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The
cottages are built to blend in with the garden and the flower
nursery. At any point of time throughout the year, guests are
exposed to a variety of flowering plants. Of course, there are also
the birds and the butterflies and and a family of foxes that
make their home somewhere in the wooded area. Birds,
both
 migratory and resident are seen in numbers in the garden
throughout the year. Below the cottages, the terraces
are being landscaped into an arboretum as a depository
for growing and studying local flora, mainly Palms,
Orchids, Hedychium, Curcuma and a host of other plants.
Many exotic species of plants from various parts of the world
have been introduced.
There are no
television sets, telephones or inter-com in the cottages to
distract the guest. Our office is in the main house and offers
e-mail and telephone facilities. A small but growing library with
volumes on flora, fauna and natural history pertaining to our
region are also available in the office. We are not licensed to
serve alcoholic drinks and beverages. However, we have no
objection to guests who bring in their own supply of alcoholic
drinks and beverages for consumption in the privacy of the rooms.
 Meals
are served in the dining hall in the basement of the main house.
We do not have room service, except in exceptional cases where the
guest is not feeling well. Only early morning "wake-up" tea/coffee
is served in the cottages. There is no restaurant. Meals are fixed
menu and mostly of ethnic cuisine and in consultation with food
preferences of guests. Water supply in the cottages is from a
privately owned natural spring which supplies our establishment
with clean potable water throughout the year. Drinking water
served during meals and available in the cottages is boiled and
filtered.
Lodgings are offered
by prior booking only and we do not, at present, entertain walk-in
guests. This so because hospitality at The Orchid Retreat is still
looked after by the family and we need a full day to have rooms
and other requisites spruced up for guests. Lodgings can be booked
either directly or through Travel Agents/Tour operators. On the
rare occasion, visitors who walk in with recommendations from
guests who have previously lodged at The Orchid Retreat are
offered hospitality if cottages are available.
What we do not have,
at the moment, are facilities for accepting payment through Credit
Cards. Money Changing Services are also not available with us. We
do, however, accept Travelers Cheques.
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The Orchid Retreat offers lodgings in six cottages and a four
roomed duplex building. These cottages are spread out in the garden
and each cottage hosts two adults in double bed or twin bed
format. Total accommodation available is for 20 adults in ten rooms
on a twin sharing/double bed basis. Each room has an attached bathroom, shower with running
hot and cold water and western style toilet facilities. The rooms
are spacious and comfortable
without being ostentatious. Ceilings
are of woven bamboo strips and most of the construction
material used are bamboo, stone masonry and mud plaster. All
rooms have spacious verandahs with seating arrangements. All the
cottages face due south with a panoramic view of mountains across
the Relli Valley through a canopy of evergreen and deciduous trees.