Indian Himalayas accommodation, Uttarakhand

The resort is the first in Mukteshwar which brought the destination on the tourism map, thus uplifting the local community. It employs 100% local labour & services. Some of the current employees have worked as labourers with the project & are with us for the last 18 Years. Employees are given annual paid leaves. Local guides are used to enhance the experience & provide an income to the hosts. Seasonal vegetable is procured from local sources only. Furniture is all made within the district only.

Housekeeping is instructed strictly to switch the ‘room mains’ off as soon as guests leaves/departs. To save energy 90% of the bulbs used are CFL that too mostly of 8-11 watts range. Water is from a Natural spring source & collected by harvesting rain water. Water usage guidelines are displayed in each room. Towels / Linen suggested not to wash everyday. Cisterns are set at water saving levels.

The architecture is absolutely vernacular & blends with the village surroundings. These are ground level cottages only & has minimal impact on the natural surroundings. Mostly Traditional building methods and local craftsman builders are used.

Waste is segregated as Wet & Dry; Wet is used for manure in our orchard & Dry is transported to municipal dumps for recycling. No chemicals or inorganic fertilizers are used only natural manure. Eco Soap/shampoo is purely herbal to avoid chemical discharge. Dos/Don’ts to protect environment are displayed on two ‘Information Boards’ at the reception itself. This makes guests aware of Hotel environmental programmes & learn to respect local people culture & traditions. Only paper bags are used in our gift shop. There are no TVs in the rooms. Old sheets & towels are cut to create cleaning rags. 75% of our promotion is done through websites / e-mails rather that leaflets to save paper.

The gray water from the bathroom is filtered through natural soil & then used to water our garden. An organic wild life garden has been created with a mix of fruit trees, wild flowers, shrubs, ornamental flowers, local plants, vines, grass etc. to attract all sorts of birds, butterflies, bees, caterpillars, snails, amphibians, reptiles, insects, small mammals, organisms in the soil etc. Bird houses and bird baths have been placed all over the resort to attract various species of birds.

All house keeping cleansing products are environment friendly. Fire wood used is only procured from reafforestation projects/ dead trees allotted & then transported to our site.  Compared to when we took over the 2-1/2 acres land to build a resort the greenery is now atleast 3 folds with almost over 100 fruit trees.