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.
If you can’t hear the telltale rat-a-tat of someone drumming on a tree bark, or even if you can’t spot those fashionable heart patterns fluttering amidst the leaves, don’t lose heart. For, if you’re seeking Coorg’s most romantic citizen, you don’t have to look too hard. In fact, very often you don’t have to look […]
Tags: Coorg, Coorg birds, Indian birds, Indian wildlife, Lifescapes, Orange County Resorts
Heart-spotted Woodpecker, Coorg | Posted in Birds | 22 Comments »
History is replete with tales of legendary heroes going into exile, and returning after conquering the odds, to reclaim their rightful place. In the Hindu epic, The Ramayana, the young Prince Rama had to undergo a fourteen year exile before he was considered ready to claim his throne. While Rama spent his years in the […]
Tags: Indian wildlife, Kabini, Lifescapes, Orange County Resorts
Cicada, Kabini | Posted in Insects | 15 Comments »
Most of us have a hidden spark of musical genius, often experienced by select audiences who’re left mesmerised by our lyrical effusion. Let’s not dwell on the small issue of the audience count numbering just one. For, in the world of the bathroom singer, one doesn’t allow annoying things like reality to intrude. In the […]
Tags: Coorg, Coorg birds, Indian birds, Indian wildlife, Lifescapes, Orange County Resorts
White-breasted Waterhen, Coorg | Posted in Birds | 9 Comments »
Not all blockbusters play to packed audiences. Nor do all heroes crave the spotlight. One of Coorg’s leading action stars features in incredible action sequences that would otherwise be considered flights of fancy, but doesn’t stay around for the applause. Like all great performers, he blends into his roles-and very often his surroundings-with such good […]
Tags: Coorg, Indian wildlife, Lifescapes, Orange County Resorts
Draco, Coorg | Posted in Reptiles | 10 Comments »
Tigers must definitely have South Indian sensibilities. For, their favourite meal is the Sambar, a staple of every self-respecting South Indian kitchen. But while the original Sambar is a soupy lentil concoction, the dish featured here is a large serving of meat on the hoof. The Sambar, featured above, definitely boasts more Deer per Deer, […]
Tags: Indian wildlife, Kabini, Lifescapes, Orange County Resorts
Sambar Deer, Kabini | Posted in Mammals | 6 Comments »
While the Chateratti in the social networks swear by Facebook, MSN and Twitter, residents of Coorg have always known that theirs is the most colourful chat engine around. For, here you’ll find the avian world’s most talkative citizens and ‘live’ chat rooms behind every bush. The old dictum, ‘If speech is silver, silence is golden’, […]
Tags: Coorg, Coorg birds, Indian birds, Lifescapes, Orange County Resorts
Rose-ringed Parakeet, Coorg | Posted in Birds | 21 Comments »
What do you call someone who announces her presence with the sweetest melodies, and then underlines her arrival on the scene with a drum-roll of percussive rattles and appreciative whistles? Ornithologists call her the Yellow-eyed Babbler, but we suspect she prefers to be known as the ‘Diva’. As we shall see, this diminutive bird’s behaviour […]
Tags: Indian birds, Indian wildlife, Kabini, Kabini birds, Lifescapes, Orange County Resorts
Yellow-eyed Babbler, Kabini | Posted in Birds | 9 Comments »
It’s said that if you wish to attain any degree of proficiency in a field, you should begin early. Nobody follows this dictum better than the subject of this issue, whose career as a mimicry artist begins from early childhood. What looks to be a bird’s dropping on a leaf, is often a Common Mormon […]
Tags: Coorg, Indian wildlife, Lifescapes, Orange County Resorts
Common Mormon Caterpillar, Coorg | Posted in Insects | 10 Comments »
If you thought you were a globe-trotter, and that life was what happened between connecting flights, do consider the competition. What you see in the picture is a serene duck contemplating timelessness on the placid waters of the Kabini. What you don’t see is the sheer distance he’s travelled to get here. The Northern Pintail […]
Tags: Indian birds, Indian wildlife, Kabini, Kabini birds, Lifescapes, Orange County Resorts
Northern Pintail, Kabini | Posted in Birds | 15 Comments »
For centuries, elephants have been seen merely as mobile ivory holders: temporary guardians, as it were, of the world’s most sought after merchandise. The unscrupulous trade in ivory had contributed greatly to the depredation of elephant numbers. Today, conservational activism and legislation have significantly reduced poaching, and the magnificent specimen that we see in this […]
Tags: Indian wildlife, Kabini, Lifescapes, Orange County Resorts
Asiatic Bull Elephant, Kabini | Posted in Mammals | 10 Comments »
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