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.
How would you feel when you’ve spent a long time sussing out your prey, before successfully hunting it down, and flying home happily with the spoils, only to have doom strike down from the skies, cheating you of your hard-earned meal? You’d feel very much like the Black-shouldered Kite which lost out to a fellow […]
Tags: Indian wildlife, Kabini, Kabini birds, Lifescapes, Orange County Resorts
Indian Spotted Eagle, Kabini | Posted in Birds | 6 Comments »
If we polled our fair women readers, chances are a high percentage will claim that men never grow up, and are metaphorically attached to their momma’s skirts. We men can take solace from the fact that we aren’t alone in this particular affliction. In Kabini, there exists a lad who’s the biggest baby of them […]
Tags: Indian wildlife, Kabini, Lifescapes, Orange County Resorts
Elephant Calf, Kabini | Posted in Mammals | 12 Comments »
Since antiquity, owls and owlets have fascinated mankind, and different societies have invested in them an almost mythical veneer of wisdom or, depending on their cultural moorings, a darker, more malignant intelligence. While the veneration of the ‘wise owl’ has its provenance in western culture in the legend of Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom […]
Tags: Indian birds, Indian wildlife, Kabini, Kabini birds, Lifescapes, Orange County Resorts
Spotted Owlet, Kabini | Posted in Birds | 8 Comments »
While the women of Coorg have long been lauded for their beauty and grace, there’s one local lass whose petite visage disguises a fiery personality. Meet Kanthari, or the ‘dangerous lady’, whose writ runs across the hills and dales of Coorg, and makes even grown men quail. One of the spiciest chillies in the world, […]
Tags: Coorg, Lifescapes, Orange County Resorts
Bird's eye chilli, Coorg | Posted in Plantation | 6 Comments »
Tailors stitch clothes. Or that’s what we’ve always believed. In Coorg, however, they sew, rivet and stitch ready-to-occupy homes. There is an entire community of seamstresses in this neck of the woods, who give ‘tailor-made’ homes a whole new meaning, creating plush, bespoke dwellings that are a far cry from the assembly line apartments that […]
Tags: Coorg, Coorg birds, Indian birds, Indian wildlife, Lifescapes, Orange County Resorts
Common Tailorbird, Coorg | Posted in Birds | 5 Comments »
The Kabini Dam is often in the news, holding, as it does, the status of a gatekeeper of the economic fortunes of competing agrarian states. But, far below the swirling eddies of riverine politics, there is another, more pristine ecosystem at work. This is the world of miniature dams and tunnels, a world that exists […]
Tags: Indian wildlife, Kabini, Lifescapes, Orange County Resorts
Smooth-coated otter, Kabini | Posted in Mammals | 2 Comments »
We all know how it is with fishermen and tall tales,and how the fish they caught last summer gets bigger and bigger with every retelling. So when you hunker down with some bubbly by the banks of the Kabini, and an old fisherman saunters up, fixes you with a beady eye, and tells you about […]
Tags: Indian birds, Indian wildlife, Kabini, Kabini birds, Lifescapes, Orange County Resorts
Little Cormorant, Kabini | Posted in Birds | 3 Comments »
If you’re holidaying in Kabini, and have settled down on a hammock with your favourite murder mystery, the last thing you’re looking forward to, is someone trying to loudly second guess the name of the murderer. What’s more irritating than being subjected to a loud refrain of “did he do it…did he do it?” is […]
Tags: Indian birds, Indian wildlife, Kabini birds, Lifescapes, Orange County Resorts
Red-wattled Lapwing, Kabini | Posted in Birds | 2 Comments »
He’s small. He’s hyperactive. He’s highly agile. And he spends most of his day high up on a tree. It is these qualities that have given the Rusty Spotted Cat of Kabini the label of ‘Hummingbird of the Cat Family’. The smallest known wild cat in the world, this beautiful little bundle of energy is […]
Tags: Indian wildlife, Kabini, Lifescapes, Orange County Resorts
Rusty-spotted cat, Kabini | Posted in Mammals | 4 Comments »
If you’re humming to yourself, strolling through the coffee-scented backwoods of Coorg, and hear a maniacal laugh followed by some hysterical cackling, please don’t put your musical ambitions on hold. Far from being a reaction to your ability to hold a tune, it may just be the local busybody wagging his rather large nose in […]
Tags: Coorg, Coorg birds, Indian birds, Indian wildlife, Lifescapes, Orange County Resorts
Malabar Grey Hornbill, Coorg | Posted in Birds | No Comments »
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