The food is prepared by the hosts themselves. There is no professional cook in the kitchen here. Only local food such as rice, chapatti, vegetables, chicken, etc. are available.

Food is available on a meal basis and not on a menu basis. Both veg and non-veg food are available. Indian and Local Nepalese cuisine is available here. There is no proper restaurant in the area. So the breakfast and the Dinner must be taken here itself. For lunch in case you are travelling around, you may try some other place

The Cinchona bungalow constructed during the British era is less than a hundred meters from our Homestay here. Although the bungalow has lost much of its glory due to poor maintenance, the compound and the bungalow still give you an idea of the heydays of the cinchona plantation.

Walk or drive just a couple of km to reach Ahaldara viewpoint. The hilltop provides a 360-degree view of the surrounding hills including a great view of the Kanchenjunga range of mountains. The place is famous for its great view of Kanchenjunga during sunrise. You may visit Latpanchar another 3 km from Ahaldara for a birding experience, or go a couple of km in another direction for the Namthing Pokhari lake. Sittong village, famous for its orange cultivation, is another 5 km from Namthing Pokhari.

At an altitude of about 1200 meters or 4000 feet, our Shelpu Sittong Homestay is neither very high in altitude nor very low. This ensures pleasant weather throughout the year. During summer the temperature rarely reaches above 25-degree celsius and during the winter it rarely goes below 5 degrees. The rainy season in the region is very strong as the entire northeast is among the wettest places in the world. You can expect heavy to very heavy rainfall during the monsoon months between the middle of June and the middle of September.

Kalimpong town is just 40 km away. Gangtok is about 90 km, Darjeeling about 50 km, NJP rail station 48 km, Bagdogra Airport 54 km, and Siliguri town about 42 km.