Our Story

We are second year student of Tourism Management from Politeknik Sultan Idris Shah ( PSIS ) ,Sabak Bernam,Selangor . At the end of January 2015 , we have make a trip together for 2 days one night at Homestay Seri Kayangan at Sabak Bernam . We are consists of 52 students and two lectures that are Mr Kazar Bin Razali and Mdm Nor Salwa Binti Shukor . It is fun to go for a trip together but the main purpose of our visitation is to know more about Homestay Seri Kayangan and discover new things that could help the homestay preserve for a long time in the future . Now , let me tell you how was our first day from the moment we departed from PSIS until we go to sleep at homestay .

First Day.

We departed at 8 am from PSIS and arrived at 9:30 am at the homestay. The journey to go there was very peace as everyside of the road there are forest,paddy field and many more natural resources. As we arrived there , all of us were shocked to see the big house that are in front of our eyes. It is En Masnan's house.

Figure 1.1 : It is a big house and it was surrounded with natural environment and the beautiful sun.

We have been welcomed happily by En Masnan and his family . They seems very friendly and happy to see us . They also have prepared a delicious breakfast for us . Trust me,the food was very delicious and nice as everybody were missing their home foods and it feels like we were totally at our own house . Then, after all of us have finished our breakfast,we have been told to go to the Seri Kayangan Hall for the introduction session with some of the villagers that joined the homestay programme.

Figure 1.2 : Our first met with some of the villagers

After the introduction session finished, they opened the QnA session for us . From that QnA session, we can conclude that they were facing a lot of obstruction in developing their own village by joining the homestay programme. But,they never give up until now. We have our respect on them as they never give up eventhough the faced a lot of problems.

Figure 1.3 : The QnA session.

The QnA session ended during our lunch time. Everyone were very hungry at that time and we are very lucky as the have already served our lunch at the cafe. It was Javanese traditional food, and totally delicious. For food lover, it was a great time for them. They also prepared more food for us as us keep eating without stop.

Figure 1.4 : Food time !!!!!!!!

After our stomach have totally full, En Masnan brought us to the lotus lake and after that we have been given free and easy time . Some of us cycling , finding worms for fishing , chatting with villagers and many more .

Figure 1.5 : Lotus Lake

Figure 1.6 : Cycling

Figure 1.7 : Peace

As the time passed away, we did not realised that it is already late in the evening, so as all of us have been divided into few houses,everyone go to their house with tired and a lot of satissfaction . That night we have a discussion session with our lecturer, En Kazar. After that,we go to bed and have rest.

Figure 1.8 : House division time

Figure 1.9 : Discussion session

SECOND DAY.

Time passed fast and it is already our second day at the homestay,, we gathered at 8 am at the cafe to have our lovely breakfast . Then, we make a discussion with our classmates about our project and presented it in front of the villagers.

Figure 1.10 : Discussion with classmates.

Figure 1.11 : Presentation time

 As our presentation finished, it means that it is the end of our visit at Seri Kayangan Homestay. As closure , En Masnan asked En Kazar to hit the ' gong ' and before we went back to PSIS, we took many memorable pictures , eat our last lunch at the cafe and then we departed back to PSIS. We also got some souvenirs from the villagers. It was a very memorable weekend for all of us . I hope that all of us are going to visit Seri Kayangan Homestay again.

Figure 1.12 : En Kazar hit the gong as closure.

Figure 1.13 : Together memorable picture.

Figure 1.14 : Le classmates

Figure 1.15 : Food souvenirs

We do not remember days , we remember moments and thanks for the given moments.

Homestay Packages

• Day Trip : Visit to the Small and Medium Enterprises ( SMEs ) and see the factory and retail operation.
• 2 Days 1 Night : Stay with host families and enjoy the daily routine in an agro based community . Accomodation and food provided. 

• 3 Days 2 Nights : Stay with host families and be entertained by the local cultural troupe. Social and recreational activities will be arranged. Visit the SMEs and other agro based industry .

The manager of Homestay Seri Kayangan is En Masnan Bin Pardi .

Name : Masnan Bin Pardi
Age    : 72 years old 

Born at 5th of October 1945 in Kampung Tanjung Karang.

Profession : Carpenter , farmer and gardener and homestay manager.

Suggestion Logo For Homestay Seri Kayangan.

Meaning of the Logo :

• Seri Kayangan Homestay is the name of the homestay .
• ' Find Your Freedom ' is our tagline . It means that we can find freedom from the busy city that fulls of roads , lights , vehicles and many more . 
• The tree behind the house refers to the natural resources that Homestay Seri Kayangan  such as oil palm plantation , lotus , and many more.
• The sunset refers to the sunset that we can see almost everyday at the evening . 
• The grid background refers to the paddy field.

Homestay is one of the best ways to appreciate the way of life, culture and the values of the people in your travel destinations. Staying with foster families for several days, absorbing their culture, tasting their food, enjoy and experience their daily livelihood.

SERI KAYANGAN HOMESTAY is located approximately 150km north of Kuala Lumpur, in the district of Sabak Bernam, Selangor. It consists of two villagers, Kg. Tebuk Baru and Kg. Bagan Terap. The villgers are friendly and warm towards visitors, make staying at this homestay and prepare delicious meals. The homestay also was surrounded with paddy fields, palm oil plantation and livestock farm.

Seri Kayangan Homestay was started at 2006 with only 6 houses that are willing to join the homestay program. Then, it was officially opened by Datin Raja Norazmin Binti Raja Husin at 28 of August 2007. The name Seri Kayangan was given by En Masnan Bin Pardi who is the Manager of Homestay. After they have been registered with Koperasi, the number of houses that joined with homestay increase to 23 houses and they get plenty of help from them. Now there are about 15 houses that are active in the homestay program.,
  
Seri Kayangan Homestay is about 2 hours drive from Kuala Lumpur. The nearest town is Sungai Besar which is accessible by taxi or by bus from Kuala Lumpur city centre.