Jungle Home is suitable as weekend getaway near Bangalore for corporate tours and team outings. Jungle Home is a private guest house situated on the Mudumalai forest border, just after Bandipur.
Jungle Home, a private guest house on Mudumalai forest border can accommodate 35 people at maximum on sharing basis. Our USP is we don’t charge for extra bed or we don’t mind teams adjusting to accommodate more than our rated capacity.
Few typical questions before planning your corporate team outing weekend trip from Bangalore are answered below.
1. What types of accommodation does Jungle Home have?
A. Jungle Home has one 2 bed room/hall cottage, three bedded family room, four bedded family room. The pictures of the cottage and rooms can be seen in the accommodations of Jungle Home page.
We have another campus called Deep Jungle Home with one village style mud cottage and six family tents surrounded on three sides by forest. Pictures and details of Deep Jungle Home are available here.
2. How many people can Jungle Home accommodate on our weekend trip from Bangalore?
A. All our units have 2 extra beds.
| Unit | No of Units | No of Cots | No of Extra Beds | Can Accommodate | Cost / Day / Room (Rs) |
| 2 bed room cottage | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2500 |
| Three Bedded Family Room | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1200 |
| Four Bedded Family Room | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1600 |
If you take all our units in Jungle Home campus ie cottage can accommodate 8, three bedded family room can accommodate 5, four bedded family room can accommodate 6, and you can accommodate 19 people.
| Deep Jungle Home Campus | |||||
| Unit | No of Units | No of Cots | No of Extra Beds | Can Accommodate | Cost / Day / Room (Rs) |
| Village Style Mud Cottage | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2500 |
| Swiss Cottage Tents | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1500 |
| Family Tents | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 500 |
If you take our other campus Deep Jungle Home, you can accommodate 8 people in the cottage, 4 people in Swiss cottage tents and 3 people in each family tents. We have 11 family tents.
3. What are your check in / check out times?
A. Our check in is 12 Noon on day one to check out 11 AM on day two.
4. What are the food charges?
A. Food is Rs. 450 per person per day which covers your lunch, dinner, breakfast next day morning. Menu is available online.
5. What are the activities possible at Jungle Home?
A. Forest department safari, campfire, night jeep ride, trekking on forest border. Safari is organised by forest department at Mudumalai and Bandipur. You need to go to the forest department office by 3:30 PM and buy the safari tickets to do the van safari. We can arrange for camp fire, night jeep ride on the forest peripheral roads, morning trekking along forest border, horse riding within the campus.
6. What are the various activity charges?
| Activity | Cost (Rs) | Remarks |
| Van Safari at Bandipur Forest Office | 95 | (20 seater van) per person |
| Van Safari at Mudumalai Forest Office | 45 | (20 seater van) per person |
| Campfire at Jungle Home | 500 | Per group |
| Trekking on forest border | 100 | Minimum 3 persons |
| WIFI internet access | 100 | Per day per system |
| Joy Horse Riding | 100 | Per person for 5 minutes |
7. Should be a typical itinerary suitable for a weekend trip from Bangalore?
- Day 1: Start early from Bangalore, 6 hour drive to Jungle home (240 km from Bangalore)
- Day 1: 03:30 PM to 06:30 PM: Safari in Bandipur or Mudumalai forest office
- Day 1: Night campfire at Jungle Home / jeep ride
- Day 2: 06:30 AM a short trek on the forest border
- Day 2: 11:00 AM start back to Bangalore
- Day 2: On the way back, if time permits, visit Gopal Swamy Betta and back to Bangalore
- Day 1: Start late night from Bangalore
- Day 2: 06:30 AM arrival at Bandipur safari office, do a safari at Bandipur as the first safari at Bandipur the chances of sighting is more
- Day 2: 09:00 AM arrive at Jungle Home and extra breakfast
- Day 2: Activities at Jungle Home / Deep Jungle Home
- Day 2: 01:00 Lunch
- Day 2: 03:30 PM to 0630 PM: Safari in Bandipur or Mudumalai forest office
- Day 2: Night campfire at Jungle Home / jeep ride
- Day 3: 06:30 AM a short trek on the forest border
- Day 3: 11:00 AM start back to Bangalore
- Day 3: On the way back, if time permits, visit Gopal Swamy Betta and back to Bangalore.
9. Do you arrange transport from Bangalore or Mysore to Jungle Home?
A. We don’t arrange transport but we can recommend a taxi operator
Bangalore: Mr. Jose Francis of New Pleasant Travels No: 080-25276040 / 09845998962.
Mysore: BIT - 0821 - 2333362.
Coimbatore: JJ Travels - 0422-2232305 / 6.
KSRTC Contract Coach Booking: 9980915152 / 080 22353054 / 080 22375860
Ooty: Anthony Cruz – 9486293554
Please note that you deal with external agencies at your risk. We take no responsibility for their services.
10. What about road tax?
A. We are located in Tamilnadu right opposite the RTO Checkpost. You can’t avoid paying tax. Hence inform your taxi operator in advance about the tax features and to bring the original documents.
11. What is the best way to avoid road tax?
A. Hire a bus with 30 or more seats capacity on casual contract from KSRTC. They don’t have to pay road tax. You can contact them on 9980915152 / 080 22353054 / 080 22375860.
12. Can we drive in the night to Jungle Home?
A. The forest gates close by 9 PM. You need to cross the gates by 830 PM so as to avoid being stuck on the road till morning. To save time see our suggested schedule.
13. Does Jungle Home or Deep Jungle Home have a conference hall facility?
A. Jungle Home doesn’t have a conference hall facility but the dining hall of the cottage can be used as an impromptu conference hall or the terrace can be used for minor meetings. Deep Jungle Home dining hall can be used as a conference hall without disturbing other guests.
14. How to confirm booking?
A. Booking can be confirmed by making full payment for accommodation and food as advance.
15. What are the payment methods?
A. Please check the Bookings page of the website for payment methods.The full payment for accommodation and food has to be made in advance.
You can use etransfer or check / cash drop into our ICICI accounts. Details are as follows
Account Name: Jungle Home
ICICI Account No: 060105000731
Account Type: Current Account
Branch: Old Madras Road Bangalore
IFSC Code: ICIC0000601
Please note we don’t have credit / debit card facility at the moment