Journeys

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Small, guided and unhurried: never more than six guests with one of our naturalists.

A day at Crystal

From first light to the last star

A day at the retreat, if you let it happen.

First light to last star

05:40
Dawn on the ridge
Tea on the deck while the peaks turn pink.
07:00
Lake morning
Out on still water before anything moves.
10:30
Forest bathing
Two slow hours under the cedars.
16:00
The bath house
Wood-fired water and a view down the valley.
21:00
Night sky
Telescopes by the lake, and sometimes the aurora.

Look around

Stand where the walks go

Drag to turn all the way round. Two views go the full circle; the third is the coast as far as the eye goes.

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Lakes under the clouds - Photo: Matheus Bertelli / Pexels

Through the year

Four valleys in one

The same place, changed completely by the season.

Spring

Rhododendron on the slopes and the lake thawing.

Summer

Long light, high meadows and the warmest water.

Autumn

Clear air, gold larches and the sharpest views.

Winter

Snow to the door, fires lit, aurora nights.

Conditions right now, near and far

Pathankot, Punjab

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Bangalore

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London

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Villavicencio, Colombia

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Bogota

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Dubai

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Paris, France

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Amsterdam

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CRYSTAL

A retreat in glass and light at the head of the valley. Cabins, guided journeys and a great deal of quiet.

The retreat

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Head of the valley, above the lake
+91 00000 00000
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Go slowly. See more.Go slowly. See more.

From first light to the last star

Dawn on the ridge

Lake morning

Forest bathing

The bath house

Night sky