Tag: Orange County Resorts
Orange County Resorts and Hotels Ltd.
Orange County Resorts and Hotels Ltd is a public limited Company incorporated under the Company’s Act 1956, based in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. It currently has three operational resorts at Coorg, Kabini and Hampi in Karnataka, India.The Orange County Experience aims at delivering superlative amenities and services, while our guests are immersed in local experiences that are true to the land. From the native and eco-friendly architecture to the locally inspired activities, to interaction with the ethnic communities, the entire Orange County Experience is inspired by the local and designed to enrich your life.
Responsible Tourism
Orange County Resorts and Hotels Ltd. is committed to the concept of ‘Responsible Tourism’ through which it seeks to enhance the economic, social and environmental well-being of the host community, apart from incentivising the retention and regeneration of their unique culture. The brand ‘Orange County’ is committed to employing the best in environmental and ecological practices in technology, equipment and operational processes.
The Panchatantra and Jataka Tales that have entertained children over millennia, are replete with stories of foxes and their inherent cunning. While the big bad wolf was the alpha villain infesting our imaginations, it was the fox with her bushy tail that symbolised an insidious presence that could beguile us, and insinuate herself into our […]
Tags: Coorg, Lifescapes, Orange County Resorts
Foxtail Orchid, Coorg | Posted in Flora | 1 Comment »
When you think of flying sticks and tricks, you tend to think of Bruce Lee and his famous split-stick, the Nunchaku, or circus acts where clowns and magicians make simple sticks do their bidding. But have you ever known a stick that has a mind of its own, and can do things beyond the normal? […]
Tags: Coorg, Indian wildlife, Lifescapes, Orange County Resorts
Stick Insect, Coorg | Posted in Insects | 11 Comments »
Psychedelic yellowish-green outfits. Black bordered yellow face paint with black stripes. A crimson sash on the throat and forehead, teamed with red stockings. Scraggly, unkempt whiskers that haven’t seen a barber for ages! The hero of this piece is the quintessential rock star, down to the manic jerking of his head to his own beat. […]
Tags: Coorg, Coorg birds, Indian birds, Indian wildlife, Orange County Resorts
Coppersmith Barbet, Coorg | Posted in Birds | 8 Comments »
“A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma…” Churchill’s famous words may well have been said of the Checkered Keelback at the Oscars presentation ceremony, for this serpent is the ultimate thespian, playing multiple roles with effortless ease. Like the best ‘method actors’, Mr. Keelback must have studied his objects of inspiration intensely so […]
Tags: Coorg, Indian wildlife, Lifescapes, Orange County Resorts
Checkered Keelback, Coorg | Posted in Reptiles | 6 Comments »
Millennia before the advent of the Chicken 65, a dish worshipped in India and almost conferred the status of ‘national bird’, there lived a chicken that was venerated by Egyptian royalty. The Pharaoh’s Chicken was a rather peculiar bird, not least because it wasn’t even a hen to begin with. It was an Egyptian Vulture, […]
Tags: Indian birds, Indian wildlife, Kabini, Kabini birds, Lifescapes, Orange County Resorts
Egyptian Vulture, Kabini | Posted in Birds | 8 Comments »
Now you see him; now you don’t! He may be barely a few weeks old, and look as cute as a button, but that’s only when you manage to spot him (please don’t tell us he was born ‘spotted’; we’ve only heard that one 13774 times). For, the young Fawn is a champion hide-n-seeker. Of […]
Tags: Indian wildlife, Kabini, Lifescapes, Orange County Resorts
Fawn, Kabini | Posted in Mammals | 4 Comments »
For some it has always been a miracle; an act of faith. For others, it has merely been an act of science, albeit awe-inspiring. For centuries, this vision of someone actually treading water has become commonplace in Coorg, yet familiarity hasn’t bred contempt. Those who’ve watched it a thousand times will still stop and wonder […]
Tags: Coorg, Coorg birds, Indian birds, Indian wildlife, Lifescapes, Orange County Resorts
Pheasant-tailed Jacana, Coorg | Posted in Birds | 12 Comments »
We have all grown up on a diet of stories about the animal kingdom, where each denizen is anointed with a descriptive tag that’s added a filter through which it has always been viewed. So, we have had the ‘greedy’ pig, the ‘cunning’ fox, the ‘majestic’ lion… all immortalized through the good offices of comicdom. […]
Tags: Indian birds, Indian wildlife, Kabini, Kabini birds, Lifescapes, Orange County Resorts
Indian Eagle Owl, Kabini | Posted in Birds | 12 Comments »
It’s a cow… it’s a battle-tank… it’s Supercow! It has powers other cows don’t, and is from a hidden world beginning with ‘K’. Presenting the world’s largest, strongest specimen of wild cattle, the superhero of Kabini, the ‘Gaur’! Clad in all black, with white stockings and a black dewlap-cape hanging between his forelegs, and a […]
Tags: Indian wildlife, Kabini, Lifescapes, Orange County Resorts
Gaur, Kabini | Posted in Mammals | 6 Comments »
We, at Lifescapes have always known that you are the wind under our wings; we fly higher and farther because you’re always there to constantly support, critique and encourage us. You’ll be happy to know that we have once again vindicated your faith in us by winning one of the world’s most coveted awards, the […]
Tags: Lifescapes, Orange County Resorts
Pure Awards 2013 | Posted in Uncategorized | 20 Comments »