Host stories
The people behind the porches.
Every cottage has a family behind it. These are their stories - and the proof that a night in the hills can change a village's year.
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From the veranda
- Host story
Meet Maya: three generations of dal bhat in Banepa
Her grandmother cooked for trekkers in the 1980s. Now Maya hosts travelers from 40 countries - and her daughter is studying tourism in Kathmandu.
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How one cottage funded a village water line
Eighty-two guests, eighteen months, and a gravity-fed water line to 30 households. The receipt is pinned to the kitchen wall.
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A slow week in the Kathmandu Valley hills
Three cottages, one bus, and the case for spending a week where most people spend an afternoon.
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How it works
How your stay gives back
You book a cottage
Direct, in NPR, with transparent rates. No commissions skimmed off the top.
The family hosts you
Meals, stories, a comfortable bed - hospitality the way Nepal has always done it.
The village fund grows
A share of your rate goes into a community-chosen project - water, school, solar, trails.
You leave with more
Names remembered, recipes learned, and a village that is glad you came back next year.
Community homestays
A movement, not a marketing term
Nepal's community homestay network - 200+ homes across 18 communities - was named one of TIME's World's Greatest Places in 2025, as community-stay demand surged [CLIENT-COPY: confirm figures and citation]. We are proud to be part of that movement, and we keep it honest with annual re-checks.
- Network recognized in TIME's World's Greatest Places 2025
- Community-stay demand grew roughly 332% [CLIENT-COPY: confirm figure]
- Guests increasingly choose stays that benefit local communities
- Verified, re-checked, real
- 18
- Communities in the network [CLIENT-COPY: confirm with CHN]
- 200+
- Homes listed [CLIENT-COPY: confirm current count]
- 60+
- Village projects funded since 2019 [CLIENT-COPY: confirm project count]
- 12k+
- Guests hosted [CLIENT-COPY: confirm guest count]
Host voices
In their own words
We never thought travelers would find our village. Now the room upstairs pays for the grandkids' school fees, and dinner is never quiet.
The extra income means my daughter studies in Kathmandu. And I have friends in twelve countries I have never visited.
Guests are part of our family calendar now. The Australians send a card every Dashain.
Your story starts with a booking.
One night in a cottage becomes a name on the wall, a recipe in your notebook, a village that remembers you.