







A Family Homestay · Est. in the Mountains
Shachukul Village · Chang Thang · Ladakh
17 km from Tangstey
About ST. PARJING
Long before tourists discovered Ladakh, Shachukul existed. A small, unhurried village in the heart of Chang Thang — the great high-altitude plateau that stretches toward Tibet — it has known the same rhythms for centuries. Snow in winter. Plowing in spring. Golden barley in summer. Harvest in autumn. And always, always, the mountains.
ST. PARJING is not a resort built for travellers. It is a family home that opens its doors to those who want to experience Ladakh not as a spectacle, but as a life.
Sonam Tundup — your host, your guide, your neighbour for the duration of your stay — was born into this land. He knows where the rare birds gather at dawn. He knows which pass the nomads use in October. He knows how to make butter tea the way his mother made it, and he knows that the best conversations happen around a bukhari stove when the wind picks up outside.
The rooms at ST. PARJING are furnished the Ladakhi way — hand-carved wooden furniture, warm quilts against the cold, Thangka paintings on soft pink walls, and windows framing mountain valleys that no camera has ever fully captured. There is no pretence here. No curated "experience packages." Just a family, a home, a plateau, and the extraordinary ordinary life of Chang Thang.
Come in summer, when the barley stands gold and the sky throws rainbows over the mountains. Come in winter, when the world turns white and the silence is so complete you can hear your own thoughts clearly for the first time in years. Come whenever you need to remember what matters.
ST. PARJING will be here. It always has been.
"No pretence. No packages. Just a family, a home, and the extraordinary ordinary life of Chang Thang."
Rooms & Accommodation
Every room is a small world — carved wood, warm quilts, Thangka art, and a window that earns its view.

For couples, families, solo travellers & groups
Comfortable beds dressed in crisp white linen and warm quilts. Hand-carved Ladakhi wooden furniture, Thangka paintings on soft pink walls, and windows that frame the valley. Whether you arrive alone, as a couple, or with family, Sonam will arrange the room to suit you — that is the Ladakhi way.
EnquireFour Seasons
Watch women till the dark soil at dawn with the Himalayas as their backdrop. The fields flood with snowmelt. The village prepares. There are no tourists. There is only life beginning again.
Barley stands waist-high and golden. Rainbows arch over the house after afternoon showers. Days are long, skies theatrical, and the village hums with the rhythm of harvest approaching.
The most beautiful weeks in Chang Thang. Families harvest by hand, the way it has always been done. The calves are fat and curious. The air smells of cut grain.
Deep snow covers everything. The bukhari stove glows orange. Footprints in the snow are yours alone. For those who seek stillness rather than scenery, Shachukul in winter is profound.
What Awaits You
Raw Chang Thang plateau — no crowds, no curated trails
Seasonal farm participation — sow, harvest, or simply watch
Home-cooked Ladakhi meals — butter tea, tsampa, local dal
Wildlife of the plateau — black-necked cranes, foxes, wild asses
Winter homestay experience — snow, silence, bukhari warmth
Gateway to Tangstey, Pangong belt and nomadic routes
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Location
Shachukul Village, Chang Thang, Ladakh
17 kilometres from Tangstey · Accessible by road (seasonal: June–November; winter access by prior arrangement)
Chang Thang is one of the highest inhabited plateaus on earth — a vast, wind-swept landscape of flat valleys, distant peaks, and nomadic herders who have moved across it for generations. Shachukul sits quietly here, far enough from the tourist trail to feel genuinely remote.
Contact & Booking
Advance booking recommended. We are a family home, not a hotel — your message reaches Sonam directly.
A note from the family
We respond within 24 hours. For winter stays, please book at least 4 weeks in advance. We speak Hindi, Ladakhi, and basic English.