We got feedback from Vani who was with us on the 30th of September and Sonia who was with us from the 7th of October, here is what they had to say,

“1. Coffee needs to be stronger – we found coffee all over Coorg much better than the one at Bethel.
2. The food is delicious and has lots of options for curries. For dinner we had 5-6 curries! But maybe you could chop off two of the curries and add a sweet dish instead – sort of makes the meal complete and people with a sweet tooth would be very happy! A simple Fruit salad would also suffice.
3. You could make “Star Gazing” an activity (like your treks). If you had a “Star Gazing Point” and a more powerful telescope, the guests would be thrilled to see the craters on the moon/ Jupiter’s moons/etc. Open up the world from them, since most of us from the cities can hardly see more than 4-5 stars in the sky!

Everything else is perfect. Special Thanks to Rakesh and Arun for their hospitality” — Vani

Vani thanks for your suggestions and thanks for coming.

Sonia mentioned she had great time in Bethel but that she would have like that the Tents were more dryer, she was not comfortable with tents having moulds… — to us, this is not acceptable, Coorg has intensive rainfall, fungi formation is very common, but we had taken precautions against it, all the tents had been sprayed with an anti-fungal film — it just means that we have been neglecting our maintainance activities.

Sonia thanks for your feedback, out in the open we expect our guests to commune with nature, but inside our cottages, the entire living space has to be spotless and hygenic, this is something we do not compromise on.

We have decided to shutdown Bethel for this week and will not be taking any guests till we complete our maintainance activities