Summertime Adventures with Family - Heritage Home Stays in the Colonial Hill Station of Ooty

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You have 4 Days (See options below)

EXPLORE: BANDIPUR WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES AND OOTY COLONIAL HILL STATION IN THE NILGIRIS

Its summer and a great time to be in the higher climes of the Nilgiri Biosphere, one of the 14 Biospheres in India and one of the 4 UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves in India. You will be going for walks, treks, horse riding and jeep safaris in the misty forests and coffee and tea plantations in the western ghats of Karnataka and Tamilnadu, and experience the UNESCO world heritage mountain train journey

Enjoy a luxurious, wild holiday with Ecomantra. Stay in great forest lodge and farm bungalows. Go wild on a Jeep Safari in Bandipur or Mudumalai Wildife sanctuaries and experience great horse riding and even trails in the Blue Mountain. Enjoy your farm stay and go green with garden walks and plantation visits. Try your hands at dairy farming

 

EXPERIENCE: HORSE TRAILS & HORSE RIDING IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS

Horse riding is great fun. Horse trails, when you explore an area on horses. You cover much larger areas and the view from the vantage point is just fantastic. Very places in India has facilitated such experiences and Blue Mountains is one of them.

 

EXPERIENCE: NARROW GUAGE MOUNTAIN TRAIN JOURNEYS IN THE HIMALAYAS, SAHYADRIS AND NILGIRIS

Go to Matheran in Maharashtra or Ooty in the Nilgiris or Darjeeling in the Eastern Himalayas on these narrow guage mountain trains. These train journeys are so utterly charming and engineering marvels of their time that it’s regarded as one of the UNESCO world heritage experiences of India.

STAY EXPERIENCES: FROM FOREST LODGES TO DAIRY FARMS

You will love to stay in ethnic cottages built by local craftsman using traditional architecture technologies and primarily natural local material that are sustainable, eco friendly, naturally breathable and well ventilated, non toxic and very healthy to live in. Very often these eco lodges have age old and highly effective waste management systems, and usually naturally cool and warm and not requiring energy intensive heating or air conditioning.

In this trip you will stay at:

You will love to stay in some of the most incredible accommodations, right in the forest in extrenely comfortable cottages and in a working farm with all modern amenities and comfort.

INR 12,500 | USD 275 | EUR 213 | AUD 288 | GBP 188

No.  Description Tariff / day Meals Transfers Excursions Adventures
1 Standard INR 7000 CP + AP Yes On request No
2 Superior INR 9000 CP + AP Yes Yes On request
3 Luxury INR 11000 CP + AP Yes Yes Yes
4. Fixed Date Departure (See below): Leaves on fixed pre decided dates. Travel with new people, make new friends. Great value for solo travellers as transportation cost gets split reducing tariff and you dont pay the usual 60% premium applicable otherwise!
5. Trip Leader Led Trips (See below): Usually leaves on fixed dates (but can be facilitated on demand) and led by expert trip leaders, whose presence increases the quality of the experiences and ensures that everything goes as perfect as it can.  
6. Home to Home (See below): These are flight or rail or bus or chauffeur driven car based inclusive holidays where we pick you up from your home or airport and drop you at the same place after the trip
NOTE
1. Tariff valid till 31st May 10 excepting between highseason 15th Dec 09 till 15th Jan 10
2. Add 25% of the above tariff per couple per day during high season i.e. 15th Dec 09 till 15th Jan 10
3. All prices quoted are per cottage on twin sharing basis. Calculate at Prorata for additional person
6. 20% Discount on the above tariff for solo travellers
7. Only 1 Child less than 5 years of age is complimentary per couple.
8. Our product is excellent in quality and hence our prices are fixed and non negotiable
HOME TO HOME TARIFF FOR 5 DAYS & 4 NIGHTS ECO HOLIDAY. CONDITIONS APPLY
Flight Inclusive Tariff Rail / Bus Inclusive Tariff
No. All  Inclusive Tariff Standard Superior Luxury Standard Superior
1 Mumbai-Bglr-Mumbai INR 39,500 INR 49,500 INR 59,500 INR 35,500 INR 45,500
2 Delhi-Bglr-Delhi INR 42,500 INR 52,500 INR 62,500 INR 37,500 INR 47,500
3 From Bglr NA NA NA INR 32,500 INR 42,500
NOTE
1. Subject to availbility of the Flights or Trains (AC 3-Tier) or Bus (AC)
2. Minimum 2 weeks notice required for Flight & Bus, while 3 weeks is required for Rail based tariff.
3. No discount on children above 2 years of age in Flight option. Children below 2 years are free.
4. 25% of the tariff for children between 2 and 12 years in Train or Bus option.
5. Flight option is not available between 15th of Dec 09 till 15th of Jan 10

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