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Fagunia Blog

A chronicle of our ideas, experiments, failures, learnings and small joys
28 Mar
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5 off beat things to do in Nainital

A lot of our guests ask us what is there to do in Nainital. While there is a lot to do there depending on your interests, here I share our 5 favorite off beat things to do in Nainital. These are of course not all the usual touristy things travelers usually do. But this is what we love to do. Perhaps, you would also be interested in this different way to experience the lake town on your next trip, while choosing to stay at Fagunia Farmstay.

Nainital is a very popular tourist destination in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand. Located about 15 km from Fagunia Farmstay, at an altitude of approximately 1900m, it is also our primary destination for getting supplies. However, we visit it now only when required. Sadly, like most popular hill towns, it is plagued by over tourism that it can barely sustain.

If you can, do try to visit it during the off season, when the hidden charm of the town can be experienced in a more relaxed manner. This is what we do sometimes, visit leisurely in the non-tourist season and indulge in our favorite activities detailed below. And yes, as foodies, the bias here is towards food. The location of places that are being referred to, where available, are linked to in the titles.
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5 Jun
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Building an eco-friendly home in the Himalayas

A dream come true

Our dream of building an eco-friendly home in the Himalayas that eventually took shape as Fagunia Farmstay arose out of a mix of idealistic and mundane considerations. The idealistic considerations were to have a place where Aditi and I could experiment with ideas of sustainability and a simpler, eco-friendly, minimalist and self sufficient lifestyle. This would be our preparation for what we strongly believe will be a future where increasing climate change will profoundly transform the world as we know it and make it increasingly difficult to live the high consumption, high footprint, and urban lifestyle that most of us have gotten used to over the past few decades. The mundane part was our dream to eventually quit the 9-5 rat race and find a modest income source to take care of our living expenses. So we zeroed in on buying some farm land in Uttarakhand and set up a place where we could put all of our passions and ideas into practice.

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1 Jul
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Spending time with nature is essential

spending time in nature is essential and possible by staying at ecofriendly homestays

With more and more people living in cities, spending time with nature these days takes special effort. But making that effort is essential, particularly for children, who with increased access to gadgets do not get a chance to experience the natural world and benefit from it. The increasing availability of eco-friendly homestays located next to forests may be the answer to spend quality time with nature.

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22 Oct
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Introducing Fagunia Farmstay

Fagunia Farmstay is a homestay near Nanital

Welcome! Fagunia Farmstay is a home stay located on a Himalayan farm near Nainital in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand. Fagunia is a labor of love by a Pahadi-Telugu couple. We are passionate about traveling, homestays, sustainable living and organic farming. Through Fagunia Farmstay, we aim to share these passions with responsible travellers like you.

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