Red house home stay /Forest in side

Had great time to spend with friend in the resort. Rooms were much spacious with enough bathroom facilities. Home services were too good. Foods were tasty as home made foods. Definitely should give a try.

Very beautiful place in mid of nature and calmness, place is surrounded by coffee estate and the forest.
Accommodation is pretty decent and it is meant for large groups and it is neat.
Food is really tasty and homely.
Host is very nice and made us feel very comfortable and took care of our needs with patience and available all the time

We had decided to take a short break in Coorg and after searching through all the regular hotels, resorts, plantations, came across Red house home stay, which also goes by the name of Hidden Valley Coorg - Forest cabin. I couldn't find many reviews about the place...other than some old one's. On seeing that it's located far from the main touristy places, which is exactly what we were looking for, so we decided to give it a try.
The booking process was very smooth, Mr Prabhakar, was easily accessible for any queries.
Now coming to the location of the homestay...it's about 11 kms from club Mahindra, madikeri. There are 2 large Rooms on higher ground just behind the owner's( Mr Manu Kumar) home. Large enough to accommodate a dozen people. Toilets are clean and hot water available round the clock.

It's a magical place..we were welcomed by clouds and cool weather. As soon as we checked in went for a short trek with Bharat( Who took good care of us) to the nearby hilltop and really enjoyed the magical views. There are three friendly dogs too who accompanied us where whereever we went, almost felt like they were our guides as they ran before is showing us the right paths. The next day we did the customary tourist visit to madikeri town, came back to the property had lunch and then headed out to a nearby waterfall, which on any given day is much better than abbi falls, coz you get to trek to the waterfall and also play in the cool refreshing water. Adults and kids all enjoyed this trip.

I have to thank Mr and Mrs Kumar for the awesome, tasty homemade food that they prepared...there's nothing to complain about.
For people who are looking out for solitude.....this is the place to be..no mobile network, just you and nature, bird watchers will have a really good time, with so many different species flying around all day.
Being deep in natural surroundings, be ready to be bitten by a few leeches....A request to Prabhakar and Mr Manu, since most city folks would be visiting and I'm sure all guests would come with inappropriate footwear. If gum boots could be provided to the guests for a nominal fee, I'm sure that would just make the entire trip all the more enjoyable.

I highly do not recommend you going to this place . I visited this place with my family and you should not fall for the pictures on Google for various reasons :

° It is full of leaches, my kids got 20 leaches each on their feet . And when we asked the owner what we should do he said "This is a very normal occurence, and it won't hurt at all".

° We booked 2 rooms but got dormitory which had 14 or 15 beds and the beds were not comfortable.

° There was no actual road to get there and there was no board for the "Hidden Valley". It is actually named "Red Homestay".

° There's no internet connection and no connectivity .

° Nobody lives in the diametre of 10 kms . And that fact made by kids very scared and they were saying it looks haunted .

°There's no waterfall and no wildlife nearby .

° My family was not comfortable and we had to flee the place in about 2 hours.

All the pictures are fake, please don't get fooled by them .

Fraud.
We arrived at the property the property was fully damped and full of leaches.
This property is listed by a broker he will ask you for a advance. On arival at that place we found that property to be very bad. He refused to give us money back

Worst stay I ever had. The room was smelling dusty. No proper cleanliness. They have mentioned tv and wifi connection. When I asked for tv they told that they have disconnected the cable connection and is not available. Wifi range is so poor that it does not reach inside the room and speed is worst. Dinner was not that tasty. Breakfast was good. Home stay location is good. Proper maintenance is required.

The most excellent hidden gem in coorg. the place is private surrounded by lush green forest, food served is homely and tasty and the host offers you access to private falls and trek. Overall wonderful offbeat experience!!!!

Well tbh this home stay served a pretty decent food. All fine with the hospitality. But ,they had not so good rooms ,washrooms and ambience.Could do better in these areas. Overall the place is just above average.