Bardia Homestay — Local services in Thakurbaba

Perfect Homestay Gem in Nepal’s Best Kept Secret

On arrival in Nepalgunj airport some three hours late the Homestay driver awaited us in the baggage area where we would begin our adventure with a two-hour drive to the Homestay!

(Note: Airlines in Nepal are often two, three or more hours behind schedule)

Budhi and Sonja awaited our arrival and showed us to the Sunset cottage consisting of clean, spacious albeit basic accommodations. We would sleep like babies on the most comfortable mattress we experienced in three months of travel throughout Asia! Our room included a heating and A/C combo unit for added comfort. (We would use the heat on a couple of coolish nights)

The comfortable accommodations are an added bonus and the real value is the hosts Budhi and Sonja, along with their staffs who always made us feel like family with home cooked meals, evenings spent after a long day in the bush sitting around the fire pit, coupled with the most amazing guide and driver completing what can only be described as a wondrous and memorable adventure, that we only wish we could have enjoyed longer!

Krishna our guide and Jayram our driver who is also a licensed guide combined to tailor four days of Safari in the most professional and expert manner using their knowledge, years of experience and patience to site tigers, Rhino’s, Leopards, Elephants, Owls, hawks and other wildlife that along with their stories and personable attributes not only wowed us but make them a credit to their profession!

After a long hot day in the bush, a cold beer awaited us in the patio gardens or around the firepit, followed by some tasty home cooked Nepali food fare.

Evenings can be spent relaxing or regaling the days adventures with fellow guests and the hosts. Budhi always has a story or two to tell while making everyone feel like one of the family.

Sonja was excellent from first contact to arrival and departure helping us plan and prepare, co-ordinating activities and transportation.

Bardia Homestay is a rare and unique opportunity to connect with local Nepalese and wildlife offering phenomenal value and great hosts!

Thank You everyone for an absolutely phenomenal stay – You...

On arrival in Nepalgunj airport some three hours late the Homestay driver awaited us in the baggage area where we would begin our adventure with a two-hour drive to the Homestay! ||(Note: Airlines in Nepal are often two, three or more hours behind schedule)||Budhi and Sonja awaited our arrival and showed us to the Sunset cottage consisting of clean, spacious albeit basic accommodations. We would sleep like babies on the most comfortable mattress we experienced in three months of travel throughout Asia! Our room included a heating and A/C combo unit for added comfort. (We would use the heat on a couple of coolish nights)||The comfortable accommodations are an added bonus and the real value is the hosts Budhi and Sonja, along with their staffs who always made us feel like family with home cooked meals, evenings spent after a long day in the bush sitting around the fire pit, coupled with the most amazing guide and driver completing what can only be described as a wondrous and memorable adventure, that we only wish we could have enjoyed longer!||Krishna our guide and Jayram our driver who is also a licensed guide combined to tailor four days of Safari in the most professional and expert manner using their knowledge, years of experience and patience to site tigers, Rhino’s, Leopards, Elephants, Owls, hawks and other wildlife that along with their stories and personable attributes not only wowed us but make them a credit to their profession!||After a long hot day in the bush, a cold beer awaited us in the patio gardens or around the firepit, followed by some tasty home cooked Nepali food fare. ||Evenings can be spent relaxing or regaling the days adventures with fellow guests and the hosts. Budhi always has a story or two to tell while making everyone feel like one of the family.||Sonja was excellent from first contact to arrival and departure helping us plan and prepare, co-ordinating activities and transportation. ||Bardia Homestay is a rare and unique opportunity to connect with local Nepalese and wildlife offering phenomenal value and great hosts!||Thank You everyone for an absolutely phenomenal stay – You...

We stayed at Bardia Homestay for 4 days and five nights in early May 2024, and had an amazing and really memorable time.|We felt totally at home and really well looked after while still able to "do our own thing".|Originally were were due to stay for a day longer, but unfortunately our flight into Nepalgunj was cancelled due to an aiport closure at Pokhara airport, which caused us some worry, but Sonja was super helpful in suggesting alternatives to travel, including an alternative overnight stay in what ended up being a 2 day car journey- which we actually ended up enjoying thanks to Sonja's suggestion.|In Bardia we were able to do everything we wanted to do, with one full day and one half day jeep safari, a full day walking safari and a morning bird walk- all planned and discussed with lots of help and suggestions from Sonja and the staff, which we really appreciated. Manmohan was our guide on all of these and was really friendly, knowledgeable and patient with our endless stops for photos, questions about birds and the forest, and general rest stops. We felt really well looked after by him and Jayram the driver. Our first and full day jeep safari day turned into one of our most memorable travel experiences with several tiger sightings, one very close up indeed! We are sure that the guides' skill, knowledge and patience (with both wildlife and us hapless tourists!) had a lot to do with this.||We wished we would have had more time in Bardia, even if just to relax at the farm or to wander around the village, which we loved and felt super relaxed and safe; the room and communal areas at the homestay were great and felt very cosy. We particularly enjoyed the amazing food and ended up looking forward to mealtimes with lots of things to choose from from the menu.||Thank you so much to Sonja, Budhi and all the staff at Bardia Homestay- we will always remember and very much hope to come back some day (although next time perhaps not in...