Accommodation in India

Accommodation in Navi Mumbai

In Navi Mumbai, you can choose between accommodation of different standards:

Most popular! - This is the choice of most of our participants. You live in a shared flat with other participants and/or young Indians.

Comfort+ - For those who need more comfort: Accommodation in a hotel

Shared Accommodation

In Navi Mumbai, most of our participants live in apartments that they share with other participants or young Indians. The bedrooms are usually shared with 2-3 participants of the same sex. In Navi Mumbai, we use various accommodations, depending on the availability and your volunteering/internship location. Please understand that we can usually not tell you long in advance which accommodation you will be staying at. The reason is simply that our participants on site sometimes decide to stay longer and we need some flexibity to satisfy all accommodation needs. For all apartments please bring your own bed sheets and towels.

Apartment in Sanpada

The apartment is located on the 7th floor of a residential building in Sanpada (Navi Mumbai). Sanpada is a very central residential district of the Indian upper middle class. In just 10 walking minutes you can reach Vashi Train Station and the shopping centers "Inorbit Mall", "Centre One" and “Raghulela“. The "Vashi Plaza" with many shops is about 10 more walking minutes away. From Vashi station, you can take a train to other stations in Navi Mumbai and Mumbai.

In the immediate surroundings of the building there are several small shops with food and everyday supplies, small local restaurants, which also have a delivery service in the neighborhood, a pharmacy, a laundry service and a well-equipped gym.

The apartment has a passage bedroom with ceiling fan, another bedroom with ceiling fan and air conditioning, a kitchen, bathroom and a separate toilet. The bathroom has a shower with water heater and sink. The kitchen has a refrigerator, a cooking plate, a water cooker and a sink. 1-3 people can live in this apartment.

The building has 7 floors each with 2 apartments in 4 separate wings (in total 56 apartments), in the immediate vicinity there are other similar apartment buildings.

The building is guarded by security personnel and has an elevator in each wing.

Mahima Apartment

In cooperation with our partner Mahima International School that we also arrange internships and volunteer assignments with, we organize accommodation at an apartment of good standard in Koparkhairane. You would share the apartment with up to 5 Indian girls aged 8-15 years and other participants of our World Unite! programs. The girls are usually from socially disadvantaged families and receive free accommodation and schooling from Mahima. You can spend time with the Indian girls, but you don't have to! The apartment can accommodate 1-3 World Unite! participants in addition to the Indian girls.

There are two separate bedrooms for participants of our programs (one of which is a walkthrough room with access to the bathroom/toilet). Each room has a ceiling fan. There is a washing machine, a kitchen, a common room, and security personnel.

In the immediate neighborhood of the building there are several small shops with food and everyday supplies, small local restaurants etc. Also some larger shopping centers can be reached in just a few minutes by autorickshaw.

Apartment in Kalamboli

The apartment in Kalamboli is located on the 14th floor of a residential building and is equipped with modern facilities. There is a common room with a bed couch, which is also used as a walkthrough bedroom, a bathroom, a toilet and two other bedrooms. In this shared apartment, 1-5 participants can be accommodated simultaneously.

The apartment also has a kitchen and a balcony.

The building has security personnel and an elevator. In the immediate vicinity there are other similar apartment buildings.

Hotel Accommodation:

Hotel Accommodation

We organize accommodation in a centrally located budget hotel in Vashi, which is affordable for longer stays. It offers modern single and double rooms, each with private bathroom and air conditioning. The hotel does not offer Wifi Internet though, but internet use is possible with smartphones or USB internet sticks.

Accommodation in Cochin/Kerala

Accommodation in Cochin

Guest House in Cochin:

You will be accommodated at one of two Guest Houses of middle standard, which belong to the same family and which are located next to each other in a quiet residential area of Fort Cochin, two minutes to walk from the "Maritime Museum". Most rooms have a private bathroom. There is a cleaner once a week and WiFi internet. The rates vary slightly during the year, depending on the season. You can book breakfast for an additional around 80 Rs./day. At one of the Guest Houses there is also a small kitchenette that can be used from participants living in both Guest Houses.

Bed sheets are provided but you should bring your own towels.

Accommodation in Jodhpur and Setrawa

Guest House in Jodhpur:

Accommodation in Jodhpur is at a guest house of high standard, which is run by our partner Sambhali Trust, and where more volunteers/interns live. There are single and double rooms on the ground floor and the first floor with ceiling fans and/or Indian cooler. All rooms have a private bathroom. Our participants get full boarding (3 meals a day) + free drinking water. Wifi is also included. There is also access to a complementary washing machine, iron board, refrigerator, and house kitchen. Linen and towels are provided at no extra cost. If the house is fully occupied, we organize a homestay in Jodhpur.

Acccommodation in Setrawa:

In Setrawa (village in the Thar Desert), our participants live in a house of simple standard with full boarding. The local Indian food is cooked by a neighborhood woman. In the neighborhood there is also telephone and wifi internet. During the hot months (March-October), with daytime highs between 40 and 50 degrees Celsius (100-122 Fahrenheit) and night temperatures of about 24-30 degrees (75-86 F), participants in Jodhpur and Setrawa often sleep on the roof.

Volunteers in Setrawa also often drive on the weekends to Jodphur, where there are accommodation costs of about 450-600 Rs/night; so the total cost per month for bus, accommodation and food should be expected to be slightly higher.

Accommodation in Jaipur

Shared serviced apartment in Jaipur

The shared serviced apartment in Jaipur is located in a 4 storey residential building in a residential area of good standards, in walking distance from shopping malls, parks, and public transport.

A maximum of 12 participants are sharing the apartment, staying at shared rooms (4-share), which are separated by gender. The apartment furthermore has 2 bathrooms with a hot and cold shower, a kitchen, a communal space with fridge and cable TV, a balcony, and a rooftop. There is free Wifi.

There are 2 rooms with air conditioning and one without. There is an extra charge for the rooms with air conditioning. Temperatures in Jaipur are high between March and October.

3 Indian meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) are served at the house and are included in the rent. At least once per week an activity is offered to our participants in Jaipur at no extra cost, such as Indian dance, cooking lessons, Yoga, or Hindi lessons. The house manager Pooja (who on the pictures is wearing a yellow t-shirt) also stays at the apartment and is your contact person.

Host Family in Jaipur

You will staying with an Indian host family who will serve you 3 meals per day. You will share your room either with another participant of the same gender or, in case of younger participants, share with a teenage child of your host family ("Host brother"/"host sister"). Single room accommodation is possible at a little extra. Staying with a host family, you can also join at least once per week an activity such as Indian dance, cooking lessons, Yoga, or Hindi lessons, at no extra charge.

Accommodation in Gurgaon

Guest House in Gurgaon:

Accommodation is in a single room in a guest house. There, two meals - breakfast and dinner - are provided (Indian vegetarian and Western food). There is wifi internet. You can choose between rooms with and without air conditioning.

Accommodation at the Himalayas

Guest House in Palampur

The guest house is located in a good residential area on a hill at the fringe of the city and offers holiday apartments, which all feature a large bedroom with a queen size bed, cable TV, an en-suit bathroom with hot shower and Western water toilet, a small dining room and a small kitchen. In front of the rooms there is a terrace from where you can enjoy wonderful views into a valley with a little steram, and into the high mountains on the other side of the valley.

The landlord is staying at a separate building on the same plot. His house has a restaurant area for guests where traditional Indian home cooking is offered that you can order at extra cost.

By public bus you can reach the city centre from the Guest House in around 10 minutes.

Kayakalp Spa and Therapy Centre in Palampur

Kayakalp is a Spa and Therapy Centre a little outside of Palampur. It is peacefully located within a wide park area. Kayakalp offers the accommodation option "Niket" to our participants, which includes modern double rooms, all with en-suit bathroom, cable TV, hot and cold water. The rate are on FULL BOARD (ayurvedic, natural vegetarian food) and also include participation at Yoga (every day at 6am and 5pm).

Tea, coffee and soft drinks are not offered at Kayakalp and it is not allowed to bring outside food into the premises. Furthermore, the consumption of tobacco and alcohol is prohibited.

Interns of Physiotherapy and Ayurveda at Kayakalp can stay at Kayakal's Basera dorm rooms for 650 Rs/night incl. full board and Yoga.

Chrysalid Outdoor Learning Centre

The accommodation is at the Chrysalid Outdoor Learning Centre. This is a camp in the mountains, which is now available in five locations: Near the village Maheshu in Junga Tehsil, Shima District (altitude 1550 m); in Dharamshala close to the famous Temple Indru Nag (altitude 1520 m), in Sitlahket (altitude 2130 m) in the Himalayan region Nanda Devi, on the banks of the river Tirthan, a tributary stream of the River Beas at Sai Ropa on the border of the Himalayas National Parks (altitude 1220 m), as well as in Tamil Nadu, South India in Yercaud, amidst coffee and orange plantation (altitude 1550 m). In the Camps, "team building" activities, as well as outdoor sports activities are organized for groups. You live in a comfortable tent, in which you can stand, with electricity, bed and desk. At some sites there are firmly walled bathrooms with western toilet and hot water attached to a private tent; in other places there is a central room with toilets and showers. The accommodation includes service and catering, including the typical Indian bed coffee (about 2 hours before breakfast), breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea/coffee with snack, soup, dinner and a one-liter bottle of mineral water per day.