Anyone stayed at Kipling Camp- Kanha?

AnnaD · Aug 13th, 2007, 18:07

Hi
Has anyone stayed at Kipling in Kanha? Any thoughts?
Thanks

ekismal · Aug 13th, 2007, 21:26

We read a review which said that the food was terrible and the place was quite run down, relative to its tariffs. That was somebody who visited it last year. It may have improved. Anyone been there recently?

PeakXV · Aug 14th, 2007, 08:29

Average room rate looks to be around Rps. 8000-9000. Seems a bit high (from a quick google for photos of) for a park accomodation.
You're probably paying through the nose for the "Kipling" moniker ..... and the chance to bath Tara the famous elephant.

You're usually so tired with all that jungley fresh air breathed in - at the end of the day anything above a no frills guesthouse with four walls, cot and half decent pillow might be overkill.

vonkla · Aug 15th, 2007, 00:26

In 2005 we stayed in the Baghira resort inside the camp. This place is owned by the MP tourism. It is quit simple but we realy enjoyed it. We payed around 1100rs per night for a cabin. There is also a new hotel from MP tourism at the Mukti gate.

ekismal · Aug 15th, 2007, 07:59

AHAA!!!

Thanks Vonkla, that's what I want to hear about!

We like simple style accommodation. It's so frustrating surfing the web,

you would be forgiven for thinking that the only available choice is tour groups to fancy resorts! Also great to know that you can actually sleep inside the national park.

machadinha · Aug 15th, 2007, 09:41

A natural limit to the web is that the more down-to-earth places may well not be on there. Leading to the easy impression that what's not on there doesn't exist.

Sort of an extension of the guidebook confusion in the days of print.

Murray Jones · Sep 6th, 2007, 17:07

Hi, I first went to Kipling in the early '80's, and have returned up to 15 times since. It is deliberately rustic, being eco-friendly in the building materials. Simple and comfortable is the theme. Being so far from tourist 'civilization', meal ingredients are local, thus hotel spreads are not there.
From the beginning, visitors were treated as house guests, and they were individually catered-for. With their own vehicles and naturalists, game drives are great. Many of the lodges that have sprung up in recent times charge by the km. for the drives, so it is worth them getting as far and fast as possible. From my first visit, when there were but 2 or so camps, last year I saw a bank of more than 20 signs on approaching Kanha.
I have met some famous people there, some of whom visit to see Tara, the elephant. I am looking forward to my next visit, (tacked onto some other exploration of India).

Aug 13th, 2007, 18:07	#1
AnnaD Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New Delhi Posts: 97	Anyone stayed at Kipling Camp- Kanha? Hi Has anyone stayed at Kipling in Kanha? Any thoughts? Thanks

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PeakXV Naan.tering Nabob Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Abode of Glooscap Posts: 4,196	Average room rate looks to be around Rps. 8000-9000. Seems a bit high (from a quick google for photos of) for a park accomodation. You're probably paying through the nose for the "Kipling" moniker ..... and the chance to bath Tara the famous elephant. You're usually so tired with all that jungley fresh air breathed in - at the end of the day anything above a no frills guesthouse with four walls, cot and half decent pillow might be overkill. __________________ We shall not cease from exploration and at the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started ...and know the place for the first time. T.S. Eliot Don't go to India ~ Pre-trip Warnings & Misconceptions? Last edited by PeakXV : Aug 15th, 2007 at 00:28. Reason: sp.

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machadinha Not Your Guru Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: yörp Posts: 10,577	A natural limit to the web is that the more down-to-earth places may well not be on there. Leading to the easy impression that what's not on there doesn't exist. Sort of an extension of the guidebook confusion in the days of print. __________________ Reading tips, all picked up at IndiaMike : INDAX's A Comprehensive Guide To India / Dinoj Surendran's Desi Humor / ITHVC on Culture Shock & Travel Health / JetLag Travel Guides For the Undiscerning Traveller / India Travel Links

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ekismal Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: australia Posts: 4	We read a review which said that the food was terrible and the place was quite run down, relative to its tariffs. That was somebody who visited it last year. It may have improved. Anyone been there recently?

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vonkla Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: netherland Posts: 168	In 2005 we stayed in the Baghira resort inside the camp. This place is owned by the MP tourism. It is quit simple but we realy enjoyed it. We payed around 1100rs per night for a cabin. There is also a new hotel from MP tourism at the Mukti gate.

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ekismal Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: australia Posts: 4	AHAA!!! Thanks Vonkla, that's what I want to hear about! We like simple style accommodation. It's so frustrating surfing the web, you would be forgiven for thinking that the only available choice is tour groups to fancy resorts! Also great to know that you can actually sleep inside the national park.

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Murray Jones Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Surrey, United Kingdom Posts: 10	Hi, I first went to Kipling in the early '80's, and have returned up to 15 times since. It is deliberately rustic, being eco-friendly in the building materials. Simple and comfortable is the theme. Being so far from tourist 'civilization', meal ingredients are local, thus hotel spreads are not there. From the beginning, visitors were treated as house guests, and they were individually catered-for. With their own vehicles and naturalists, game drives are great. Many of the lodges that have sprung up in recent times charge by the km. for the drives, so it is worth them getting as far and fast as possible. From my first visit, when there were but 2 or so camps, last year I saw a bank of more than 20 signs on approaching Kanha. I have met some famous people there, some of whom visit to see Tara, the elephant. I am looking forward to my next visit, (tacked onto some other exploration of India).

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