1) Food--Excellent
2) Accomodation--Unique
3) Hospitality--Excellent
4) Ambience--Excellent
5) Location--Excellent
Only request the management to fix a "Toilet Rack" in the bathroom
Tips-- Do boating at night in Bagda River(prefferably Full Moon Night)
for detailed view of the place you are requested to watch the provided video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HOG8n0MIyA
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It was a very nice stay at Monchasa and a beautiful arrangement & hospitality by Mr & Mrs Basu. very nice place for someone who loves nature and want to spend some quality time with family. very good change from our busy life. The place has been developed beautifully with scientific ideas to make it a real eco friendly place. Superb collection of books in the common room for visitors. Lots of toys & other facilities for childrens to play around. Overall it's a great place for weekend trip and that too only 2-3 Hrs journey from Kolkata.
Only request to visitors, please do not disturb the silence and harmony of nature and the discipline in village life.
If you are thinking of spending some quality time with your family, look no further. Excellent service, food, hospitality and a little personal touch from Monchasha. Thank you Nilanjanda and Debjanidi..
On January 7, 2015, we made our second trip to Mon chasha, Midnapore. It has already become one of our favourite weekend getaways from Kolkata. The first thing that strikes you when you reach this spot is the management's loyalty towards ecotourism. From the luggage cart to the solar-powered lamps, from using differentiated dustbins for biodegradable and non-biodegradable products to making the cottages using various kinds of plant matter, it is evident that this place has been created with the utmost love and care. This is a perfect rustic experience; I had never seen village life as closely as I did here. To top it all, Mon chasha serves all it's meal using vegetables grown on their very own organic farm. The simple decoration catches your eye: folk instruments hanging here and there, hammocks lining the central lobby area, little cane stools and chairs to relax in the open, birds and animals for children to play with and a beautiful little museum for visitors to learn about village life. If the calm Bagda river, which flows through the backyard of this eco-resort is not soothing enough, the soft, instrumental Rabindra Sangeet played for you all day long revives the tired soul of the modern-day tourist. All-in-all, this place is a must visit when you want some quiet time with your family and the city is almost unbearable.
If you want a glimpse of rural Bengal without compromising on the quality of amenities, this is the destination for you! About two hours and a half by road from Kolkata, this place offers you impeccable comfort without a trace of extravagance. It's just right! It has bamboo-and-wood cottages and earthen rooms for the dining-cum-recreation space, museum of village life and a temple. There is a rich vegetable garden alongwith lush flower beds and pergolas! The staff is very affable and efficient. The food is authentic Bengali cuisine cooked on slow burners!
The adjacent river with it's tides and a couple of duck-ponds complete the idyllic scene.
(PS: You can also take a walk in the village. It won't let you down.)
It is totally worth the value and strongly recommended for anyone wishing to get away from the noise and bustle of city life.
At the onset, lets forget the last 6 kms of the journey, its not in the hands of management however work has started by the Govt. and soon it would be better is what we have been told. So, on with the next bit - The Concept.
I have had my experiences with "eco tourism" in Bengal, it came to a point where we decided not to try any thing to do with ECO as lot of "Businesses" have come up which provides nothing by stating that "we are a ECO resort". They should come to Mon chasha. the Basus have done really well to deserve the ECO responsibility tag, waste management, energy management, natural resource utilisation, local community involvement, reducing carbon footprints and much more.
However, keeping aside the technicalities, what really blows your mind is the warm hospitality and the quality of the stay. Unlike many other "ECO" resorts, there is no compromise on basic comforts, sleep quality and food hygiene. One needs to come here and check the entire practice of how well each and every aspect is monitored so actively.
On the vacation spot, its nicely tucked in the rural belly of Bengal where air is fresh, grass is green and the water has a taste which lingers on, the attraction is the place itself and hence do not plan to do "sight seeing" while you are in Mon chasha, you will be dissapointed.
