Feel Kashi | Nauka Ghat

Arrive in Kashi by the river.

From Nauka Ghat, La Aranya’s private jetty, a traditional wooden boat carries you to the ghats of Varanasi and the Kashi Vishwanath corridor in about 20 to 30 minutes, the way pilgrims have approached the city for millennia.

The journey itself becomes part of the pilgrimage, with the Ganga carrying you, and the return, as the day softens, is just as gentle.

Morning departures to the ghats, and an early-evening departure for the Ganga Aarti
Each boat carries 8 to 10 guests, with life jackets
A car transfer is arranged on high-water days
Guided walks through the ghats, old lanes and craft markets on request

See travel times from La Aranya

A wooden jetty on the Ganga at sunrise, a canopied boat heading toward the temples of the ghats

Also at La Aranya

Keep exploring.

An open-sided library pavilion of timber columns and terracotta roof, its shelves facing the river at sunset

Learn

Jnana Mandap

A double-height, open-air library of local sandstone and timber, made for reading slowly.

Gir and Sahiwal cows under a long tiled cowshed, with a guest feeding a calf in the morning light

Serve

Kamadhenu Seva Goshala

Gau Seva with indigenous Gir and Sahiwal cattle: feeding, grooming and quiet time beside the cows.

A gardener harvesting vegetables from raised organic beds among fruit trees at sunrise

Grow

Sanjeevani Vatika

A living edible park where what is grown in the garden is what is cooked and served.

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Would you stay here on a visit to Varanasi?
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