Sustainable artist mountain cabin

Hi! The cabin is a pvt. unit on our land, made naturally w 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 You can experience this living museum made with reclaimed wood from a 300 yr old home, into an A frame jungle cabin which is also earthquake resilient. It is a private unit with its own garden, veranda, open to sky shower, living room, kitchen and a floating deck for the magnificent sunsets. A cosy home for two, a presence more than an escape, perched around the pines on our land. *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 *The cabin is not suitable for people above 50 as it is a short but steep climb to reach. There are also steep stairs to reach the bedroom while the washroom is on the ground floor.* 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 Vashisth are only 20 kms away for a quick night out or café hopping. Jana waterfall nearby also has great local cuisine. --------------This is not a commercial homestay or a hotel. 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 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! HOW TO REACH NORTH | By Air - The nearest airport is Kullu-Bhuntar, an hour by taxi to North. Although the unpredictable weather might delay or cancel your flight. You should definitely avoid air travel in monsoons and winter. | By Rail - You can take a train till Chandigarh and prebook a taxi or an overnight semi sleeper bus. The taxi takes about 6-7 hours to reach us in Naggar. For the bus, if you are travelling in the day, you can book from the government HRTC website, till Manali or use RedBus for private buses that start in the evening. Do inform the driver you want to be dropped off at PATLIKUHAL, this is 20 kms before Manali. It's a 10 minute taxi drive to NORTH from Patlikuhal which should cost you around 300 INR. | By Bus - If you are travelling in the day, you can book from the government HRTC website, till Manali or use RedBus for private buses that start in the afternoon and leave every half hour. Do inform the driver you want to be dropped off at PATLIKUHAL, this is 20 kms before Manali. It's a 10 minute taxi drive to NORTH from Patlikuhal which should cost you around 300 INR. These are semi sleeper AC Volvo buses that stop for dinner once and reach Manali in roughly 12 hours. | By Car - You can hire a cab service from Chandigarh to reach us in roughly 6-7 hours. You can also come drive if you have had previous experience in similar terrain. It’s a roughly 13 hour bumpy but beautiful journey from Delhi or 6-7 hours from Chandigarh. ---------------------- 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 resilient natural building technique. Our aim with this cabin is to ignite a movement. One that spreads in our hearts first, our minds next and 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. 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. 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. 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 :)