Khoma Village Home Stay
Khoma is a village of homestays, not one homestay. Eleven certified houses in the village take guests, all of them run by the weaving families, and staying in one is how most visitors see Khoma properly. We arrange which house. An overnight; included in your tour.
What you get
Home cooking and a hot stone bath — river stones heated in a fire and lowered into a wooden tub, which after ten or eleven hours in a car from Trongsa is the correct end to a day. The bath is indoors: outside in the yard is the old way, not how these houses are built now.
The houses are certified by the Department of Tourism, and much of what makes them workable was built by Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary, which put in footpaths, toilets, water heating and food-hygiene training so that the households could take guests at all. Bedding is provided. Bathrooms are simple. You will eat with the family.
Why stay rather than drive on
Because Lhuentse is a long way from anywhere — and because the weaving village at seven in the evening is not the weaving village at two in the afternoon. The looms stop, the kitchen fills, and the conversation is with the people whose work you have spent the afternoon watching.
Our own weaving tour is built around exactly that: arrive late, a full day in Khoma, a day out to Dungkar in Kurtoe, and nights in the village throughout.
Practical notes
A village house means stairs, and the hot stone bath is indoors. Ask before photographing inside the home, as you would anywhere.
Homestays are booked ahead rather than walked into — there is no reception. Ask us and we will fix the house, the meals and the bath before you arrive.
See things to do in Lhuentse for the rest of the district.
Tours that visit Lhuentse
Frequently asked questions
Is there a hotel in Lhuentse?
Our own itineraries say there are none and that all lodging in the district is in Department of Tourism–certified village homestays. That may have changed — ask us when you book, because it decides where you sleep.
What is a night in a Khoma homestay actually like?
A family house, home cooking, and a hot stone bath — river stones heated in a fire and dropped into a wooden tub of water, indoors in today's houses rather than out in the yard as it used to be. Bedding is provided; bathrooms are simple. You are a guest in someone's home rather than a customer in a guesthouse.
Which homestay will we stay in?
We arrange it. The district's tourism site lists eleven certified homestays in Khoma village alone, all run by the weaving families, and which one is free depends on your dates. We do not name families on this page — they are private houses.
Why stay the night instead of driving on?
Because the drive here is long — ten and a half to eleven hours from Trongsa — and because the weaving village is a different place in the evening, when the looms stop and the kitchen fills up.
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