Enabling you to slow down and see the world differently, becoming immersed in your surroundings, captivated by detail, and welcomed with extraordinary grace and warmth by the local people, the Village Experiences provide an intimate snapshot of day-to-day rural life in the Himalaya.

Accompanied by local porters and guides, you step out of the modern world, walking between villages that are remote, and staying in traditional village houses, which Shakti has spruced up to provide proper comfort without compromising their authenticity.

Shakti’s Village Experience was born in Kumaon in 2004 as The Village Walks, then in 2007 Shakti started a similar concept in the former Buddhist Kingdom of Sikkim in the Eastern Himalaya. Shakti’s third village experience is in Ladakh – the far north reaches of India.

Please click on the buttons below to find out more about the individual and unique Village Experiences in the different areas of the Indian Himalaya.