Beyond Nainital

Nainital has been the weekend go to vacation spot for Delhiites. The summer of May-June-July presents a happy commotion in and around the mall road. The Nainital crowd is now a honeymoon spot for many, a very romantic scenery where boating is the highlight, street food and shopping is peanuts.

Boating, mineal shopping and eating is the highlight of the place. In these months the hotel industry is booming and most of their profits come in those 2-3 months. The locals are employed and the wages are dramatically increased, this is good for the area which is almost empty in the winters. But the areas around Nainital are now being explored, Nainital is saturated. Pangot, Churani & Almora are the booming areas around Nainital.

Several cottages located in the midst of forests with spectacular panoramic views provide the much needed holiday feel to the guests. The days are long gone where private cottages & spaces are neglected, now the modern Delhite wants silence, good food and privacy. He wants to be lost in a strange land and that's exactly what the areas surrounding Nainital are giving.

Pangot has been blossoming after Nainital, it is one hour from Nainital and it also sees many tourists to the point where the rooms are almost full in the season! It's a beautiful scenery. If you travel for about 1.5 kms from Pangot, you see the beautiful Churani enclosed by a large forest area which makes is more beautiful as the land is forest land and there are only 10 people on the hills. Churani is the place for the Delhi modern tourist, who wants silence, privacy and great fresh food! Just a 2-3 day getaway can be fuel for the next 6 months of work in the city. This is an important aspect of balancing life and the soul being in touch with the healing wildlife, just being there helps, just the breathing helps. This is a great change that we are seeing as people are shifting from the conventional luxury hotels to staying in unconventional luxurious nature lodges.

As the tourists of Pangot, Churani & Almora increase, this unveils local opportunity for the people living their and they do not have to leave their families and go to Nainital during the season, this provides for their family, kids. They also dont have to leave their animals & farms, the simple decisions of tourists about where to for a vacation has a huge impact on the lives of these locals. This is happening and the next destinations like Churani & Almora are going to see this after Pangot & Nainital

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