We have been the FIRST project to try and successfuly employ eco-friendly methods in the Bandipur National Park

1. First Lodge in the district and in the Bandipur national park to utilse alternative energy by a wind-solar hybrid solution
2. First to have a bio-diversity garden
3. First to employ waste water treatment using reedbeds to reduce the affluents entering the ground water to the maximum
4. First to use a bio-digester for the disposal of kitchenwaste
   

We believe that Eco-consciousness begins with doing away of modern luxury which means there are no air conditioners, televisions, telephones, tea and coffee makers or for that matter refrigerators in the rooms. To start with most of the electricity is generated by a wind turbine and solar cells.

The switches are clearly marked allowing you to use renewable energy to the maximum. The kitchen waste is turned into bio gas in our bio gas digester. We use a age old method which was used even in the Indus valley civilization until recently rediscovered. The waste water is treated in reed beds so that the resulting waste water is odourless and can be used for farming in our own vegetable garden which inturn supplies our kitchen with organically grown products. We harvest rain water on 90% of the built up area and provide the earth with softwater and use it to recharge our borewell. We always ask ourselves one question: How small can our carbon footprint be?

Dhole's Den and wildlife

Our lodge is in the vicinity of small villages bordering the Bandipur National Park. Nevertheless the wild animals of the park are close enough to be even heard. Be it the sloth bear with its cubs at night or elephants and wild boar, the roar of the tiger or the growl of a leopard, none are ever too far away.