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Safari
Jeep safaris into the park, booked and paid for before you land. We wake you, feed you coffee, and get you to the gate on time. Mornings are the good ones, though the afternoon round has its own light.
Wildly Peaceful
A day usually begins with a hot cup of coffee before it is properly light. After that it is yours. Head out on safari, set off on a nature walk, or simply sit on the verandah and watch the birds go about their morning.
Evenings are for slowing down. We gather under an open, star filled sky around a bonfire, listening to the distant calls of the jungle and wondering what is happening out there in the dark.
Jeep safaris into the park, booked and paid for before you land. We wake you, feed you coffee, and get you to the gate on time. Mornings are the good ones, though the afternoon round has its own light.
Walk out from the gate with us. Slower than a jeep, closer to everything. You learn the trees, the alarm calls, the tracks left overnight in the dust, and the village at the far end of the track.
Plenty of guests never leave the property, and we do not blame them. The verandah runs the whole length of the house and the birds arrive without being asked.
Dinner, then the fire. Stories about the forest, the animals and the village, told by someone who has spent a decade among all three.
Meals are home cooked and come out of our own kitchen. An Indian thali one night, a continental plate the next, something with an oriental turn if that is the mood. Tell us what you eat and what you do not and we will work around it.
Tea and coffee sit on a self service counter in the living room, all day, every day. Help yourself. Nobody is going to bring you a bill for a cup of chai.
Dinner is usually the thing guests write about afterwards.
Cold mornings, blankets on the jeep, mist sitting low over the fields. The rooms have heaters for the nights. This is the season most people come for.
The forest thins out and the sightings improve. The Semal trees flower red. Air conditioning in every room, and long slow afternoons indoors.
The park closes for the monsoon, but the land around us comes alive. Rain on the roof, frogs at night, and the best birding of the year.
Over meals and by the fire, we love sharing stories about the forest, the animals, and the village around us.
Plan your days with us
Five rooms at the edge of the forest in Central India. Come for the birds, the food, the quiet. Stay for the stories by the fire.
Near Pench National Park
Madhya Pradesh, India
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