We stayed in misty mountain (two families) in April 2019. The excitement starts when you park your vehicle 3 kms before the resort and take resort jeep. The next 3 kms road looks treacherous with the jeep ride on first time, but we realized that it is really not so dangerous after we did it second time. The guy who drives the jeep , makes it all the more fun. So it is ok, just a bit of adventure before you reach a tranquil place. The property is vast , secluded and beautiful. Well beautiful is an understatement. Just the the sitting area in front of our cottages itself was worth all the journey. Because you can see tens of kms in front of you, with a whole range of mountains (Nandadevi, Panchachuli, Trishul, Shiv-Parbati) as back drop and forested land all around you to keep you away from rest of the world. You just sit there and enjoy. You won't see a soul for hours unless some hotel staffs decide to come. We trekked to a small temple on top of a hill, the path was covered by blooming Rhododendron trees. It mesmerizes you. Then we walked to a meadow just before sunset which was so vast, so serene and so tranquil, the meadow just stole our hearts. It was awesome when we saw a flock of pheasants across the meadow. Our dates were such that we were the only guests in the whole place. It added to the serenity of the place. And as a cherry on top, there was one day when the entire range became crystal clear in the morning after some rain on previous day. We woke up, moved the curtains and were spellbound to see the gorgeous mountain range. Food was also great. Kids loved it. And Ambika, she was really a great host. She took time to be with us during our lunch and breakfasts and it was great to know about the history of the place, their passion , how they built the place and their day to day challenges to run it . She makes it look like it is easy, but I think it takes a lot of passion to run such a beautiful property in such location. Staffs were also very very accommodating, always tried their best to satisfy the request. This is a place, which you would enjoy if you love solitude, nature, birds, tranquility. My advice will be if you go there, spend most of the time there lazying around or just walking or hiking around it. I would love to go back there again.

I chanced upon this resort while browsing for a stay in Chaukori, and it caught my eye instantly! And the overwhelmingly postive reviews on Tripadvisor helped me to zero down on it for our holidays in Kumaon district in Uttarakhand! All our pre-booking queries were quickly and correctly answered by Ms Kavita, and booking itself was quite smooth. I cant say the same for the journey to reach there from Ahmedabad, though! But once you reach there, you forget it in few moments itself ! It took us around 9 hours by road from Rudrapur city to reach the parking area where their driver was waiting to take us the last few kilometers to the resort in their own vehicle as the road is very rough and steep, and it was an enjoyable and bumpy ride through the jungle!
On reaching the resort, we were greeted very warmly by the `family members` of the Misty Mountains, starting with Ms Ambikaji, the owner, her daughter Roohi, the staff ( and you soon realise that they treat their staff as family members ! ), and their dog, Rags! Looking at our tired faces, we were quickly escorted to our rooms, the Oak duplex suites, without even mentioning that we have been upgraded to these rooms! ( At most other resorts, if you are given a higher category room than originally booked, they make it sure that you feel obliged to them for it! But not here! ) And it was clearly evident that we are just not clients for them, but personal guests at their home!
The location of the Oak suites is fantastic, it is very spacious, and tastefully done with pleasing aesthetics.The linen provided is neat and clean, the bathroom is also quite well designed, as in `good old days` in cities, with all the 3 areas, bathing area, wash basin and toilet, seperated from each other with brick walls, the way it should be! They have even taken care of providing a charging point working on inverter in the room , lest the city dwellers get panicky when the light goes out, and their gadgets start `dying`!
The evening snacks of pakoras and sandwiches with tea gave us the idea of the taste and quality of food to follow!
We actually realised the superb location of the resort and the rooms, the next day early morning, when we opened our eyes to the majestic views of the whole Himalayan range, right from Trishul peak to the Panchchuli range! It was mesmerising and spell bounding! The only sounds which you could hear at 5: 30 am in the morning were of birds chirping all around you! How you wish that time freezes there for atleast sometime and you can spend hours together in the moment!
The food from breakfast to dinner was homely, fresh and , had enough varieties and quite tasty, and the highlight of each meal was the wide range of pickles and jams homemade by Ambikaji herself! Our sweet tooth was also satisfied to large extent during dinner , and she specially baked chocolate cupcakes for all the guests! Yummy! We savored it till we left the resort!
Ambikaji made it a point to interact with each and every guest during that time, on general topics and answered to various queries of the guests ( many of them repeatative! ) with full involvement, just as we do at our home with our personal guests!
The service was top notch! Though the staff is local and not qualified in hotel industry ( I presume ), but are well trained, and always served with a smile, polite and had immepacable manners, and quite flexible in everything and we didn`t get to hear a no for anything we asked ! Our one point contact for everything was Mr Raju, full of energy and enthusiasm at any given time of the day and ever ready to help us! He accomapanied us during various jungle treks in and around the resort, be it for sunset view, or Lambkeshwar trek or in quest to see the leopard in the resort area ! Bonfire was also arranged for us on a windy evening in the dining area, which added to the wonderful experience!
They have an huge activity room, with various games and small library, but I don`t think anyone would be ( or should be! ) using it, as the real `activity` lies outside in the vastness of the resort with Oak trees all around where you can do various activities like soaking in the nature for hours, gazing endlessly at the himalayas when weather permits ,various treks, or best of all, honing your skills of ` masterly inactivity`!
Our 3 nights were over in a jiffy, we felt! We left the resort with memories which will last for long, for sure!
When you are personal guests at anyone`s home, you tend to ignore minor lacunae for sure! One such here was absence of any wardrobe or place to hang clothes in the suite, which is very much needed when you are staying for 2-3 days. Also the cleanliness at some places in the room at the check-in time was not upto the mark, which was immediately taken care of when pointed out.
Over all we had a fantastic time, and it is highly recommended for the persons who love to be amidst nature and for whom the main `sight seeing` attraction is nature itself and not the various `points` forcefully developed as tourist attraction at more popular places!
We definitely wish to visit the place again someday, the distance and travel time not withstanding!