Overview
The Bungalow in Ooty is a colonial property with a fire place in each room and a garden outside. It is a property of Tranquilitea. The property is personalized to suit your individual requirements; be it a leisurely walk in the park, a gourmet tea tasting tour, a round of golf, meals prepared exactly the way you like it or whatever else you may fancy.
Stay at the Bungalow in Ooty and experience a holiday filled with a lifetime's worth of memories.
The Stay
Rooms
The Bungalow is a three bedroom colonial bungalow with a dining and living area and an expansive manicured garden. Each of the rooms also has its own private fireplace. The Bungalow is tailor made to suit your requirements. It is luxurious yet affordable.
Activities
The holiday is more than just a pleasant stay and it's the
experience of what one sees and more importantly what one learns about
the regions history, environment, its people and their culture that
truly make a great and memorable holiday.
Tea Tasting
The
'Cups that cheer' is the highly acclaimed tea tasting tour that takes
you on a journey through the myriad colours and flavours of tea from the
Nilgiris. Participants get an insight into how the tea leaf evolves
from the plant stage right through to how it is manufactured in the
factory. Participants also get to taste exclusive and rear teas such as
the Silver Tips and Hand made teas amongst others and get to learn about
the subtleties and differences in each tea during the tea appreciation
tour.
Cost - Rs 250 / person
Explore the Nilgiris
Take
in the sights and sounds of the region through the
personalised tours that take you on picturesque walks and scenic drives
around the Nilgiris while exploring points of interest that you
probably wouldn?t find on a guided tour.
Cost - Rs 2000 / couple
Photography Tours
Photography
tours are tailor made to suit your requirements whether you are an
amateur, an enthusiast or a more serious photographer. Learn the tricks
of shooting better photographs from a professional with decades of
experience shooting for some of the countries top magazines and
advertising agencies.
Cost - Rs 3000 / person
Golf
A
round of golf can be organized at the neighbouring golf course. Guests
must bring their own golf sets and adhere to the regulations of the golf
club to avail this facility.
Plantation Tours
Take
a tour around tea estates and get to know how tea is manufactured. The
tour is designed to give you an overall view of the process right from
the tea nursery up to the production in the factory. You can then taste
these teas and take some home if you choose to.
Walks and Treks
The
region has a numerous picturesque walks through plantations, woods and
forests, ranging from easy walks to relatively more difficult climbs up
the mountains. Treks are organized in partnership with quality trekking
guides in the region and are subject to their schedule and availability.
Heritage Train Ride
Take
a trip on the steam train from Coonoor to Mettupalayam through the
tunnels and the sprawling hills with magnificent scenery that is indeed
an experience to be savoured.
Tea
Tranquilitea specialises in rare luxury teas of the Nilgiris. The teas
are grown on elevations upto 8000 feet on the slopes of some of the
worlds highest plantations. This high elevation together with the crisp
Nilgiri air combine harmoniously resulting in a tea that is floral and
sweet in itself, unmatched by any other tea worldwide.
Tranquilitea - Tea Lounge
Situated within the tea estate in Coonoor, they offer you a range of the region's finest teas which can be sampled through the 'Cups that cheer'. Cups that cheer is their highly acclaimed tea tasting tour that takes you on a journey of tea from plant to cup followed by a tasting of some of the worlds finest tea. They also organize high tea, on request, at the premises and conduct factory and farm visits as well.
Silver Tips
Mild
and mellow tea with a sweet floral flavour. Amongst the healthiest of
teas and one of the worlds rarest tea. Cost - Rs. 750 / 100 g
Golden Tips
A well balanced tea, floral with a pleasant rounded flavour. Cost - Rs. 650 / 100 g
Hand Made Tea
Fruity with subtle tones of spices and traces of honey. Cost - Rs. 350 / 100 g
Organic Green Tea
Refreshing tea with a subtle leafy feel. Balanced in body and flavour. Cost - Rs. 165 / 250 g
Organic Bai Mudan
Partially oxidized teas that are minimally processed, resulting in a tea with a sweet fruity feel.Cost - Rs. 250 / 100 g
Organic Black Orthodox Tea
A balanced tea with a floral feel that is perfect as an everyday tea. Cost - Rs. 165 / 250 g
Winter Frost
Fruity and sweet with tones of apricot and peaches. Cost - Rs. 550 / 200 g
CTC (Crush, Tear, Curl)
Strong bodied tea that mixes well with milk and sugar. Cost - Rs. 180 / 500 g