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Pakistan Karakoram Highway Expedition
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Shakti Kumaon Village Houses are located in three different villages around the town of Almora in Uttaranchal. Each of these are spaced out to allow a leisurely walk through pine forests and remote villages around rice terraces. Guests are accompanied with knowledgeable local guides who will fill you with interesting stories as well as historical and cultural information. The day’s journey always has its surprises; meeting interesting people, visiting a remote temple or views of Mt Nanda Devi.
Each day ends at a new Shakti Kumaon Village House, where your luggage will be carefully transported by the porters. You stay in a traditional house, carefully renovated for comfort but retaining its original architecture and décor; terracotta tiled roofs, comfortable Indian Charpoy beds draped in fine cotton sheets and sitting area with a fireplace. Each house has just two rooms with an adjoining bathroom fitted with modern amenities and a shower hut using a hot water bucket.
Gourmet meals at the Shakti Kumaon are home cooked using fresh local ingredients. Breakfasts and lunches are mix of Indian and western dishes, the later served as picnic. Dinner is primarily Kumaoni cuisine served with fine wine around a roaring fire. In the surrounds are local temples, some adorned with hundreds of brass bells and handicrafts emporiums selling colourful wool shawls. Further afield is Jim Corbett National Park which can be easily combined with the stay.
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GardenRestaurantSafety Deposit BoxesSpa/SaunaLocation The Shakti Village Houses are located around the town of Almora in the little known Kumaon region, which lies in the northern hill state of Uttarakhand. The area surrounding Deora, Alai and Jwalabanj is typical of Himalayan foothills, with pine forests and rice terraces.
Getting there To get here, you need to fly to Delhi, then travel to the hill station of Kathagodam by train (overnight). A 3-hour drive, followed by a 30-minute walk will see you at Shakti Kumaon Village Houses.
When to go Shakti Kumaon is open from 1st Oct – 20th April, the closing date can change from year to year depending on weather. Almora has a pleasant and cool climate all through the year with the annual average maximum temperature is around 23°C and average minimum temperature is about 11.5°C. Monsoons season from August to October. Best time to visit is between March to June and September to December.
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