Neemrana
Hotels Non-Hotel, Green Hills Estate is a plantation Estate in Coorg
Region of Karnataka which is known as Scotland of India for its wonderful weather
and Coffee plantations. The
Green Hills Estate was the residence of the Diwans of Rajas of the Coorg in the
South-West Karnataka. It was built in 1898 by Apparanda Rao Bhadur Chengappa.
He was the son of the Diwan Bopanna.
Designed by Swiss architect
this grand mansion sits on the raised clearing in the rainforest, among a hundred
acres of coffee and cardamon plantations, paddy fields and the pepper vines. Its
skyline is silhouetted with areca and coconut plams, wild mango, rosewood &
a large Burmese mahogany tree.
Driving to the Green
Hills Estate takes one across the Cauvery river- which flows five kilometres from
the property - past rolling coffee and rubber plantations and forests full of
giant bamboo clumps. The neighbouring Nagarhole Wildlife Sanctuary remains the
best preserved habitat of the Asian elephant, the tiger, the spotted deer and
the bison. The
interiors are reminiscent of the planters' bungalows with lazy furniture and rosewood
panelled walls. The stately mansion of Green Hills is full of memorabilia of he
ancestor-worshipping family who still inhabits the estate: silver & animal
trophies, photographs and books Distance
: Madikeri - 35 kms, Mysore - 100 kms, Bangalore - 250 kms Coorg
region is visited all round the year as its never too cold, too hot or too wet
in the region. It is visited as a Weekend
Getaway Ex-Bangalore or as a part of an Itinerary
that covers other destinations in Karnataka / Ooty and Wayanad. | 
