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LIVING NAYALAP

With luxurious suite tents or Earth Homes as your base, live a beautiful life at Nayalap. Go on long walks on trails through villages and mixed forests.

Or relax at the property with the numerous books or the latest shows.

Or satisfy the birder instead of you by chronicling some beautiful lifers.

All combined with the best that Kumaoni cuisine has to offer.

Discover a truly boutique living experience at Nayalap.

Celebrate an anniversary or a birthday. Celebrate life in a place where nature lives.

Join us for a pottery retreat. Or one involving permaculture. Or one involving history. Or one involving alfresco cooking.

 

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🍷 Stay in Luxury Tents, Earth Homes and Offbeat Cottages. 🏞️ Explore the culture of Kumaon. 📷 Tag #livingNayalap
  • This summer, stay off the road. Stay in a small Kumaoni village that wakes up and goes to sleep with the sun. This summer, stay at Nayalap - A Cottage in a Village.
🏡 A beautiful cottage in an old Kumaoni village with a bedroom, kitchen and living room.
👨 Caretaker and concierge for your culinary needs.
🥘 The best of Kumaoni wholesome cuisine.
🏞️ Beautiful hikes and picnics to villages and streams nearby.
💵 Tariff is Rs. 5,600 per night on double sharing bed and breakfast basis.
To book, call on 98713 00699/ 76186 05671.
  • The forests might be all pretty and great. But what do children do at Nayalap? There's no TV for them to stay distracted. There isn't a busy market nearby for them to buy disposable toys. They must surely get bored right?

Remember when you were a child. You didn't have the distraction of the many loud TV channels. You didn't have disposable toys. Your toys would last ages. 

You would step out. You would play during the weekdays and go out for a picnic with friends and relatives once in a while. 

It would be in a beautiful natural space. There would be ample space to run around. To explore what's hidden underneath the stones. To play hide and seek amongst the trees. To walk with the aunt who'd tell you about the flowers and the bees. To be hungry. To overeat. To sleep under the sun.

Nayalap's picnic lunches are made for your little explorers and the little explorer inside you.
--
#picnic #picnicdate #nature #picnicparty #boutiquehotel #picnicday #summer #birthday #food #travel #camping #picnicfood #shitlakhet #photography #birthdayparty #luxurypicnic #instagood #friends #party #picnictime #family #picoftheday #picnicideas #foodie #picnicinthepark #picnics #india #uttarakhand #livingNayalap #kumaon
  • Life has to move at your own pace. It could be fast or slow, but it has to be your own. It cannot be someone else's.

Sit wherever you'd like. Walk at your own pace. Stop to inspect the flowers. Talk to the locals on your trail. Laugh, pant, walk, or have some tea.

And keep some time for sunsets. Don't stay occupied into the evening. See the sun set and the day end. It doesn't matter how great or bad your day has been. The sunset will always be beautiful.
--
#sunsetwalk #sunset #sunsetphotography #sunsets #nature #dogsofinstagram #sunsetlovers #sunsetlover #photography #naturephotography #eveningwalk #shitlakhet #sky #ig #livingNayalap #travel #walk #landscape #goldenhour #walking #captures #landscapephotography #sunsetsky #sunsetgram #sunsetvibes #pics #sunrise #beautiful #uttarakhand #kumaon
  • Foraging leads to new discovery. It leads to discovery of new organisms, of old knowledge, and food that we didn't know existed.

As an example, take watercress. It comes from the same family as cabbage, kale and Brussels Sprouts. It's a powerhouse of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. And it's easily available where water flows.

The next time you join us for a picnic at the stream, look for some watercress. We'll make a soup out of it. 

In the meanwhile, ask the locals near you about the many treats that hide in the forests near you.

#livingnayalap #offbeatkumaon #luxurytentsindia #offbeatuttarakhand #foragingwatetcress #foragingfood #wildvegetable #airbnbuttarakhand #uttarakhandstays #luxurytentsuttarakhand #glampinguttarakhand #glampingindia #hikinginkumaon #walksinuttarakhand #weekendgetawaydelhi #delhigram #walkingholidayindia #homestayuttarakhand
  • It's World Book Day! As if books need a specific day to be celebrated. Apart from nature, we've found books to be the only vehicles to expand your imagination. 

Here are 6 books based on nature and the Himalayas that were truly a pleasure to read:

1. Himalaya: Adventures, Meditations, Life edited by @namitagokhale  and @ruskinbondofficial.
An amazing compilation of parts of some of the best literature on the Himalayas.

2. Diary of a Young Naturalist by @dara_mcanulty.
A great book on nature and autism, written when the author was only 16.

3. Other Minds by @insta_zoan 
A look at a form of intelligence - that of the octopus - that is very different from centralised human intelligence.

4. Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future by @elizkolbertauthor 
Great examples on how we are trying to mitigate damage through intervention in world where climate change is the norm, and the challenges with those examples.

5. The Lost Spells by @robgmacfarlane  and @jackiemorrisartist 
A beautiful collection of poems embellished with equally beautiful illustrations romanticising the stalwart species of nature. Read the one on oak

6. Himalay Dalit Hai by Mohan Mukt.
A collection of Hindi poetry raging against caste discrimination in the Himalayas and how it is ingrained in the way we talk about the Himalayas

What have been your favourites? Do write in comments.
  • Have you read about the protected soundscapes of Japan? In a constantly evolving world, it is not the visual that changes first. It's the sound. 

Softer sounds of trees and people start competing with harsher sounds of construction, vehicles and loudspeakers. 

Changing soundscapes mean that the old is giving away to the new - be that the sound of the sparrow or the sound of the traveling salesmen singing out and selling their unique goods.

At Nayalap, we focus a lot on the soundscape around us and try to keep that stable. That could be the sound of birds preserved by preserving the trees and not disturbing them at night with lights. 

That could be the sound of the village including the cattle, the cutting of grass, the chatter of people - a sound preserved by procuring locally (and by participating in the gossip ;)).

On Earth Day tomorrow, do go out and record the soundscape around where you live. Try to listen to the animals shuffling quietly beneath the din of city sounds. Try to record the sound of the wind in the tree outside or the early morning sound of the neighborhood waking up. 

If you'd like, you can send us a recording of the sounds around you and the ones you love. We'll post them here.
This summer, stay off the road. Stay in a small Kumaoni village that wakes up and goes to sleep with the sun. This summer, stay at Nayalap - A Cottage in a Village.
🏡 A beautiful cottage in an old Kumaoni village with a bedroom, kitchen and living room.
👨 Caretaker and concierge for your culinary needs.
🥘 The best of Kumaoni wholesome cuisine.
🏞️ Beautiful hikes and picnics to villages and streams nearby.
💵 Tariff is Rs. 5,600 per night on double sharing bed and breakfast basis.
To book, call on 98713 00699/ 76186 05671.
This summer, stay off the road. Stay in a small Kumaoni village that wakes up and goes to sleep with the sun. This summer, stay at Nayalap - A Cottage in a Village.
🏡 A beautiful cottage in an old Kumaoni village with a bedroom, kitchen and living room.
👨 Caretaker and concierge for your culinary needs.
🥘 The best of Kumaoni wholesome cuisine.
🏞️ Beautiful hikes and picnics to villages and streams nearby.
💵 Tariff is Rs. 5,600 per night on double sharing bed and breakfast basis.
To book, call on 98713 00699/ 76186 05671.
This summer, stay off the road. Stay in a small Kumaoni village that wakes up and goes to sleep with the sun. This summer, stay at Nayalap - A Cottage in a Village.
🏡 A beautiful cottage in an old Kumaoni village with a bedroom, kitchen and living room.
👨 Caretaker and concierge for your culinary needs.
🥘 The best of Kumaoni wholesome cuisine.
🏞️ Beautiful hikes and picnics to villages and streams nearby.
💵 Tariff is Rs. 5,600 per night on double sharing bed and breakfast basis.
To book, call on 98713 00699/ 76186 05671.
This summer, stay off the road. Stay in a small Kumaoni village that wakes up and goes to sleep with the sun. This summer, stay at Nayalap - A Cottage in a Village.
🏡 A beautiful cottage in an old Kumaoni village with a bedroom, kitchen and living room.
👨 Caretaker and concierge for your culinary needs.
🥘 The best of Kumaoni wholesome cuisine.
🏞️ Beautiful hikes and picnics to villages and streams nearby.
💵 Tariff is Rs. 5,600 per night on double sharing bed and breakfast basis.
To book, call on 98713 00699/ 76186 05671.
This summer, stay off the road. Stay in a small Kumaoni village that wakes up and goes to sleep with the sun. This summer, stay at Nayalap - A Cottage in a Village.
🏡 A beautiful cottage in an old Kumaoni village with a bedroom, kitchen and living room.
👨 Caretaker and concierge for your culinary needs.
🥘 The best of Kumaoni wholesome cuisine.
🏞️ Beautiful hikes and picnics to villages and streams nearby.
💵 Tariff is Rs. 5,600 per night on double sharing bed and breakfast basis.
To book, call on 98713 00699/ 76186 05671.
This summer, stay off the road. Stay in a small Kumaoni village that wakes up and goes to sleep with the sun. This summer, stay at Nayalap - A Cottage in a Village. 🏡 A beautiful cottage in an old Kumaoni village with a bedroom, kitchen and living room. 👨 Caretaker and concierge for your culinary needs. 🥘 The best of Kumaoni wholesome cuisine. 🏞️ Beautiful hikes and picnics to villages and streams nearby. 💵 Tariff is Rs. 5,600 per night on double sharing bed and breakfast basis. To book, call on 98713 00699/ 76186 05671.
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The forests might be all pretty and great. But what do children do at Nayalap? There's no TV for them to stay distracted. There isn't a busy market nearby for them to buy disposable toys. They must surely get bored right? Remember when you were a child. You didn't have the distraction of the many loud TV channels. You didn't have disposable toys. Your toys would last ages. You would step out. You would play during the weekdays and go out for a picnic with friends and relatives once in a while. It would be in a beautiful natural space. There would be ample space to run around. To explore what's hidden underneath the stones. To play hide and seek amongst the trees. To walk with the aunt who'd tell you about the flowers and the bees. To be hungry. To overeat. To sleep under the sun. Nayalap's picnic lunches are made for your little explorers and the little explorer inside you. -- #picnic #picnicdate #nature #picnicparty #boutiquehotel #picnicday #summer #birthday #food #travel #camping #picnicfood #shitlakhet #photography #birthdayparty #luxurypicnic #instagood #friends #party #picnictime #family #picoftheday #picnicideas #foodie #picnicinthepark #picnics #india #uttarakhand #livingNayalap #kumaon
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Life has to move at your own pace. It could be fast or slow, but it has to be your own. It cannot be someone else's.

Sit wherever you'd like. Walk at your own pace. Stop to inspect the flowers. Talk to the locals on your trail. Laugh, pant, walk, or have some tea.

And keep some time for sunsets. Don't stay occupied into the evening. See the sun set and the day end. It doesn't matter how great or bad your day has been. The sunset will always be beautiful.
--
#sunsetwalk #sunset #sunsetphotography #sunsets #nature #dogsofinstagram #sunsetlovers #sunsetlover #photography #naturephotography #eveningwalk #shitlakhet #sky #ig #livingNayalap #travel #walk #landscape #goldenhour #walking #captures #landscapephotography #sunsetsky #sunsetgram #sunsetvibes #pics #sunrise #beautiful #uttarakhand #kumaon
Life has to move at your own pace. It could be fast or slow, but it has to be your own. It cannot be someone else's.

Sit wherever you'd like. Walk at your own pace. Stop to inspect the flowers. Talk to the locals on your trail. Laugh, pant, walk, or have some tea.

And keep some time for sunsets. Don't stay occupied into the evening. See the sun set and the day end. It doesn't matter how great or bad your day has been. The sunset will always be beautiful.
--
#sunsetwalk #sunset #sunsetphotography #sunsets #nature #dogsofinstagram #sunsetlovers #sunsetlover #photography #naturephotography #eveningwalk #shitlakhet #sky #ig #livingNayalap #travel #walk #landscape #goldenhour #walking #captures #landscapephotography #sunsetsky #sunsetgram #sunsetvibes #pics #sunrise #beautiful #uttarakhand #kumaon
Life has to move at your own pace. It could be fast or slow, but it has to be your own. It cannot be someone else's.

Sit wherever you'd like. Walk at your own pace. Stop to inspect the flowers. Talk to the locals on your trail. Laugh, pant, walk, or have some tea.

And keep some time for sunsets. Don't stay occupied into the evening. See the sun set and the day end. It doesn't matter how great or bad your day has been. The sunset will always be beautiful.
--
#sunsetwalk #sunset #sunsetphotography #sunsets #nature #dogsofinstagram #sunsetlovers #sunsetlover #photography #naturephotography #eveningwalk #shitlakhet #sky #ig #livingNayalap #travel #walk #landscape #goldenhour #walking #captures #landscapephotography #sunsetsky #sunsetgram #sunsetvibes #pics #sunrise #beautiful #uttarakhand #kumaon
Life has to move at your own pace. It could be fast or slow, but it has to be your own. It cannot be someone else's.

Sit wherever you'd like. Walk at your own pace. Stop to inspect the flowers. Talk to the locals on your trail. Laugh, pant, walk, or have some tea.

And keep some time for sunsets. Don't stay occupied into the evening. See the sun set and the day end. It doesn't matter how great or bad your day has been. The sunset will always be beautiful.
--
#sunsetwalk #sunset #sunsetphotography #sunsets #nature #dogsofinstagram #sunsetlovers #sunsetlover #photography #naturephotography #eveningwalk #shitlakhet #sky #ig #livingNayalap #travel #walk #landscape #goldenhour #walking #captures #landscapephotography #sunsetsky #sunsetgram #sunsetvibes #pics #sunrise #beautiful #uttarakhand #kumaon
Life has to move at your own pace. It could be fast or slow, but it has to be your own. It cannot be someone else's.

Sit wherever you'd like. Walk at your own pace. Stop to inspect the flowers. Talk to the locals on your trail. Laugh, pant, walk, or have some tea.

And keep some time for sunsets. Don't stay occupied into the evening. See the sun set and the day end. It doesn't matter how great or bad your day has been. The sunset will always be beautiful.
--
#sunsetwalk #sunset #sunsetphotography #sunsets #nature #dogsofinstagram #sunsetlovers #sunsetlover #photography #naturephotography #eveningwalk #shitlakhet #sky #ig #livingNayalap #travel #walk #landscape #goldenhour #walking #captures #landscapephotography #sunsetsky #sunsetgram #sunsetvibes #pics #sunrise #beautiful #uttarakhand #kumaon
Life has to move at your own pace. It could be fast or slow, but it has to be your own. It cannot be someone else's. Sit wherever you'd like. Walk at your own pace. Stop to inspect the flowers. Talk to the locals on your trail. Laugh, pant, walk, or have some tea. And keep some time for sunsets. Don't stay occupied into the evening. See the sun set and the day end. It doesn't matter how great or bad your day has been. The sunset will always be beautiful. -- #sunsetwalk #sunset #sunsetphotography #sunsets #nature #dogsofinstagram #sunsetlovers #sunsetlover #photography #naturephotography #eveningwalk #shitlakhet #sky #ig #livingNayalap #travel #walk #landscape #goldenhour #walking #captures #landscapephotography #sunsetsky #sunsetgram #sunsetvibes #pics #sunrise #beautiful #uttarakhand #kumaon
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Foraging leads to new discovery. It leads to discovery of new organisms, of old knowledge, and food that we didn't know existed. As an example, take watercress. It comes from the same family as cabbage, kale and Brussels Sprouts. It's a powerhouse of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. And it's easily available where water flows. The next time you join us for a picnic at the stream, look for some watercress. We'll make a soup out of it. In the meanwhile, ask the locals near you about the many treats that hide in the forests near you. #livingnayalap #offbeatkumaon #luxurytentsindia #offbeatuttarakhand #foragingwatetcress #foragingfood #wildvegetable #airbnbuttarakhand #uttarakhandstays #luxurytentsuttarakhand #glampinguttarakhand #glampingindia #hikinginkumaon #walksinuttarakhand #weekendgetawaydelhi #delhigram #walkingholidayindia #homestayuttarakhand
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It's World Book Day! As if books need a specific day to be celebrated. Apart from nature, we've found books to be the only vehicles to expand your imagination. 

Here are 6 books based on nature and the Himalayas that were truly a pleasure to read:

1. Himalaya: Adventures, Meditations, Life edited by @namitagokhale  and @ruskinbondofficial.
An amazing compilation of parts of some of the best literature on the Himalayas.

2. Diary of a Young Naturalist by @dara_mcanulty.
A great book on nature and autism, written when the author was only 16.

3. Other Minds by @insta_zoan 
A look at a form of intelligence - that of the octopus - that is very different from centralised human intelligence.

4. Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future by @elizkolbertauthor 
Great examples on how we are trying to mitigate damage through intervention in world where climate change is the norm, and the challenges with those examples.

5. The Lost Spells by @robgmacfarlane  and @jackiemorrisartist 
A beautiful collection of poems embellished with equally beautiful illustrations romanticising the stalwart species of nature. Read the one on oak

6. Himalay Dalit Hai by Mohan Mukt.
A collection of Hindi poetry raging against caste discrimination in the Himalayas and how it is ingrained in the way we talk about the Himalayas

What have been your favourites? Do write in comments.
It's World Book Day! As if books need a specific day to be celebrated. Apart from nature, we've found books to be the only vehicles to expand your imagination. Here are 6 books based on nature and the Himalayas that were truly a pleasure to read: 1. Himalaya: Adventures, Meditations, Life edited by @namitagokhale and @ruskinbondofficial. An amazing compilation of parts of some of the best literature on the Himalayas. 2. Diary of a Young Naturalist by @dara_mcanulty. A great book on nature and autism, written when the author was only 16. 3. Other Minds by @insta_zoan A look at a form of intelligence - that of the octopus - that is very different from centralised human intelligence. 4. Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future by @elizkolbertauthor Great examples on how we are trying to mitigate damage through intervention in world where climate change is the norm, and the challenges with those examples. 5. The Lost Spells by @robgmacfarlane and @jackiemorrisartist A beautiful collection of poems embellished with equally beautiful illustrations romanticising the stalwart species of nature. Read the one on oak 6. Himalay Dalit Hai by Mohan Mukt. A collection of Hindi poetry raging against caste discrimination in the Himalayas and how it is ingrained in the way we talk about the Himalayas What have been your favourites? Do write in comments.
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Have you read about the protected soundscapes of Japan? In a constantly evolving world, it is not the visual that changes first. It's the sound. Softer sounds of trees and people start competing with harsher sounds of construction, vehicles and loudspeakers. Changing soundscapes mean that the old is giving away to the new - be that the sound of the sparrow or the sound of the traveling salesmen singing out and selling their unique goods. At Nayalap, we focus a lot on the soundscape around us and try to keep that stable. That could be the sound of birds preserved by preserving the trees and not disturbing them at night with lights. That could be the sound of the village including the cattle, the cutting of grass, the chatter of people - a sound preserved by procuring locally (and by participating in the gossip ;)). On Earth Day tomorrow, do go out and record the soundscape around where you live. Try to listen to the animals shuffling quietly beneath the din of city sounds. Try to record the sound of the wind in the tree outside or the early morning sound of the neighborhood waking up. If you'd like, you can send us a recording of the sounds around you and the ones you love. We'll post them here.
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Factsheet

Amenities Free breakfast, Free parking and room service, Free WiFi, Electric Blankets, Heaters, Free Bonfire, Pet-Friendly
Price The prices at Nayalap may vary depending on your stay (eg. dates, hotel policy, etc). To see prices, enter your dates.
Offer The current offer, valid till Apr 30 is a free night stay on booking 4 or more nights at Nayalap Shitlakhet.
Check-in 2:00 pm
Check-out 10am
Things to do Hikes around Shitlakhet, Excursions to Ranikhet, Almora, Kasar Devi, Katarmal Sun Temple and Binsar
Location Nayalap is located in Shitlakhet - 30km from both Ranikhet and Almora and 10hrs drive from Delhi
How to reach Shitlakhet Take a bus to Almora and then one to Shitlakhet, or a train to Kathgodam and then car to Shitlakhet, or a flight to Pantnagar and then car to Shitlakhet, or just drive to Shitlakhet
Elevation 1600m

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