House Rental:
House Rental reservations:
Please contact Gary Brown.

A three-bedroom house looks onto a large pasture a kilometer within Kalapa Valley. With a double and three single beds in three bedrooms, as well as a sitting area with couches and a woodstove, it provides a comfortable environment for individuals, small groups and families to enjoy the valley. The house has a full kitchen with cooking and eating utensils, washer and dryer, bathroom with shower, and back-up electric heat. There is a set of towels and linens.

At the conclusion of their stay, renters are responsible to leave the house in tidy order. This includes complete vacuuming and surface cleaning, cleaning any linens or towels and taking out the trash.

Rental of the house does not guarantee complete privacy within the valley, which always remains open to day-hikers and campers. While meditation retreats are encouraged, strict retreats with boundaries are not possible.
For special occasions such as weddings, family reunions, etc., special rates for rentals of the house and all campsites, are possible. Please contact Gary Brown for further details.

Although open to all, Shambhala community members are given first preference for house rentals, and are asked to place requests for high season prior to June 1st prior to season booking confirmations.


House Rates:
High Season: (July 1st through Labour Day weekend.)
$125 per day / $750 per week
Off Season: (May 1st through July 1st. After Labour Day weekend until October 31st.)
$95 per day / $570 per week
A policy of generosity allows discount arrangements whenever possible to be offered, off-season, to those Shambhala community members with limited financial means.
Closed: November 1st-April 31st.
Rentals may sometimes be possible during closed seasons, if weather allows. Inquire with Gary Brown .

Camping:
Camping is offered only to Shambhala community members. Unimproved camping sites, distant from the house, welcome campers for short or long stays. A separate apartment, which is attached to side of the main house, offers to campers drinking water, bathroom and shower, and shelter in inclement weather. Campers do not have use of the main house even when it is not occupied.
Campers must leave their vehicles by the barn building and walk a short distance to the campsites. Driving beyond this point is prohibited.

Camping Rates:
$15 day / $90 per week
Camping Reservations: Please contact Gary Brown.
Advance booking is required.

Payments:
Payments may be made on-line or by mail. Follow the guidelines for "One-Time Donations" on the Shambhala website: http://www.shambhala.org/giving/ Please note "Kalapa Valley" in the memo line for cheques, and put "Kalapa Valley" under "Comments" on-line.

Day Visitors and hikers
Day visitors and hikers are welcome from dawn to dusk; please avoid the main house when it is rented.
Day hikers are asked to remain a respectful distance from the main house.
Day visitors may only park near the barn building.

Kalapa Valley Land Use Guidelines:

• Hiking trails follow the Ingonish River and a brook to a series of waterfalls and, in the summer, swimming holes; please exercise caution on slipper surfaces.
• A sacred Tenno retreat building stands several kilometers within the valley; please respect the boundaries around this retreat which is for Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche and his family's sole use.
• Deer, moose, the occasional bear, and other creatures may be seen in the valley; please follow bear safety guidelines. House residents and campers will find these posted within the house and apartment.
• Pets are welcome; please clean up after them on trails and in the meadows.
• Please drive very slowly when entering the land.
• Please leave your vehicle in the designated parking areas; the parking area near the house is reserved for house residents; campers and day hikers, please park near the barn.
• Please refrain from loud noise or music from 10pm to 9am.
• Please do not smoke in buildings or tents; fieldstrip cigarettes.
• Please, no firearms; no hunting; no fishing.
• Please, no alcohol drinking to excess; no underage drinking.
• Please, no illegal drugs; anyone possessing and/or using illegal drugs will be asked to leave the land.
• Please do not litter.
• Please do your best to leave the land further nurtured over how you may have found it.
• House Renters: Please leave the house at least as clean as you found it; vacuum, take out trash and launder sheets before departing.
• Campers: Please leave the auxiliary house apartment and your campsite in clean appealing order
• All Visitors: Please do your best to leave the land further nurtured over how you may have found it.