Mixed groups
150+ people in the group
What you are actually buying
The cap is the product. Eighteen is the largest group a village homestay can feed and the largest group in which you still learn everyone's name. We turn away bookings rather than raise it.
About 70% of every mixed group booked solo. Nobody is the odd one out, and there is no clique of eight who came together and talk only to each other.
Always, unless you have booked with someone and asked otherwise. A private room is available on every trip and the price is on the trip page.
Tenzin grew up in Spiti. Rehan has crossed the Great Lakes eleven times. This is the difference between a trip and a tour.
Every itinerary is built backwards from a small number of things you could not have arranged yourself. The rest of the schedule exists to get you to them rested.
Everyone agrees to it at booking. We have removed people mid-trip, at their own cost, and we will do it again. A mixed group only works if that is true.
Open departures
Himachal Pradesh
8D / 7NEight days in a cold desert at 4,000 metres, in homestays where dinner is whatever the family is eating.
From, per person
₹32,900₹36,500
Ladakh
9D / 8NNine days, three passes over 5,000 metres, and two nights camped beside Pangong.
From, per person
₹42,900
Jammu & Kashmir
8D / 7NSeven alpine lakes, four passes, seventy-two kilometres on foot. India's most beautiful trek, and it is not close.
From, per person
₹24,900
Indonesia
7D / 6NRice terraces, a sunrise volcano, and two days on Nusa Penida where the cliffs do the work.
From, per person
₹74,900₹82,000
Karnataka
5D / 4NBoulders and ruined empires for two days, then a beach with a hammock and nothing scheduled.
From, per person
₹16,900
Uttarakhand
3D / 2NSixteen kilometres of white water, a cliff jump, and the Ganga aarti. Leave Friday, back Monday.
From, per person
₹7,900
In their words
I joined the trip without knowing anyone and somehow came back with a whole new group of friends. The coordination was really smooth, and the team made sure everyone was comfortable throughout the journey. Definitely a different kind of travel experience.
A Mistiii Tales traveller
We travelled as a group and the entire process was surprisingly easy. The team handled the bookings, coordination and on-ground arrangements while we focused on enjoying the destination. Everything felt organised without making the trip feel too scheduled.
A Mistiii Tales traveller
This was my first community trip and I genuinely enjoyed the vibe. Meeting people from completely different backgrounds and spending a few days together made the trip much more memorable. Mistiii Tales created a really comfortable environment for everyone.
A Mistiii Tales traveller
Fair questions
Still not sure which trip?
Tell us roughly when you are free and how you like to travel, and we will suggest two.
Ask usAlmost certainly not — around 70% of each group books alone. The more common worry turns out to be the opposite one, that a couple of pairs will keep to themselves, which is exactly what the eighteen-person cap and a good host prevent.
It varies by trip and season, and it is roughly balanced across the year. Ask us about a specific departure before you book and we will tell you what that one currently looks like rather than quote you an average.
Someone of the same gender from the group, unless you book with a friend or partner and tell us, or you take a private room. On treks it is a shared tent, same principle.
On some, in moderation, and never on trek days or at altitude. If a group's drinking is affecting anyone else's trip, the host will end it. Several of our trips are in places where alcohol is not available at all and we say so on the page.
Plain language, agreed at booking: no harassment of any kind, no photographing people without asking, no substances, and the host's decision on safety is final. Breaking it means leaving the trip at your own expense, with no refund. This is not decorative — we have enforced it.
Yes, and if there are six or more of you we will run a private departure on dates that suit you instead. Tell us the window and roughly where.
Pick a date, and we will handle everything between the pick-up and the drop.
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