Garden room
- Shared bathroom with hot water
- View over the apricot trees
$38/ night Request
Willow Yard Homestay
A family homestay in a Leh garden with apricot trees, where guests eat with the family and sleep under thick wool blankets.
A place to rest
- Homestay
- 2
- Up to 3
- 14:00
Willow Yard is a family home in the old part of Leh, with an apricot garden in the courtyard and a view towards the Stok range from the upper rooms. Tsering and her family have hosted guests since 2009. Meals are cooked in the family kitchen and eaten together, so you get a sense of how the household runs without it feeling like a hotel.
The rooms are simple and warm. Nights in Leh are cold even in summer, so each bed has extra blankets and the family room has a small wood stove. The house is a short walk from the bazaar, and the host can help with treks, taxis and the monastery visits that most guests want to make in the first days.
Choose your room
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Family room
- En suite bathroom with hot water
- Wood stove for cold evenings
- Window seat facing the Stok range
$52/ night Request
What is here
- Wi-fi in the main house
- Hot water from a solar geyser
- Wool blankets and hot water bottles
- Shared kitchen where guests can make tea
- Garden seating under the apricot trees
- Laundry service at extra cost
- Help with booking treks and taxis
- Parking for one car in the lane
- Drying rack on the roof
Meals
Breakfast and dinner with the family are included. Packed lunch for trekkers is available on request for a small charge.
House rules
- Remove shoes before entering the house
- Ask before going into the kitchen
- No smoking indoors
- Quiet after 22:00 in the courtyard
- Let the host know if you plan to return after dinner
Who hosts you, and how you arrive
- Reg. 0000-DEMO
- Tsering
- 2009
- English, Hindi, Ladakhi
- Paved road to the lane, then 150 m on foot. Taxis drop off at the gate.
- Grid power with a battery backup for the lights and wi-fi
- 4G at the house, weak in the lower garden
- 14:00
- 11:00
Finding your way
Willow Yard Homestay
Willow Yard Homestay
- Union Territory of Ladakh, India
- Paved road to the lane, then 150 m on foot. Taxis drop off at the gate.
What travellers say
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Warm welcome, but the water ran short
The homestay family were warm, and the meals were full of local flavour, with fresh bread and seasonal vegetables. The room was clean but small, and the hot water ran out after the second night. The road into the village is dusty when traffic is heavy, which was a problem for our afternoon rest. I understand these things are harder in a village, but I would have liked a clear warning before booking. Still a good stay for a family with patience.
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