| Category : |
Luxury heritage eco lodge |
| Location : |
Ranthambore
National Park |
| Address |
Sawai Madhopur Lodge Ranthambore National Park Road, Sawai Madhopur
- 322 001, Rajasthan, India. Tel.: 91 7462 220 541 / 247 |
| Getting there : |
By air: Jaipur (182 km) is the nearest airport
which has very well air link with all major air locations of the country
like Delhi and Mumbai.
By rail: Sawai Madhopur (10 km) on the Delhi-Mumbai rail route is the
nearest railhead. |
| Accommodation
: |
30 deluxe rooms including 6 junior suites and 2
deluxe suites. |
| Facilities/services : |
Doctor-on-call, round the clock security, luggage
room, astrologer-on-call, baby sitting, beauty parlour service (on
request), room service, television, Internet, STD and ISD calls, fax,
same day laundry service, currency exchange and car rental. |
| Cuisine : |
International and Indian including its contemporary and traditional
foods. |
| Highlights : |
The standard of hospitality can be weighed with the fact that Queen
Elizabeth and Prince Philip have been esteemed guest of this heritage
lodge. Plenty of recreational and informational activities await guests
here. |
This 70 years old hunting lodge, now called as Sawai Madopur Lodge
has history attached with it, as it has been hunting lodge for Maharajahs of
Rajasthan in bygone days. Today, owned and managed by the Taj Hotels Resorts
Palaces, the eco lodge is undoubtedly one of the best place to stay and
explore the rich cultural and biological significance of Ranthambore.
Located close to the Ranthambore National Park, Sawai Madhopur Vacation
Lodge is just 20 minutes drive from the park. The resort as well as the park
fall in Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan. Sawai Madhopur lying in the
Delhi-Mumbai rail line is halt to many express trains plying daily is the
nearest railway station (10 km). Jaipur is the nearest airport, which is 182
km far from the lodge. Jaipur is very well connected to all major airports
of country. Reaching to Ranthambore from Jaipur takes just approx 4 hours
drive.
Facilities
There are total 30 deluxe rooms in the lodge, which includes 6 suites
having private courtyard and 2 deluxe suites which overlook the front lawns
of the lodge. Even the vacation lodge, during the winters (October-March),
pitches 6 exclusive luxury tents specially for adventure loving people.
Standard and superior rooms are equipped with all modern amenities. Junior
suites have attached bathroom, private sit-out and a living room. The deluxe
suites intend to make one feel the utmost royal hospitality of Rajasthan.
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip of England has also been esteemed guest of
the lodge once on their visit to Sawai Madhopur.
While being at Sawai Madhopur Eco Lodge, guests are privileged to avail
many facilities like doctor-on-call, round the clock security, luggage room,
astrologer-on-call, baby sitting, beauty parlour service (on request), room
service, television, Internet, STD and ISD calls, fax, same day laundry
service, currency exchange and car rental. The lodge has even meeting and
banquet facilities. The restaurant of the lodge serves the finest
traditional and contemporary foods of Indian and International cuisine. The
Neem terrace is open air restaurant where guests can enjoy bonfire while
watching folk performance and popular Rajasthani puppet show.
The wildlife excursion in the Ranthambore National Park is the best
activities that one can enjoy to utmost while being at Sawai Madhopur Lodge.
The lodge arranges game viewing in the park which includes elephant safari
and jeep safari. The company of naturalist of the lodge while in the park
intensifies one's joy of wildlife expedition. Even when one is back to
the lodge, there are various recreational and informational activities to
enmesh into like wildlife lectures, wildlife film shows, and sports like air
pistol shooting, badminton, kite flying, table tennis and many more.
