Everything a remote worker checks first.
Find your way around Yakten.
Ten homes, twenty-two rooms, no hotels.
This is a homestay village, not a resort. You will live with a local family, share their meals, and be welcomed by the whole community. Every home has its own kitchen, unique view, and character. When you inquire, we will match you with the perfect family.
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A simple room. A whole family.
The rooms are warm and well made: local pine, wide windows onto the valley, a proper bed, a real desk to work at, hot water, and flowers the didi's cut that morning. They were built by the families themselves, to a standard we set together.
Guests become part of the house.
Evenings gather everyone in one room, guests and families together.
The kitchen is open: didi will put you to work, happily.
You arrive as a guest and leave from the same porch as a friend.
Orchid's courtyard, where most goodbyes happen.
Work in the morning. The village takes the rest.
The didis run Yakten. That is not a figure of speech.
The didis who host you are the heart of this village. They hold it together: the homes, the kitchens, the festivals, the Yakten Tourism Cooperative Society. What happens here is decided in the village, by the village. When the community recently cleaned 3.5 km of the surrounding roads together, the line they used was "आफ्नो गाउँ आफै बनाऔं": let's build our village with our own hands. Staying here means becoming, briefly, part of that.
Before you come.
How do I reach Yakten?
Yakten can be reached easily from Gangtok, Siliguri, NJP as well as Bagdogra. The nearest railway station is New Jalpaiguri at a distance of around 140 km and the nearest airport is Bagdogra at a distance of 145 km.
A direct taxi costs anywhere between ₹3,500 and ₹5,000.
Siliguri is 30 minutes from Bagdogra airport, and shared taxis run from there. You can also pre-book a seat through Wizride, via Gangtok and Pakyong.
Gangtok to Pakyong is a 1.5 hour ride, shared or private; the shared taxi stand is near MG Marg. From Pakyong, a taxi to Yakten is approximately ₹500.
Our official and reliable taxi partner is Raj Chettri — call or WhatsApp him on +91 90830 90240 to arrange a pickup.
When is the best time to come?
Yakten is a year-round village. October to December brings the clearest skies and mountain views; March to May is spring and rhododendron season; June to September is the monsoon, green and quiet, with the occasional rain-day indoors; January and February are cold, bright and crisp.
How good is the internet, honestly?
Good enough that people take client calls and ship code from here every day. Dual-line high-speed with a backup connection and a WiFi mesh across the village. Power has backup too. If the specific numbers matter to your work, ask us on enquiry and we'll share current speeds.
What is the food like?
You eat what the family eats: home-cooked Nepali and Sikkimese food, much of it from the village's own farms and gardens. Tell us your dietary needs when you enquire; the didis handle them better than most restaurants.
I'm a foreign national. Anything extra?
There is a short registration step for foreign guests, and we walk you through it before and during check-in. Bring your passport; we and your host family handle the rest with you.
What should I pack?
Layers for cool evenings year-round, proper walking shoes, any specific medication you need, and an umbrella or rain shell in monsoon months. Everything day-to-day is available at the village grocery store.
What is expected of me as a guest?
This is a home before it is a homestay. Eat with your family when you can, keep village hours in mind at night, and come curious. The guests who get the most from Yakten are the ones who join in.
Come work from Yakten.
Tell us who you are and when you'd like to come. We reply personally, usually within a day or two, and match you with the family that fits you best.
Fill in the enquiry form above. It tells us what you need, so we can match you with the household that fits you best. We reply within a day, usually on WhatsApp.