Bannerghatta : Wildlife Nature Camp
Bannerghatta
Bannerghatta Nature Camp has eight, neatly laid, luxurious, tented cottages – twin-bedded, Swiss tents with attached bathrooms. The camp has two stilted log-huts to its accommodation. These huts are made of locally available logs and other material. With attached baths, these huts are well appointed and comfortable in every way. The Camp also has a tidy dormitory that can accommodate about 32 adults. This dormitory has bathrooms that need to be shared by the occupants. Facilities The Cuisine The Camp has a conference hall equipped with a white screen and a white board.The hall can accommodate about 30 people, theatre style. The camp also has an open-to-sides, dining area called the Gol Ghar, a signature design component of Jungle Lodges and Resorts. The Gol Ghar, gives guests an experience that is very close to nature. Sometimes, the resident deer and sambar come very close to the Gol Ghar while guests dine. The Cuisine – At the Nature camp you will be indulged with the best for local cooking – vegetarian and non-vegetarian – buffet style. You can request for Continental and Chinese food to suit your palate. The main attraction at the camp is the drives into the Bannerghatta National Park. The Grand safari includes visit to the Lion, Tiger and the Bear enclosures. You can also take a guided nature trek into the Herbivore area of the Park. Bannerghatta is ideal for children and budding naturalists to explore the many secrets of Nature. Besides you will also get the opportunity to visit the Asia's largest Butterfly Park. Wild elephants are spotted regularly in the dense forests of Bannerghatta. The other mammals to be sighted here are bonnet macaques, spotted deer, barking deer, slow loris, wild boar, porcupine, three-striped palm squirrel and jackal. A birdwatcher’s delight, this park is abounding with about 200 species of birds like Honey Buzzard, Brahminy Kite, Indian Great Horned Owl, Spotted Owlet, Purple Sunbird, Loten’s Sunbird, Small Green barbet, Paradise, Tickell’s Blue, Fantail Flycatchers and Common Kingfisher. The climate at Bannerghatta is similar to that of the city of Bangalore. Bannerghatta, being a green retreat scores over the city’s environment. March, April and May are the driest months. During the rainy season, i.e., mid-June, July and August the trees will be at their greenest best. The rest of the year would be pleasant and enjoyable, with temperatures ranging from 15°C to a maximum of 28°C. Accommodation 16th Sept 2012 to 15th Jun 2013 Foreigner (INR)) Indian (INR) Loghut 5,000.00 3,500.00 Swiss Tent 4,000.00 2,200.00 Dormitory 3,000.00 1,500.00 Igloo Tent 3,000.00 1,500.00 Day 2,500.00 1,000.00 Package Inludes: Stay, Lunch, Dinner & Breakfast, Herbivore Safari, Lion- Tiger-Bear Safari, Guided Nature Walk, Visit to the Zoo & Butterfly Park, Forest Entry Fees & Taxes. ( 30% Discount on week day's stay, offer valid till 31st March-13 only) Camera Fees (Extra) : SLR Camera Rs.200.00 per trip. (Above 300mm) Additional camera Rs.300.00, 2nd Additional Camera Rs.800.00 Note: These charges are applicable from 1st September 2012 onward (Checkin). NOTE:- 1. Tariffs are per person per night on twin-sharing basis. 2. Transfers to & from our resorts are not included in the tariff. 3. Single occupancy charges are applicable. 4. Tariff for Children (accompanying parents) between 5 and 12 years is 50%. 5. Tariff May be changed without prior basis. (20% hike on above tariff for the period [12th Oct-12 to 29th Oct-12], [9th Nov-12 to 18th Nov-12] and [22nd Dec-12 to 2nd Jan-13]) Payment can be made in cash or by way of Demand Draft (DD) favouring .Jungle Lodges & Resorts Ltd. payable at Bangalore and courier the same to our office. You may also do a money transfer to our Current Account - ICICI Bank Account No. 000205015684 - IFSC Code ICIC 0000002 - HDFC Bank Account No. 00762050000434 - IFSC Code HDFC 0000076 in the name of Jungle Lodges & Resorts Ltd., Please email/fax us the transaction details after the money transfer so it help us to track your payment. We also accept Cash / Debit / Credit card payment, when presented personally at our Head Office. JLR’s Bannerghatta Nature Camp is situated inside the Bannerghatta National Park, a green oasis near the city of Bangalore. From Bangalore downtown (M G Road/ Brigade Road area), one needs to drive south to Bannerghatta Road, which is off Hosur road near Wilson Garden. From this point, the National Park is about 20 km (40 min drive) away and easy to find with many direction boards enroute. Please note that no private vehicles are allowed inside the Park Campus. All guests are requested to report at Hill View Restaurant near to Bannerghatta Zoo. We will arrange the pick-up from there to our camp by our vehicles. Start out on any morning from Bangalore around 10:30 am and a leisurely 30 to 45 minutes later, you'll check in at the Bannerghatta Nature Camp’s Swiss tent (with attached bathroom) or backpacker's dormitory. After lunch, and a quick rest, start off at around 3:30pm for a visit to the well inhabited zoo - hippopotamus, zebras, leopards, reptile park, sloth bears etc. Next you'll be taken on the Lion and Tiger Safari, and when you've watched the big cats to your heart's content, you'll be shown the most spectacular view of the National Park from the top of Udagina Bande. With a dense valley beneath, chances of spotting wild elephants are high here. You can see the elephants’ watering hole, Doddanna Kere, from nearby. There are other landmarks - Barber's stone, a rock outcrop like the honing stone barbers use to sharpen their razors on, or the ancient graveyard nearby, reputed to be about 5,000 years old. Notable bodies were placed on the ground and stone structures erected on them, without touching them, structures still standing today. Then return to Jungle Lodges Nature Camp, to retire for the night, after watching a wildlife film and having a sumptuous dinner. Next morning, your wake-up call is at 6:00 am for a couple of hours trek in the Herbivore Safari Enclosure. While on our walk, you'll see Gaurs, Nilgais, Sambhars, Black Bucks, Barking Deer and birds like the Magpie-Robin, Rufousbacked shrike, Paradise flycatcher, Grey herons, Egrets, Grey jungle fowl. Pause by a tank for a distant view of crocodiles basking in the sun as you return for a leisurely breakfast before checking out. As you leave, with the clarity of the sky, the serenity punctuated only by bird sounds, the muted growls of the big cats. The wind in the trees, just remind yourself - all this is so close to Bangalore, you can return as quickly and as often as you want to. Jungle Lodges & Resorts also have a restaurant named as "Hill View Restaurant". It is situated near the Mirza Hill at Bannerghatta National Park. Food will be served at the roof- top of the Restaurant. Restaurant also have the facilities like Amphi theater, Conference hall (audiovisual room), open area to play. Restaurant also serve Buffet-lunch on week end & holidays. High-tea can be arranged for corporate, meeting and also for family get-together. From the roof-top restaurant guest can also enjoy the beautiful sunset. Overview
Bannerghatta, on the outskirts of Bangalore (25km), offers you all the sights, sounds and action of 25,000 acres of carefully preserved jungle. In the eco-proactive spirit of Jungle Lodges, we have created a Nature Camp - an ideal place for school children/ freshers to be moulded into future naturalists. Bannerghatta is where Karnataka Forest Department rehabilitated lions and tigers rescued from circuses (the largest number in India). They live in kraals that recreate their natural habitats. This apart you’ll be taken on the India's first Lion and Tiger Safari, a major tourist draw. Bannerghatta is ideal for an overnight getaway, one that's exciting, extremely accessible and of excellent value for money. Corporate groups will find this Camp a great option for their off-sites, seminars or meetings. Accomodation
The Camp has a conference hall, which can accommodate about 30 people, theatre style. The camp also has an open-to-sides, dining area called the Gol Ghar, a signature design component of Jungle Lodges and Resorts. The Gol Ghar, gives guests an experience that is very close to nature. Sometimes, the resident deer and sambar come very close to the Gol Ghar while guests dine.
At the Nature camp you will be indulged with the best for local cooking – vegetarian and non-vegetarian – buffet style. You can request for Continental and Chinese food to suit your palate.Activities
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Bookings made without payment , will be held purely on a tentative basis. Such blocked reservation will hold good for seven days, if its is less than 60 days from check-in date; three days, if it is less than 30 days from check-in date and one day, if it is less than seven days from check-in date.
Great Britain Pound £: You may remit through Swift account - SCBL GB2L XXX through Account No. 012495759 01 of State Bank of Mysore, M G Road Branch with Standard Chartered Bank, London (Swift Code SBMYINBBA006), to be further credited to Jungle Lodges & Resorts Ltd, Current Account No. 54047860948 and intimate the transaction details to us simultaneously by fax or e-mail. Bank charges to be borne by the guest.
US Dollar $: You may remit through Swift account - CHAS US 33 through Account No. 001-1-406717 of H.D.F.C. Bank with Chase Manhattan Bank, New York (Swift Code HDFC IN BB), to be further credited to Jungle Lodges & Resorts Ltd, Current Account No. 00762050000434 and intimate the transaction details to us simultaneously by fax or e-mail. Bank charges to be borne by the guest.
Euro €: You may remit through Swift account - ABNADEFFXXX through Account No. 56-02-412/107 of State Bank of Mysore, M G Road Branch with ABN Amro Bank NV, Frankfurt (Swift Code SBMYINBBA006), to be further credited to Jungle Lodges & Resorts Ltd, Current Account No. 54047860948 and intimate the transaction details to us simultaneously by fax or e-mail. Bank charges to be borne by the guest. Alternatively, a pay Order, or Demand Draft can be sent to us favouring .Jungle Lodges and Resorts Ltd. payable at Bangalore.
All requests for cancellations of confirmed bookings have to be received in writing at our office in Bangalore.
Cancellation charges:
2. 50% of the tariff, if less than two weeks before check-in-date.
3. No refund less than two working days before check-in-date (not inclusive of the check-in-date).
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