What sets this stay apart
2- and 3-night packages
Pre-planned itineraries for short stays — cottage, meals, one guided activity, pickup and drop.
Fast-track check-in
Pre-registration on WhatsApp means you're in your cottage within minutes of arriving.
One-call activity booking
Safari, waterfall, trek, temple, boat — decide the night before, we handle the rest.
Late check-out on Sundays
Where availability allows, we extend check-out to make Sunday feel like a real day, not a rush.
How to build a Wayanad weekend that works
The single most common weekend mistake is trying to do six things in 48 hours. Wayanad rewards the opposite — pick one big outing, pair it with one relaxed one, and leave time to just sit somewhere pretty. The distances are short on a map but slow in reality; a 30-km hop can eat 90 minutes.
A safari at Tholpetty or a morning at Kuruva Island pairs beautifully with a Pookode Lake stop or a Thirunelli temple visit. Save Chembra Peak for a longer trip — it needs a full day.
Getting there without losing Friday evening
From Bangalore, leave by 5 PM Friday, break the drive with dinner near Mysore, and arrive at Jungle Edge by 11:30 PM. We keep late check-in easy — the cottage will be warm, keys ready, kitchen holding a light meal.
From Kochi or Kozhikode, a Saturday early-morning start makes more sense. From Bangalore-based frequent flyers, the Kannur airport flight on Friday evening followed by a 2-hour drive gets you to the property by 10 PM and is the least tiring option.
What a rested weekend actually looks like
The pattern our returning weekend guests follow: early night on Friday, a leisurely Saturday morning outing (safari or waterfall), an unhurried lunch, an afternoon by the pool, an early sundown drink, and a slow dinner. Sunday is a walk, breakfast, and the drive home before it gets dark.
This is the pattern the property is set up for. There's no pressure to rush; the schedule adapts to how tired you actually are on Friday night — because that's when the real trip planning happens.
Weekend logistics, sorted
The two things that ruin Wayanad weekends are traffic and unfamiliar drives. We solve both by arranging pickups where you want them, timed to avoid the worst stretches — and by giving you a driver who knows the ghat roads.
- Bangalore drive
- ~290 km · 6–7 hrs via Mysore–Bandipur (best in daylight)
- Kannur drive
- ~75 km · 2 hrs · shortest and most scenic
- Calicut drive
- ~130 km · 3.5 hrs · via 9 hairpin ghat road
- Kochi drive
- ~280 km · 6 hrs · via Kozhikode
- Ideal arrival window
- Friday afternoon or evening
- Ideal departure window
- Sunday post-lunch
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Airports, drive times and directions
Frequently asked
Lock in a weekend at Jungle Edge
Send us the Friday you want to arrive and the Sunday you need to leave. We'll come back with a cottage, a light plan and a pickup — all within the hour.
Thalapuzha, Kanyamoola, Valad (PO), Mananthavady, Wayanad