Reviewed 3 May 2014
Utkarsh K
I visited this place with my wife in April 2014 based on recommendations from Trip Advisor and few friends.
Honestly, creating and developing a place that requires guests to walk 30 minutes just to get there requires courage ( and this is in the dry months, I am told the monsoon season route is even more treacherous) and a considerable amount of love for all things natural.
I did not think such a place would click, but it works and how!!
For the 2 days we stayed there, we were made to feel like royalty.
We were lucky to be the only ones staying at soulitude at that time.
So we had the luxury of having Manoj with us always telling us about his farm, about the surroundings, the birds and most times just chatting over hot cups of tea and coffee.
The place is done up really thoughtfully almost wrapped around the natural terrain available there. For example, in one of the rooms, there is a huge boulder right inside the washroom. They did not cut it and do away with it but just left it there.
The rooms are complete with a delicate blend of luxury and rusticity.
But frankly, if you spend too much time in the room, then you have wasted precious moments which could have been spent harvesting potatoes, planting tomatoes, sitting on a rock in the middle of a river, trekking along various natural trails and sitting by the bonfire.
I will not divulge anymore as the biggest joy in visiting soulitude is in exploring and being surprised.
While nature takes care of the traveller in you, all other things are taken care of by Manoj and his able team.
Whatever I write here will be an understatement.
He is such a genuine person truly in love with the place.
When I told him I would love to come back again but don’t when and maybe he won’t be at soulitude then, his terse reply was “don’t worry, I will always be here”.
The place is incomplete without Manoj to guide you as there is so much to do with so little time.
The food is extremely homely and vegetables are all grown on the farm within the property.
All in all the experience will purify your soul.
Kudos to the entire team.
Stayed April 2014,travelled as a couple