A plain-language rundown of what's actually included at SamathaStay, and what costs extra.
Homestay listings don't always spell out what's actually included versus what shows up as a surprise charge at checkout. Here's the real breakdown for SamathaStay, a homestay in Sarmoli, Munsiyari.
Free Wi-Fi, a hot water geyser, RO drinking water, on-site parking, CCTV, power backup, a common area with board games, a small meditation/puja room, and home-cooked food with breakfast included. Meals are mostly vegetarian, made fresh in the property's own café, and lean on Kumaoni staples like Bhatt ki Churkani and Mandua Roti alongside more familiar comfort food.
A room heater runs ₹400 a day, a bonfire is ₹500 a session (mainly offered through the colder months), and laundry is ₹200 per machine load. Everything else on the list above is included in your stay.
This isn't a hotel with a reception desk or a restaurant menu with a dozen cuisines — it's a smaller, quieter setup: five rooms and a dorm, on a standalone property with no other houses for 500 metres on either side. If you want anonymity and room service on demand, this probably isn't it. If you want quiet, real mountain views, and food that isn't reheated from a central kitchen, it likely is.
Hand-painted murals are dotted around the property — a meditation scene facing the Panchachuli range, a hand-painted namaste at the entrance, a Himalayan Monal on the terrace, and a rhododendron (buransh) mural on one of the walls. None of it is essential to your stay, but it's the kind of detail that tells you someone paid attention to the place.
“The room was clean, comfortable, and well-maintained. The amenities were great, and the location was convenient.”
Laxman K., on MakeMyTrip
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