Estate Resort Moodabidri: Review

Estate Resort is a nice property in Moodabidri near Mangaluru for your stay, day outings or mini events.

I visited Estate Resort for a day outing and have a planned stay coming up in August.

This is what you get for day outing package:

• Access to common areas, swimming pool, 
• Indoor game room (chess, TT etc) and outdoor gaming room (net cricket, archery)
• Breakfast, Lunch and evening snacks
• 1 Room access 
• Trekking

Evening I did a short trek- some 300 meters under rubber plantation, rest of the distance kachcha road.

Swimming pool is decent. Not very deep.

Day visit package needs min 8 pax and cost is around 1700-1800 per person plus tax. Ideal for small teams of 10-20 people.

When we visited Zipline/outdoor activities area was under maintenance- may complete only by September.

Food: Food options were great. The restaurant is large, spacious and view of the valley is nice.

They sell tender coconut for INR 110 + taxes. We later got one discount coupon offering some discount on drinks purchase- but as the drinks were overpriced it didn't make much sense buying there. Buy when you go to city.

Stay options:

Rooms at Estate Resort cost 6000 INR per night onwards and have view of mountains. Some rooms like the one near conference room do not have much of a view. 3rd person pays 1500 INR+ tax.

Few larger family rooms cost around 15000k per night.

Cheaper on booking.com

I contacted Estate Resort directly hoping I will get good rates, but they quoted standard 6000 INR per night + tax, whereas Booking.com cost me under 5000. Property said discount is from Booking.com and they can't help. Booking.com charges 20% commission easily and is probably giving some concession to their genius customers-I guess properties are prohibited from lowering their rates to direct customers.

Places to visit nearby from Estate Resorts:

• Sammilan Shetty Butterfly Park
• Gundiadka falls
• Thousand Pillar Basadi
• Phalguni Dam
• Kadalakere Park
• Perara hills
• Kateelu Durgaparameshwari temple
• Padubidri Bluflag beach
• few more temples

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Their official website is estateresort.in

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