUSE.
It was born out of a searing need to create a home that pushes us to seek from the ancient forest surrounding our estate , to sing along with the birdsong and to sleep looking at the stars.
We created a tiny hideaway in the mountains where the tipping balance of the world ceases to enter. It is for the movers, shakers and doers to charge back up for the creation phase.
DHAJJI HOUSE -
The cabin is perched a short walk up the steps, above our bees and below the deodar forest behind. Between the apple trees, you can see it revealing itself to you the further you climb. You might run out of breath but we promise it’s worth the climb.
The cabin is, a first of its kind adaptation, of an old Himalayan building technique called “Dhajji Dewari”. It is an earthquake resistant natural building technique. Our aim with this cabin is to ignite a movement. One that spreads in our hearts first, our minds next and our eyes last. A mud house is no longer a ‘kachha ghar’ and a sustainable building doesn’t need to have the layout of a home from 50 years ago. This cabin forms a synergy between what has been and what will be. And the details speak for themselves, no?
Our cabin is not an escape, it is a presence. A playful design meets rich natural textures, simple decor that greets functionality and crazy shapes. We’ve got to warn you, you might have to bend a little but your stretching for the day is all sorted!
Kitchen
The kitchen greets us as we step inside with big windows covering the entire wall facing the valley. You can put some music on, sizzle an omelette on the skillet while a fresh pot of coffee brews on the side. All before the widest part of the Kullu valley.
Sun Deck
At the cliff, our cabin juts out into the valley, a drop beneath and the stars above. We have built a viewing deck, perfectly lit and the cosiest spot to lay down and look at the sky above.
An escape from the noise in our minds, we seek to create a space where balance and coexistence breathe, intertwined.
A space to slow down and gaze out. We wanted the cabin to have a vastly different feel to it in the morning and the night. At the same time its a place where you can work, play or sleep as well. As times change and we do too, we need our spaces to as well.
Bedroom
A pine forest behind and an apple tree in front, we have built the bedroom as a look out. Feeling the swaying pines outside while tucked into the blanket inside.
It is a safe space where you feel free amongst the pines, nobody to disturb you. You can sit on the bed and watch the daily show in the forest. There are dogs digging for god knows what, the occasional crow being chased by the monkeys and the ever
changing skies.
Guest access
Ou main estate is connected by road and the cabin is a short 2 minute climb up from our main estate. The climb is well worth it :)
Other things to note
Good to know -
We are a part of the forest around us and this means our home is a home to the wilderness dwellers too. You may encounter rough roads, dirt, mud, insects, messes, bees, spiders, ants, snakes, etc. depending on the season. There is also the soothing birdsong in the rains along with a few honks down the road.
There is Wifi but it is prone to not work in extreme weather conditions. Electricity may also give out during heavy rains/snowfall. Although we have lanterns, flashlights and enough candles to have a stormy candle lit dinner while playing cards.
Hot water showers are very much possible and there is full network service most days.
We are a boisterous family of people from everywhere who do everything together. The estate has many different spots where you’ll find someone playing the guitar and singing on a ledge, intense drafting work taking place in the research room in the creation corner, loud tunes blasting from the kitchen dancing, chopping and breakfast in process, a debate going on in the café about the better drink - the local apple juice or cider, the clouds above giving their best performances in the day and the valley showing its twinkle in the nights.
This is our mountain kingdom, right in the sweet spot between the off grid life and the fast metropolis. Come visit us to achieve a semblance of balance in your life :)
