Paddy fields at the edge of the forest

Step outside, step into nature

Get to know the home we share with everything that grows, flies and roams here.

Surroundings

Step out of your room and into the home of all: nature. Butterflies, birds, old trees, spice gardens and the wild animals of Wayanad are all part of the neighbourhood.

Butterfly feeding on an orange flower (photo: Dileep Anthikad)

Meet the neighbours

Birds and butterflies

Skippers, brush-footed butterflies, blue-winged ones, and many birds, including those who migrate to this dreamland. Our butterfly garden lets you watch the life cycles of about 20 varieties, and around 70 bird species live on the grounds.

Garden of native plants around a small stone-edged pond

Wayanad, a century ago

A garden of indigenous plants

The best landmarks of a place are its native plants. Our garden lets you see Wayanad as it was a hundred years ago. Say hello to a bygone era.

Coffee bushes growing in the shade of tall trees

Once worth their weight in gold

Pepper and coffee plantations

Pepper and coffee were once traded for twice their weight in gold. Discover them in their purest form, with the same charm that made the world fall for them, on a walk through our plantations.

Misty forest at dawn around Thennal

Old pillars of nature

A forest of hundreds of trees

Walk among hundreds of old trees, in a forest as dense and calm as your mind will be once you enter it.

Elephants in the Wayanad forest

Beyond the TV screen

Wildlife

Hundreds of birds, elephants, deer, gaur, wild boar and even tigers. Head into the forest nearby and you are sure to collect moments you will remember for a long time.

Old tree standing in a forest meadow
Pink water lilies on a pond
Bamboo and woodland in the grounds
Stone pathway winding through the forest
Young bamboo shoots on the forest floor
Tall trees in the woodland
Open deck looking out over the paddy fields

Plan a stay

Let the forest be your alarm clock.

Walk the plantations, find the butterflies and listen for the birds. We will be glad to show you around.