2 GUESTS · PRIVATE ROOM · ENSUITE
₹2,800/ room
A Private Room
Mud walls, lantern light
Your own kathkuni room — hand-plastered walls, deodar beams, a warm lantern, and a bed dressed in Himachali wool. The valley wakes you; the café is one floor up.
2,180m · Rumsu · Naggar, Himachal
Where to stay
What will you wake up to?
House of Hulda is a hand-built kathkuni sanctuary in Rumsu, Naggar. Stone and century-old deodar, no cement, the way the valley has built for five hundred years. Stay your way: a private room, a bed under the café eaves, the whole home for your circle, or a long creative residency.
AccommodationsCHOOSE YOUR SANCTUARY
Four ways to sleep inside
living wood and stone.
1–2 GUESTS · ATTIC CAFE LOFT · SHARED BATH
₹900/ bed
The Attic Loft
A bed in the café loft
A single bed under the eaves in our top-floor café-loft — for the solo wanderer and the easy-going group. Hippie floor-seating by day, soft lamplight by night, the orchard through the window.
UP TO 6 GUESTS · 3 BEDROOMS · FULL ESTATE
₹9,000/ home
The Whole Home
For your people
Take the entire kathkuni house — both rooms, the loft, the café, the orchard, the bonfire. Built for families, friends and trip groups who want the mountain to themselves.
1–2 GUESTS · EXTENDED RETREAT · HALF BOARD
₹2,400/ room
Creative Residency
Work soft, stay long
A slower, longer stay for makers, writers and remote workers. A quiet corner to work, fibre wifi, the café for breaks, and days that empty out so the page can fill.
Direct bookings guarantee complimentary artisan Himachali breakfast, local guide assistance, and zero third-party commissions.
The Mountain Rhythm24 HOURS IN RUMSU
A day kept simple,
measured by sun and cedar smoke.
Time moves differently at 2,180 metres. There are no alarms here, only the temperature of the stones, the angle of sunlight across the timber beams, and the fire relit before sundown.
07:10RITUAL 012,180m · Dawn
First LightThe orchard awakens
Steam rises into crisp mountain air. Coffee poured hot from the kettle, birds stirring in ancient apple boughs, and the highest Pir Panjal peaks catching the first amber rim of sunlight.
First Light07:10
09:30RITUAL 021,840m · Forest
The ValleyFootpaths through ancient cedar
A slow walk down stone trails worn smooth by centuries of apple pickers and shepherds. Through the deodar forest to Naggar castle, ancient wood carvings, and crystal glacial water.
The Valley09:30
13:20RITUAL 032,180m · Hearth
The TableWarmth from the hearth
Siddu fresh off the steam, dipped in golden melted ghee with wild mountain walnut and coriander chutney. Food cooked unhurriedly over wood fire, eaten looking out over the entire Kullu valley.
The Table13:20
16:40RITUAL 042,180m · Golden Hour
The RidgeAlpenglow on the snowline
The light turns deep honey gold. Long cedar shadows reach across the stone courtyard. Tea poured in terracotta cups, a journal opened on the wooden bench as the valley below settles into violet evening.
The Ridge16:40
19:00RITUAL 052,180m · Dusk
The HearthCedar smoke & shared stories
The cast-iron bukhari crackles with aromatic deodar embers. Guests gather on wool pattu rugs. Local stories of village deities, shared bread, and the quiet comfort of a mountain house holding off the cold.
The Hearth19:00
23:45RITUAL 062,180m · Starlight
The SkyEighteen gods above the ridge
Wrap yourself in thick hand-loomed pattu wool. Step onto the open deck into sub-zero silence. No streetlights, no smog—only the Milky Way sweeping from Chandrakhani Pass across the roof.
The Sky23:45
Atmosphere
Mud, wool and lantern light.
The Surrounds
Days are for wandering. Nights are for the stars.
Things to do in Rumsu and Naggar — the Roerich art estate, apple orchards, hidden glacial waterfall trails, and Bortle Class 1 dark sky stargazing, all steps from the front door.
Hospitality
The House of Hulda Family.
We rebuilt this stone-and-deodar kathkuni home in Rumsu, Naggar at 2,180m altitude. Built entirely by hand, with no cement, exactly the way the valley has always built them. We opened it up: a café in the attic, a table for everyone, and the apple orchard for wandering. You arrive a guest and leave as family.