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Jungle
Retreat, located at the foothills of the Nilgiris, skirting the
Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary and the National Park of Tamil Nadu, is
the perfect getaway.
We, the Mathias family, have lived on a tea plantation for many years
in close proximity to the jungles of Tamil Nadu. Jungle Retreat was
born of our family's close bond with the wilderness.
We bought a
dilapidated sericulture plantation skirting the Mudumalai wildlife
reserve and made it our home. We worked on the concept of converting
this plantation into a holiday retreat. It took a year to get
operational as we designed and built the resort ourselves, with local
tribal labour. It was challenging and pleasurable to see local
material put to good use.
We've come a long way since that first year. We now offer
accommodation in country style cottages with sprawling private
verandahs that afford spectacular views of receding mountains and
tropical jungles. The cottages have been styled individually to cater
to different requirements.
Besides the magnificent local wildlife, at Jungle Retreat we have an
operational farm housing domestic animals such as dogs, cows, sheep &
chickens.
If a holiday was
meant for thorough indulgence and laziness, then there is nothing like
relaxing with an occasional dip in the gorgeous swimming pool, which
is unique in design and setting.
Map View
Accommodation :
Spread over 35
acres, you could opt to come home to a range of accommodation styles
from luxury to standard to novel experiences - away from the
restaurant and main activity areas. With the expanse so wide, each of
the cottages are set in different pockets of the campus and maintain
their privacy, yet but at the same time you don’t feel lost and alone.
There is no
television, no telephone and no music in the rooms to invade the peace
and quiet of the surroundings. This creates an atmosphere of utter
serenity, which is as refreshing as it is rare.
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Deluxe Cottages:
If a taste of sheer luxury in the wild is what you were looking for,
then we offer deluxe cottages equipped with air conditioning, a
refrigerator and a mini bar. The room is extremely spacious and is
furnished with bamboo furniture and has its very private verandah
with a panoramic view of the mountains. INDULGE is the word.
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If all you
require is a spacious room, our regular cottages,
furnished with local materials and in house paintings, our
regular cottages
are just perfect. The verandah almost skirts the forest and it is
the closest view of the mountains from your porch.
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Or try our
bamboo cottages
for a novel
experience. Built in an innovative style, entirely out of bamboo and
thatch, (including the lampshades, the locks and the windows) the
hut has open-to-sky bathrooms, mosquito netting and the fact that
you're literally a foot above the ground (on stilts) will make your
holiday truly unique.
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The romantic
brave-hearted and adventurous souls can opt for
tents
(alternatively, you could bring your own), pitch them in a grove
under a canopy of trees or on open
ground, weather permitting. The tents are mosquito proof, and are
equipped with bedding, sleeping bags, etc. We also provide a cook
and a watchman on request
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For the feeling
of being right above the ground, almost in synchrony with the
surrounding hills, the
tree
house
will literally sweep you off your feet. Over Thirty feet above
ground level, catch a bird’s eye view of
the stunning hills on one side and the plains on the other. Oh what
a feeling!!! On Top of the World!!!!
Facilities :
Room View
Standard Room |
Deluxe Room |
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