Kunja Village Homestay

A home, held with care

The house's few firm things

Very few rules — kept gently, for a home, a village, a forest.

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With our people

  • This is a lived-in family home, not a hotel — there are no staff to command. Ask, never order, and treat everyone as you would your own.
  • Be kind and honest with the family, the caretakers and the village folk. Rudeness, or looking down on anyone, is the one thing we won't abide.
  • Point a camera at a person only after a smile and a yes — ask first, always.

With the house

  • Treat the house gently; it's a hundred years of family, not a rental to be used up.
  • No smoking indoors. If you drink, do so quietly — never to a state that disturbs the home or the people in it.
  • Keep voices low after dark; the house, and the village, sleep early.
  • Save water and power, and switch things off behind you. Both are hard-won this far up.

With the village

  • The village is a living community, not a backdrop for photos. Move through it softly.
  • Please don't hand money or sweets to children on a whim — over time it does real harm. The ritual gives with dignity; let that be the way.
  • Respect the temples, the customs and people's privacy; dress and behave modestly at sacred places.
  • Nothing illegal, and no drugs — it puts the whole village at risk, not only you.

With nature

  • Leave no trace. Carry your litter back out with you, and leave nothing plastic behind.
  • Don't pick, break or carry off plants, flowers or anything from the forest — let it stand for the next person.
  • Keep your distance from wildlife and never feed it. Don't wander alone after dark; this is genuine leopard country.
  • Fire only where we light it, and never left alone — a single stray spark can take a whole forest.
  • Keep the streams and springs clean; the water that reaches us all begins right here.

Hold to the spirit of these and you'll never feel them. Break it, and we'll gently ask you to step away — the house, the village and the land will always come first. But honestly, the people we invite have never once given us reason to.

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