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Homestay · Yellapura, Uttara Kannada

A wooden house, deep in the Malnad forest.

Cozy timber cottages between the jungle and the river Shalmala. Three home-cooked meals, a campfire, a trek and a night walk in the woods, all in one price.

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₹2,000 per person / day
Includes
All meals & activities
Check-in
11:00 AM
Find us
Sirsi – Yellapura Road, Karnataka
A wooden cottage with a tiled roof, surrounded by a flowering garden
Fig. 1 — the garden path, morning
Since generations

Malnad hospitality, the old way.

Jungle Wood House is a family homestay in Tolagod village, on the Sirsi–Yellapura road. Thick forest on every side, a river close by, and the traditional welcome of the Malnad: the cook asks what you’d like for dinner, and the host walks you to the waterfall himself.

Come solo, as a couple, or bring the whole family. Everyone gets the same forest.

  • Restaurant & dining area
  • Room service
  • Housekeeping
  • Swimming pool
  • Car parking
  • Power backup
  • Safety & security
  • Emergency services
The cottages

Two kinds of cottage. One forest.

Prices are per person, per day, with food, activities and taxes included. No add-ons at the counter, no surprises at check-out.

01

Wooden cottages

Timber walls, tiled roofs and a verandah over the garden. The ones you see from the drone.

₹2,500per person / day, all meals included
Wooden Couple Room

Wooden Couple Room

2 guests · Glass doors to a private balcony
Family Wooden Loft Room

Family Wooden Loft Room

Family · A loft bed under the roof beams
02

Normal cottages

Plain, comfortable rooms for families and groups, with the same food and the same forest outside.

₹2,000per person / day, all meals included
Couple Normal Room

Couple Normal Room

2 guests · Quiet, simple, close to the dining hall
4 Bed Family Room

4 Bed Family Room

4 guests · Room for the whole family
6 Bed Family Room

6 Bed Family Room

6 guests · For bigger groups and friends
In every stay
  • Lunch, dinner & breakfast
  • Evening & morning tea with snacks
  • Campfire
  • Trekking
  • Night jungle walk
  • River bath & swim
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Pick a cottage, add your people, and the whole request lands in our WhatsApp, ready for a reply.

Cottage
Adults
2
Children
0
Nights
1
Your estimate₹5,0002 × ₹2,500 × 1 day
  • All meals, tea & snacks
  • Campfire, trek & night walk
  • All taxes included
  • Check-in & out 11:00 AM
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Twenty-four hours

A day at the wood house

  1. The verandah of a wooden cottage with a tiled roof
    11:00 AM

    Check in under the canopy

    Leave the car, drop the bags on the verandah and let the forest do the rest. Areca and coconut on every side, birds overhead.

  2. Wooden tables in the open dining hall
    Afternoon

    A North Karnataka lunch

    Unlimited vegetarian lunch, cooked here. Our cook will come and ask what you would like for the next meal.

  3. Late afternoon

    Trek to the black rocks

    A walk through the hilly Sahyadri forest to the black rock formations, then a river bath at Ganesh Pal and a swim in the Shalmala.

  4. Guests sitting around a campfire at night
    Dusk

    Tea, snacks and a roaring fire

    Sitting around a roaring fire in the evening is the best way to spend an evening on holiday. Tea and snacks keep coming.

  5. A wooden cottage lit up in the dark forest
    After dinner

    The night jungle walk

    Torches off for a moment. Invisible steps on a dark path, the forest louder than it was all day. A little nervous is the point.

  6. Misty morning along a row of wooden cottages
    Morning

    Mist, neer dosa, slow goodbyes

    Wake up to birdsong and fog sitting on the canopy. Breakfast is unlimited; check-out is not until 11.

After dark

“The jungle walk at late night was thrilling and unique.”

Sarika Gadwe, guest
Two plates of fried chicken with onion and lemon on banana-leaf plates

“I haven’t had better food at any other home stay or resort till date.”

Karthik Shetty
The table

Unlimited, home-cooked, North Karnataka.

One lunch, one dinner, one breakfast, and tea with snacks morning and evening. Every plate is in the price.

Veg and non-veg, unlimited

Vegetarian

  • Hot & Sour Soup
  • Gobi Manchurian
  • Paneer Manchurian
  • Cutlet
  • Onion Pakoda
  • Palak Bajji
  • Cabbage Pakoda
  • Palak Paneer
  • Mix Veg Curry
  • Aloo Palak
  • Dal Fry
  • Chapathi
  • Fried Rice
  • White Rice

Non-vegetarian

  • Chicken 65
  • Chicken Manchurian
  • Chicken Pepper Dry
  • Chicken Honey Special
  • Chicken Dry
  • Fish Fry
  • Chicken Sukka
  • Chicken Hyderabadi
  • Chicken Egg Masala
  • Masala Egg Omelette
The grounds

Pool, verandahs and gumboots.

A pool in the garden, a tent deck at the forest edge, and gumboots by the door for the trek. The river is a short walk away.

Aerial view of the cottages, pool and red umbrellas in the forest
The swimming pool with a wooden deck
A row of gumboots ready for the trek
Two tents on a deck at the edge of the forest
Towel swans folded into a heart on the bed
River bath at Ganesh Pal · swim in the Shalmala
Around us

Twelve reasons to stay a second night.

Waterfalls, hill temples, a thousand lingas in the river. Pick a signpost.

Magod FallsWaterfalls
17 km from Yellapur

Magod Falls

A group of waterfalls

The river Bedti falls nearly 200 metres in two steps. Easy to reach, and the one everybody asks about.

Directions
Guest notes

Written by the people who stayed.

All reviews on Google
No. 01 · On the food
“I haven't had better food at any other home stay or resorts till date. Clean and well maintained wooden cottage, and of high standards.”
Karthik Shetty
No. 02 · On the night walk
“The jungle walk at late night was thrilling and unique. Shekhar dada was a big support throughout, specially during the trekking and the visit to Ganesha fall.”
Sarika Gadwe
No. 03 · On the welcome
“The cook himself comes and asks what the menu should be for the day. I highly recommend it to people who want to escape into the woods.”
Sushmita Kulkarni
No. 04 · On the location
“Many activities and facilities under a very affordable rate. And the location, oh my God! Don't miss the night walks.”
Krishna Manoj
No. 05 · On planning
“Food is typically North Karnataka taste, which is really delicious. Plan two days to cover the nearby places.”
Arjun & Bhuvan S N
No. 06 · On the host
“The owner, Ravi, is fully customer oriented. Everyone needs to experience nature once through Jungle Wood House.”
Samratdeepak R
Reach us

Follow the road into the trees.

Jungle Wood House,
Puradamane, Tolagod Village, Manchikere,
Yellapura Taluk, Uttara Kannada 581 347
Check-in
11:00 AM
Check-out
11:00 AM
Transport
Not included
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