A place away from the hustle and bustle of metro town like Delhi. We never believed such cool place ever existed so close to Delhi. An ideal weekend getaway with lots of adventure and excitement to offer. It was a pleasure to see tuskers in their pristine glory and feel the surroundings in absolute harmony with nature. The USP of the place is ecotourism and it is a pleasure to know and practice it there. The bird watching experience under the authentic guidance was an experiance of lifetime. You will love it and Kids will also enjoy it same time. And last but not tyhe least the river rafting is like the iceing on the cake... do enjoy it too....

I have done eco tourism before and was aghast at the offering Wild Brook gave us. It was a terrific drive and was the only high point of the trip. On our arrival we were given a room which was very dirty the floor baddly needed a sweep and a mop. there was no water as there was no electricity. the generator just lying in front of the room was useless and the help boys told us that it doesent work. i had to call the owner and he then tried to explain me eco tourism and that the fan was against the policy of eco tourism, though they were running bulbs on tractor battries but somehow fans were against the philosophy!!!!!! Anyhow may be I was ignorent of the concept but it surely defy logic. there were two helpers for the entire resort and that too were village boys trained in basic stuff. MY QUESTION IS : Are people fools to accept whatever is thrown on their way because some one has a have baked idea of a eco tourism and they fail to be service provider first> they want people to comply to their idea because they think it is the best and then have an audacity to tell that I know what I am doing, I am sorry Mr Owner, we Indians are not ignorent and demand better services and comfort and when I am paying 6000 rs for 3 people in a cottage where the vegitables server were brought by us. Tourists please beware as you might be also "like us" believe in just words and ruin your holiday.

This was the last leg of our recent vacation to Mussoorie, Haridwar.
We were to arrive in the late afternoon for a one night stay at this retreat. The web road map was confusing so we shared with the manager of our Mussoorie resort and he concurred that he did not quite understand the logistic despite knowing that area (being a localite).
Through some mobile calls on the way we tried to find our way. For a start there are NO signboards anywhere - it would certainly help to have them at critical road corners as well as a re-assurance for a guest. The website certainly mentions that a good part of the journey is through the jungle, but we have been to wildlife retreats at Bandipur, Nagarahole, Jim Corbett, Gir forest etc and all of them good signages.
We got lost and took a wrong turn into the jungle and up the hills for a good 6 kms before retracing back to the "right" trail.
This trail goes over a dry river bed with several streams. We were travelling on a Indigo and quite circumspect at many places - fortunately the water was low.
After managing to find some humans on the way and with some directions we reached the retreat. The retreat also does not have a board. The gate was a bamboo pole - which my driver and me lifted to enter the retreat. After roaming for 10 minutes we saw a young boy (abt 18 years or so) running towards the retreat and to enquire what we wanted. When we mentioned we had a booking, he said, he hadnt been informed. So we checked if this was Wildbrook and he confirmed, and upon enquiry got to know that we were to be the only guests. When we asked if there were other staff, he said that he was the only person and knows how to cook.
Being a god forsaken location, and with no other staff or guests, we beat a hasty retreat as it was getting to be dusk and we wanted to reach Rishikesh before it got dark.
We believe, the retreat has not taken off and we have been taken for a ride. Certainly not recommended for families.
We obviously forfeited the package amount paid - a good Rs 8000, but got wiser and returned alive!
Only positive aspect, we sighted lot of peacocks, spotted deer, Sambhar and on our return a herd of wild elephants - so paisa vasool on the safari atleast!

I finally got a chance to spend a day at this amazing amazing wilderness retreat with lodging comforts of a star category property. First we are greeted (mock charged) with a herd of 9 elephants on our way to this resort in late evening (try getting there before sunset) and then the pleasure of listning to wild Jungle sounds (alarm calls of barking deer and choughing of a leopard and nocturnal birds)