So we decided to get fresh after we reached home and called to get our luggage at normal checkout time. The reception had earlier infirmed that the system will automatically start charging INR 1200 for every 30 minutes delay in checkout. Due to this delay, we requested for a late checkout, which the manager (Rakesh)assured will do the best and get back to us. By this time breakfast was over and the manager was rude but Dhananjay took good care by ensuring we were served well at our table. In the morning we called for the buggy for breakfast, which took more than 1 hr to reach. In the evening we ordered snacks in room service, which took 3 hrs and multiple calls to reach. In case anyone plan to visit - I would sugggest to have lunch on the way. And the buffet has very limited options and is not worth the price they are charging( INR 1286 per person). The ala carte menu is only having snacks items and for a proper meal we need to take the buffet only. This after informing the resort 2 hrs before we reached about the requirement. By this time all of us were long done with our lunch and had to just wait and wait for the jain meal. We had to wait for 90 minutes for the Jain meal. I had informed her that we needed 1 jain meal, which she confirmed. The resort executive had called to check if we would be having lunch there. The checking took a lot of time even though there were only 2 guests checking in at that time. She asked us to carry a raincoat as an umbrella is not useful there. The resort executive called us and informed us about the resort which I have not experienced earlier. No internet and phone connectivity was a blessing. Dhananjay at the restaurant gave excellent service and it seems he was the only person in the resort who really cared for guests. Complete privacy in the middle of nature. I stayed in Cocoon Machan and let me summarise my experience First let me mention the good things : The property was excellent and the location was amazing. All-in-all, it is an experience, if you're looking for something off the beaten path, away from the cliched Taj/ Oberoi/ Kempinski/ etc type of places.… The service and hospitality are wonderful - courteous, friendly and efficient. The food is also excellent!! The chef does not cook the food as much as composes it like a conductor composes an orchestra - you can taste the flavours of the ingredients at an individual level as well as feel the combined effect on your tastebuds. And if you get a room with an open-to-sky shower, listening to the birds, and rustling leaves and feeling the breeze while showering is a different experience altogether. More than that, if you use all your faculties, you will be able to sense nature through many ways - the visual through the land, the forests and trees and at night through the stars in the sky auditory by listening to the birds in the morning and evening and kinesthetic through the nature trail you could walk through. I was able to read more in three days than I have in 3 months! Take more walks and get more of nature than I normally do. This is an ideal getaway from the city life, to really disconnect and break the electronic umbilical cords we carry. Right from retaining tree cover to NOT flattening the land, to building living spaces around nature, it gets many, many things right. The Machan is a wonderful example of an eco-resort - one that looks to be and, in many ways, is, sensitive to and friendly with nature and its local biodiversity. This is unique experience which will call on you to use all of your senses - sight, sound, smell, taste and touch as you spend time here. Hotels near Undiscovered Side Of Valvan.Hotels near The Canyon - U Shaped Steephead Valley.
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