Mother Teresa(Mother House) Volunteers Homestay Hostel

Backpacking/Volunteering in Kolkata(Calcutta) on a shoestring budget !!!!

Hello Travellers/Backpackers..!!!

“We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.”

― Robert Louis Stevenson

Greetings to all my backpacking brothers from around the Globe..!!!

Being a backpacker myself apart from running a small outdoor organization"Indian Voyagers" we provide backpacking assistance to backpacking tourists and volunteers coming to Kolkata...nothing fancy..nothing complicated...just simple accommodations to cover for food and shelter to stopover backpackers/volunteers coming to volunteer at Mother Teresa's Nirmal Hriday Homestay for various short to medium duration stays or travellers heading to /from the hills of Darjeeling-Sikkim or Sunderbans.Our Homestay is located at 10 mins bus travel or 15 minutes walking distance from Kalighat, the Home of the Pure Heart (Nirmal Hriday) and well conneced and frequented public service available at all hours and easily walkable distance.

This modest room has been a perfect hideout for backpackers providing basic amenities like :

• Bed for 2-3 backpackers for night(4th Friend might just huddle in)

• Simple filling home cooked food or try your hand at our kitchen to cook your favorite cuisine(We know how much you miss your home food when you travel)

• Clean hygienic western toilets,

• Computer in your room to Browse internet,check mails, back up your memory card by burning a DVD or simply listen to your music(Only internet is charged Rs.100 for full day)

• Enjoy our activities strike some tunes in our guitar/keyboard,play chess,Read books,study maps & more(Complimentary service)

• space for storing your heavy backpacks while you tour the city(Complimentary service)

• a couple of hybrid city bikes to cycle around the winding by-lanes of the city.(Rs.600/bike/day including guiding)

• City Walking tour with our guided service Rs.1200/couple

• Be my pillion on my bike to explore the city and its narrow by-lanes amidst maddening traffic!(Rs1200/day)

• Book train tickets/Flight if you are heading to hills of Darjeeling.

• Rent Jackets for cooler hills(No need to stuff you backpack with heavy jackets)..travel light !! (Rs.50/day with a refundable security deposit of Rs. 2000)

• Rent Sleeping bags,mattress etc.(Rs.50/day with a refundable security deposit of Rs. 2000)

• We can organize Camping tours,hikes, Homestays in Himalayas for you...we keep everything in our small backpackers hub.

"Homestay Rates"

• For 01 Backpacker : Rs.500/-per bed (Approximately $9/7 €)

• For 02 Backpacker Rs.400/-per bed (Approximately $7.2/5.70 €)

• For 3-4 Backpacker Rs.300/-per bed (Approximately $5.5/4.5€)

Food plans are optional you are under no obligation to eat at outr homestay and free to bring food from outside and have it in our homestay.In case you want to combine food with our shelter we can serve you the following meals~Simple,filling and homely ~

Breakfast(Bread with butter,Jam/Jelly,Eggs,Tea/Coffee /Juices,Bananas): Rs.50/head

Lunch/Dinner(Standard Indian Meal-Daal(Lnetils),Bhaat(Rice),Subzi(Vegetables),Fish/Chicken/Egg Curries

or,

Continental Meal :

Breads,Soups,Chicken Stew,Boiled eggs,mashed potatoes,Salamis or Sausages,Fruit juices: Rs.150/head/per meal.

Room occupancy charge(Not staying for Night) e.g trip to Sunderbans/Shantiniketan where you can keep your heavy backpacks as well as possession of your home-stay room at just Rs.100 /Night.

(This is a room occupancy charge,however storing your backpacks for day trips is free)

Just drop in a mail/give me a ring or connect with me on Facebook...and let's share a cup of tea over travel tales and stay over for a perfect back packing experience in the city of Kolkata:

Rajarshi(rishii) +91-9836059791

Email: indianvoyagers@yahoo.in

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