Scenic Homestays provides a single roof where you can find the homestay of your choice based on location, standard of stay and the kind of experience one is looking for.
Each of our homestay that is promoted on our website and social media are carefully selected, personally visited and recced by our founders and then categorized under different destinations, standard of stays and types of stays that can include family run homestays, unique and remotely located guest houses, estates, small heritage hotels and bungalows and simple forest-stays. Most of our homestays are also highlighted along with the experiences on offer at each place, which is what makes our services and products different and unique. Come, stay and experience with us at Scenic Homestays.
We have at present, stays and experiences across most of Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Darjeeling hills in the Indian Himalayas, while our Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Goa, Kerala stays and experiences will soon, also be options for the yearning traveler to choose from.
Set amidst the rural mountains of Kumaon and the cool surroundings of the
oak forests, this little four-room property is accessible through a dirt track
leading to the homestay. The property looks out to the spectacular views of
the snow peaked mountains of the Western Himalayas that include the peaks of Trishul, Nanda Devi and Panchachuli. Rooms are comfortable with an earthy feel to it but the true experience of staying at the Rhododendron retreat is that
mixed feeling of being both in an idyllic rural village in addition to a forest stay
up in the hills. The delicious home cooked meals served hot on chilly nights in the mountains are an icing on the cake to top up the wholesome experience.
Far away from the crowded scene of touristy Mukteshwar, tucked away amidst
Kumaon’s natural surroundings is an earthy locally built mud house structure
with a spacious room downstairs and an attic room on top. This two-room
property is a homestay in the truest sense making it quite an exclusive stay in
itself. Hosted by the local couple who own the place, the stay offers some
delicious and lip smacking local and home cooked meals. Although driveable,
the last 500 meters approach to the stay is a walk-through fruit orchard with a
number of apricot and apple trees. The fruiting trees surround the property at
one end, while the other side is surrounded by a rich forest dominated by
cheer-pine trees for most parts. Bird calls will accompany you throughout the
day here at Gopi’s mud house but as darkness descends and dusk arrives, the
forested side of the homestay comes to life. There are often sightings of
barking deer and wild boar, and sometimes the odd distress calls of Sambar deer in the deep forests can be heard, signifying the presence of a lurking leopard.
A long walking trail through pine forests ends up
at a remote village, which is where our homestay is situated. It is extremely
exclusive, cosy and more than just comfortable. It is located amidst forests, yet
nearby it is surrounded by a few village homes and fruiting trees which gives a
sense of living in a remotely located forest village. The food that is cooked
locally with naturally grown vegetables is some of the best mountain food you
will ever taste in this part of the world.
Although a homestay, yet because this accommodation is
set aloof from the handful of village homes in a little distance, and positioned
on the edge of a ride overlooking the mountains and valleys beyond,
surrounded everywhere by thickly wooded pine forests, makes this a complete
forest stay in terms of an experience. The wooden interiors and comfortable
beds can easily take one back in time to the colonial bungalows built by the
British during the hunting days of the Raj era. The rooms have well-equipped
bathrooms and food usually includes simple home cooked meals.
Perched up on a hill, surrounded by deep wooded forests of oak and pine is
one of our best kept properties in the Kumaon Himalayas of Uttarakhand. The
property is heritage in itself as it goes back to 100 years from the time of the
colonial rule in India. There are a couple of rooms along with the old original
structure that consists of the dining area which are part of the property
heritage. Most of the other rooms added are of similar architecture that
consists of brick, stone and wood to provide a warm, comfortable and cosy
stay for the guests coming here. The only way to approach this place of stay is
by a thirty-minute hike through the forests which is what also makes it
enchanting and unique in its own way both in terms of a stay and as an
experience.
Located in a quaint corner of Kumaon on the edge of a hill, this exclusive two-room place of stay is surrounded by forests on all sides with only a small village hamlet made up of a few homes behind the homestay. What is most attractive here is the view from the front side of the homestay rooms with stunning
views of the entire Himalayan range that includes the famed snow peaks of
nanda devi, trishul and panchachuli. The rich forests provide birdsongs as early
morning wake up calls while experiencing the sunset on the horizon with its red-orange reflection on the snow peaked mountains in the evenings with a
cup of hot chai later is an experience and a moment to behold.
Located at a remote part of west Sikkim, is a comfortable and cosy farm-stay
engulfed by the beauty of rural Sikkim. Here farmlands and fruiting trees
surround the warm wooden styled cottages and you wake up in the early
mornings to the chirping of birds and the breath-taking views of the snow-clad
mountains of the mighty Kanchanjunga range. The food served here is hot,
fresh, organic and local. The possible walks and hikes to the rural villages add
further to the experiences as you get a great insight of the forests and lesser-
known history of Rinchenpong and around.
Located at only about 30minutes drive away, far from the crowds and rush of
Gangtok city, is a charming nature farm-stay that offers an exclusive getaway
into rural Sikkim. Rooms are well-styled cottages that blend with the
surroundings. The immediate surroundings are of organic growth of local produce offered and cooked fresh on the table for meals. Beyond this, is a
thick green carpet of forest cover which can be explored on foot. At the onset
of the monsoons, and post monsoon months, there are multiple waterfalls that
can be visited through the forest trails.
At only a short drive away from Siliguri, yet fairly high up in the mountains,
surrounded by tea produce of local growers, is a newly built homestay offering
exclusive stays with large spacious rooms attached with modern amenities.
Food cooked is organic fresh and local. The homestay is run by Pravesh and his
wife who also organize tea tasting sessions, factory visits and nearby walks and
hikes apart from riverside picnics and brunches.
At about only fifteen minutes away from the bustling chaos of
Darjeeling town, tucked away in a quiet corner with the rolling tea gardens
going downhill on one side, is our tea garden homestay with simple yet
comfortable rooms on offer for stays.
