Stay with a local family in the village of Kaskikot in Nepal and learn about the rural lifestyle. During your stay, you’ll get to do activities, such as:
-Cooking delicious Nepalese food (mostly vegetarian) with fresh ingredients from the back yard
-Making the famous cell rotis in a traditional way in the earth-floor kitchen
-Trying out the village’s daily farmer’s life according to the season
-Taking care of domestic animals: cutting grass for the Buffaloes, feeding and milking them, feeding goats and chickens
-Hiking to the temple on top of the Kaskikot hill
-Meeting the mother group of the village
-Taking part in the village’s ceremonies when possible (they are plenty)
-Relaxing and enjoying the peaceful country life
You can choose your arrival time to the village but it’s advised to arrive in the afternoon, before dinner time. The local contact person of the village will give you instructions of how to get there.
Sustainability
The village experience is especially socially sustainable because the locals benefit directly from the travellers’s stays. The locals are also free to choose themselves what part of their culture they show to the travellers, instead of having a readymade touristic program to follow. Finally, no special tourism infrastructure is built in the village and the food and water consumption is only according to the locals’ needs. To maintain the carrying capacity of the village, only individual travellers can visit the area at once and no groups are accepted.
What’s Included
-Private room in a local home, towels and bed sheets included
-Private toilet and washing facilities
-Home made breakfast, lunch and dinner daily
-Activities
What’s Not Included
-Transportation for getting to the village
-Occasional sing and dance show of mother group (a 10 dollar donation per person is higly recommended)
Trip Itinerary
1st day: Arrival to the village in the afternoon, meeting the English speaking local contact person who introduces you to the host family. Getting familiar with the house and the hosts. Cooking and eating dinner together with the hosts. Depending on the time of arrival, small activities and a welcome ceremony in the village can happen.
2nd day: Breakfast with the host-family, getting familiar with the livelihood of the hosts, for ex. visiting vegetable garden & chicken farm, planting or harvesting rice and millet. Cooking and having lunch with the hosts. Afternoon free time for walking around the village, talking with the hosts, the neighbors and the women of the village.
3rd day: Breakfast with the hosts, continuing daily farm works, such as taking care of the animals. Cooking with the hosts. Hike on the temple of the Kaskikot Hill. Cooking and having dinner with the hosts.
4th day: Breakfast with the hosts, last activities and maybe meeting the savings group of the village. Leaving from the village before lunchtime.
Please note that the activities mentioned are not final, and are suspected to change according to the season or the weather.
Program And Price
3 nights / 4 days: 120 eur / adult. Children between 5-15 years old – 50 %, children between 0-4 years old Free.
