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A comfortable small lodge near gate 1 of Bandhavgarh tiger reserve. They have only 6 tree houses. Accommodation is very adequate with moderate service level. Tree house have air con, balcony, fridge, kettle and decent bathroom. Food was excellent, lovely treehouse area with upstairs bar and dinning room below. Very eco-friendly, chilled purified water station to refill near main tree house. Staff were helpful and friendly.
We spend 4 nights and did morning safari from 5.15am to 11am (breakfast in reserve), lunch offered from 1-3pm. Afternoon safari from 3.30 to 6.45pm. Dinner at 7-8.30pm. We loved our stay here.
Three things not so great;
given heat we would have loved a quick dip in pool (this is a low water area of India, so pool not ecologically).
Laundry at most lodges would be offered free and 95% same day. Here it took 48hrs and we needed to pay. In the end simpler to hand was with buckets in our shower. In April with heat and air conditioner, clothes dried in 4 hrs inside.
Sure very happy that this place had beer, in two weeks in India this was the only place with Kingfisher beer😳….easy to find kingfisher or any other Indian beer in USA than in India. Alcoholic drinks happy to pay, however soft drinks are not free. Given that the lodges are not budget one would expect soft drinks to be free, like every other place we stayed.
Overall the staff are working hard at service and doing a great job. Dinners were most enjoyable.