Sep 01, 2010 01:19 PM
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We went to Mudumalai in August during the rainy season. We drove down from Bangalore and it took us almost 7 hours to reach there (at normal driving speed and ample breaks). The drive was smooth. We checked in at the The Blue Valley Resort.
We had already given our lunch order on the phone and the resort guys had kept it ready for us when we reached. So even before going to our cottages, we had lunch. We had booked three deluxe cottages. The cottages were side-by-side and were made of stone. I won’t say the cottages were excellent, but they were decent and a good value for money (approx. 2500 per night). There was a well manicured garden on one side of the cottages and trees and swings on the other side. The garden was amidst the best setting with the backdrop of the cloud capped mountains.
There were all varieties of flowers, shrubs and trees and I would say that it was definitely the best part of the resort. We just sat on our porch all through the evening. We asked the resort guys to make arrangements for barbecue in front of the cottages and they obliged. It was great fun to barbecue under starry night with cold breeze and slight drizzle every once in a while. We had brought our own kababs from Bangalore and the resort kitchen also provided with some marinated chicken.
The next morning we went out for a walk and saw a lot of other resorts on the same road. There are about 7 or 8 more good resorts so you can decide based on your budget. We went till the foot of the mountain, had tea there and came back. During the day, we just relaxed in the porch and lied in the garden soaking in the grand scenery. We grilled again at night. It was a good activity as there is nothing else you can do once it’s dark.
We did not go out for safari as we had small kids with us and anyways animal sightings are very few during rainy season. Besides we had already seen elephants, monkeys, deer, and a few other animals on our way there.
The food at the resort was not extraordinary, but it was good.
The objective of our trip was to check in, relax for two days, check out, and come back refreshed to Bangalore and that was precisely what Mudumalai offered.
