the smell of wet jungle
the shrill cry of a wild cat
the 100 different shades of green forest

the tinkle of a waterfall
the taste of warm home food

the sound of silence
the best excuse to get lost to

                                      fringe ford!!

 

 

 

Snuggled into a cosy valley, high up in the hills, with the grand old forest peaks towering paternally around it. Fringe Ford is as cut off from the world as you can get. It probably doesn’t feature on a map, has no traffic fumes, no traffic, not even a road, and is thankfully ignored by the cell phone towers. What is does have however, is a fabulous, authentic experience of living in the middle of the jungle, some great treks, silver silence punctuated only by the occasional warning calls of birds or monkeys when a carnivore comes visiting. And it offers you the best peace you’ve had on vacation anywhere anytime. There is a 360 degree view of jungle; all looking identical, but each with its own tale. The balding Namboodri peaks, named after the estate’s ex-accountant, the range of hills that rises almost perpendicular at the back of the house, which once climbed, leads one on to Coorg, the peak out there, with the watch tower, which was built one day, and demolished that night by wild elephants. Fringe Ford was named by the Englishman who had first bought the land and built it into a plantation. It changed hands since then, and was finally acquired by its present landlord, Ahmed, who being a naturalist, let the land go back to the forest. In fact, the 520-acre property shares its boundaries, not fences with the wildlife sanctuaries of Wyanad and Tholpaty reserve forest, making this entire stretch, one of the last remaining bastions of the Malabar rain forests around, with shelter for its fauna and flora.

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                      New tariff plan – for 2009 onwards
                                                                                                                       Rs 2850 per person includes (twin-sharing)

                                                                                                                     1 breakfast, 1 lunch, 1 dinner, tea and snacks

                                                                                                                          Single occupancy – Rs 3650/- per person includes

                                                                                                                                 1 breakfast, 1 lunch, 1 dinner, tea and snacks       
                                                                                                                              For Christmas and New Year starting from Dec 22 22                                                                                                                           to Jan 3rd our tariff will be Rs 3650 per person.
                                                                                                                                   This will include 1 breakfast by the stream,

                                                                                                                            1 lunch, 1 dinner, tea and coffee.
                                                                                                                              Welcome drink, snacks around bon-fire,

                                                                                                                           trek to water falls.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off-season rates

Rs. 2250/- per person includes (twin-sharing)

1 breakfast, 1 lunch, 1 dinner, tea and snacks

Single occupancy – Rs. 3250/- per person includes

1 breakfast, 1 lunch, 1 dinner, tea and snacks
(Starting June 15 to September 15)
 

The above tariffs also include pick-up

from Thalapoya (Mass nursery)

No extra charge for guides accompanying on treks in the property.

For sight seeing trips outside the property a minimum charge of Rs. 250 for half day / Rs. 500 for full day will be charged per guide
We can arrange vehicle for local sightseeing. This will charged at actual.

 

 

History : It all started a few millennia ago, when the forces of Nature scrunched together the land mass that became India, and threw the Western Ghats into a turmoil of highs and lows like a piece of crumpled silk. Later, these hills covered themselves with satiny grass and towering trees, hiding in their folds some of the most beautiful hideaways known (or unknown). Fringe Ford lies hidden in one of these valleys. A British settler discovered the beauty of the country in 1912, and its huge potential as cultivable land, and acquired the property which he turned into estate, cultivating the local pepper, cardamom and coffee on its slopes. He built the house, that still stands there. He named it Fringe Ford. The name stuck, but nothing else. Fringe Ford changed hands, and soon found its way to its present owner, who decided to give back to the jungle its own land. Now, Fringe Ford stretches out over a 1000 acres on all sides, some of it still chalked out for cultivation but a large portion of it turned over to the elephants, the leopards, the squirrels and the other species that call it home. The forest has long grown over the cultivated slopes, and unique species of plants, ferns and massive, rain-giving trees now thicken the hills. Fringe Ford has come full circle, and today, is one of the few pieces of Malabar rain forest that the world has to show.

 

For bookings and information log onto www.Fringeford.com or e-mails us at info@wild-escapes.com or call us at +91-22-66635228