Experience the warmth of Bhutanese hospitality by opting for a homestay. Providing an authentic glimpse into Bhutanese rural life, many homestays prepare organic home cooked food you can’t replicate anywhere else. Amenities of a homestay in Haa often include the option for a traditional hot stone bath to soak tired muscles and warm up (and in winter, you’ll need it!), storytelling around warm bukharis or ovens, and often times a tour of the property or farmland in the surrounding area.
Homestays are traditional homes, some more than 100 years old, that demonstrate the lifestyle and day to day routine of the Haap people- immersion doesn’t get much better than that!
- Choden Homestay in Dumchoe (#17657450)
- Convenient location near Haa town and Lhakhang Karpo and Nagpo
- Delicious home cooked meals
- They have a backyard garden and close to Haa chhu nearby
- Cozy and homely ambience
- They also make and sell local honey with cordeceps
- Chimi Homestay in Dumchoe (#77240938)
- Located just above the Dumcho bridge
- The hostess makes the most mouthwatering hoentays
- Clean and comfortable beddings
- Their kitchen features a buhari (fire stove) to sit around and sip teas while chatting
- Friendly hostess
- Ugyen Homestay in Dumchoe (#77211852)
- Has a good front yard space for morning and evening drinks or to gather around
- Hot stone bath is also available
- Their entrance hallway is nothing short of a museum
- Spacious rooms and living areas.
- Almost organic and garden to table meals
- They have felicitated marriage ceremonies for couples before
- Guests can also opt to try their hand at traditional bhutanese games like archery, khuru and so on.
- Kinley Wangchuk Homestay in Dumchoe (#17654981)
- Cosy interiors and a living area centered around a bukhari
- They have their own vegetable garden and cows
- Ap Kinley is a trained cook and makes the most delicious sikam paa
- The food prepared is often garden to table
- Guests can experience the village life while milking the cows, picking vegetables from the garden or get involved in making datsi (cottage cheese) with the hosts.
- Hot stone bath is also available
- Guests can also opt to try traditional Bhutanese games
- Damchoe Pem Farm stay in Dumchoe (#17838221)
- Close to Lhakhang Karpo and Nagpo
- Delicious traditional meal prepared by the grandmother
- Clean and comfortable beddings.
- Guests can request for village tour around Dumcho
- Get cooking lessons from Aum Damchoe
- Kinley Wangmo Homestay in Wangtsa (#17810332)
- Hot stone bath available .
- Archery and cultural performances.
- Scenic landscape of Wangsa village
- Close to Sagala Trek and the hike to Haa’s famous horse head.
- Delicious traditional bhutanese food
- Kelzang Dawa Homestay in Katsho (#17610449)
- Comfortable beddings and clean ambience with gleaming wooden floors and white washed walls.
- Delicious home cooked food
- Convenient location, just above the Katsho road and within walking distance to town
- Katsho has one of the oldest homes in the Haa and it is a treat to walk around in small pathways during a Katsho village tour.
- Lhaki Homestay in Talung (#77639036)
- Makes delicious Haap dishes such as pillu (stringy fermented cheese)
- Village life experience
- You can request the host to take you on a village tour of Talung.
- Can engage in cooking and learning with hosts.
- Pem Dema village homestay in Talung (#17416388)
- Beautiful landscape of Talung
- Quite village life experience
- Can prepare traditional Haap meals
- The hostess is friendly and you can ask her to show you how to eat kapchi (roasted wheat flour) properly
- Cosy interiors and rooms with a bright living room for gatherings.
- Jum Tshering Homestay in Talung (#77209789)
- Welcome drinks and snacks upon arrival
- Talung village tours
- Guests can immerse themselves in the daily life of a farmer
- Home cooked meals
- Guests can also experience the daily life of a farmer here with them.