Knaygoh Kinner Camp | Valley-View Tents

Located on top of a hill, you will have the unique experience of camp stay, all tents look alike. The food is good. The tents are neat and clean and comfortable. The views are great and do enjoy the campfire. A short walk is the sunset point up the hillock. Staff is cooperative. Enjoy a ride on the lake and visit the monastery. Although it is overpriced, it is a good option in Nako

Nako village is a stunning first look at what Spiti will unfold. We stayed twice at Kinner Nako - once on the way up to Kaza, and after some days on our way back from Kaza. These are not ‘Swiss tents’ – just regular tents, adequate for the purpose of roughing it out. The ones we stayed on our way down were low height and cramped for anyone more than 5’, and I’m 6’. On the first visit, we were engrossed wandering through the old parts of Nako village, the monastery and the surrounding mountains hence we didn’t bother much about the Kinner tents. They served the purpose, and seemed ok. The restaurant is dark and without adequate light, though the food was good enough considering the challenges of the remote location. The resident staff was responsive and very helpful, we didn’t get to meet with the owner. On the return visit, we were led to two hurriedly put up tents being completed in front of us with a poorly setup toilet and bath. Very cement and brick, with leaking sinks and commode. As we were on a height overlooking the rest of the tents, and unhappy with the situation, my critical eyes noticed the compound of the property looks like a dump with random plastic, wire fences, bottles etc strewn all over. The area in front of the tents we were staying in was dusty and we couldn’t sit there at all. It seems they had more bookings than tents, so they hurriedly put up new ones (2 more were being setup while we were there, right next to us) instead of informing us they didn’t have tents. These two were certainly much shoddier and I suspect much lower height than the ones below. Not sure if there are better options in Nako, which has been overwhelmed with scores of new ‘homestays’ constructed without local aesthetics (in cement and iron). The owner of Kinner in Nako would do well by his business if he focused on quality within the boundaries of tent accommodation.