Shakti Himalaya founder Jamshyd Sethna launched Shakti to cater for the increasing number of sophisticated travellers seeking something beyond five-star luxury and great monuments – something simpler, which would take them off the well-trodden paths and closer to India’s landscape, her people, and their living cultures. Shakti provides privileged access to the places far removed from the noise and clutter of the modern world, where space, peace, and epic landscapes provoke the imagination and nourish the soul. Shakti operates village houses in Kumaon, Sikkim and Ladakh, all maximising the authentic experience of rural Himalayan life, yet each have been uniquely renovated to provide comfortable havens, blending old world Himalayan charm with a dash of sophistication.  A stand-out Shakti property is the incomparable 360° Leti in the Kumaon region.