- Kufri Holiday Resort offers its room tariffs valid till March 2001.
- The tariff for a double room is Rs 2,550 plus taxes, per couple per night.
- The tariff for a deluxe room is Rs 2,850 plus taxes, per couple per night.
- The tariff for a suite is Rs 3,050 plus taxes, per couple per night.
- The tariff for a two room cottage is Rs 4,950 plus taxes, per night, for four people.
- The tariff for a three room cottage is Rs 6,500 plus taxes, per night, for six people.
Children below 12 will not be charged. An extra person will be charged Rs 700, plus taxes, per night.
There will be a 25 per cent off season discount from July 15 to September 15 and from January 15 to March 15, 2001 on the above tariffs.
Its facilities include a restaurant, bar, a 24 hour coffee lounge, conference facilities, car rental
services, billiards and table tennis.
Kufri Holiday Resort, Kufri, Shimla Hills, Shimla. Phone: 0177- 480300, 480341.
Fax: 480344.
Shimla: Tej Cottage, Taland, Circular Road. Phone: 0177-224291.
New Delhi: Phone: 011-6229972.
- Banjara Camp, New Delhi, offers tent accommodation on the Chail-Kufri road.
The deluxe tents are priced at Rs 1,000 per person on twin sharing basis. This includes meals and taxes.
Children below five will not be charged. Children between five and 12 will be charged 50 per cent of the adult price. An extra person will be charged 75 per cent of the adult price.
For reservation contact: New Delhi: Phone: 011-6960509.
- The Chail Palace, at Chail , once the home of the Maharaja of Patiala, it is now an HPTDC heritage hotel, offering a view of the Churdhar ranges. The hotel offers its tariffs for the year.
- The tariff for the Maharaja suite, for four people, is Rs 6,000 per night.
- The tariff for the super deluxe suites, for two people, is Rs 2,800 per night.
- The tariff for the double deluxe is Rs 2,400 per night.
- The tariff for the double semi deluxe is Rs 1,600 per night.
- The tariff for the double regular is Rs 1,500 per night.
The facilities offered: cable television, billiards, tennis, a park for children, bar, restaurant, cafe, conference hall, library, gift shop.
The Palace Hotel, Chail, Himachal Pradesh. Phones: 01792-48143.
- Hotel Gables, Mashobra, a Club Mahindra resort, offers its tariffs:
Tariffs valid till September 30:
- Rs 1,700 plus taxes, for a single room per night.
- Rs 1,900 plus taxes, for a double room per couple per night.
The resort offers two kinds of packages for the summer.
Package one.
Package two.
Mahindra Holidays: Bombay: 022-8204181.
New Delhi: 011-6224682.
Ahmedabad: 079-6741579.
Bangalore: 080-5286741
Chandigarh: 0172-647087
Madras: 044-8238171
Cochin: 0484-353543
Pune: 020-5677241.
- Hotel Sylvan Heights offers its tariffs:
Rates valid till September 15:
- The tariff for a suite is Rs 1,200 plus taxes, per couple per night. Children below 12 will not be charged. An extra person will be charged Rs 100 per night.
Its facilities include a restaurant with room service facility. The hotel also provides with taxi and guide facilities for sight seeing as well as horse riding, skiing, trekking, camp fire, tour to natural park, camping and ice skating.
Hotel Sylvan Heights, Galu, P.O. Fagu, Tehsill Theog, District Shimla, Kufri. Phone: 01783-39620.
E-mail : Sylvan@nde.vsnl.net.in or E-mail: hsylvan@i91.net.in
Kufri is 16 km from Shimla on the Tibet road and is a popular ski resort. At an altitude of 2,500 m Kufri is a place of alpine mountain views. In the area is a small, nondescript temple, a park of Himalayan wildlife and an interesting orchard (Dane's Folly).
Kufri is surrounded by pretty deodar forests that afford pleasant treks and horse riding. Chharabra for instance is three km away through the forest and the site of the former residence of British Raj general, Lord Kitchener. Ten kilometres away is the picnic spot of Mashobra where a Mahindra resort has come up. Chail is about 45 km from Kufri and Naldehra, a small village famous for one of the oldest and highest golf courses in India with the Mahunag temple in the middle, is about 25 km away from Shimla. Fagu, gateway to the apple orchards, is 22 kms away from Shimla. It offers lovely views of the Choor Dhar Peak.
Kufri is the site of a winter snow sports festival in February. For those who have done skiing in Europe and the US perhaps the facilities at Kufri may not measure up but the slopes around here are some of the best in India, with slopes for beginners too.
Kufri is easily approached by air, road and rail. The nearest railhead is Shimla 16 kms away. The Shatabdi Express, the Himalayan Queen and the Ekta Express connects New Delhi with Kalka. From Kalka it is possible to reach Shimla by connecting trains. The journey takes about five to six hours. Kufri is a 25 minutes drive from Shimla, 19 kms away.
Local taxis can also be hired from Shimla to Kufri.
The package includes accommodation for two adults sharing a standard double room, one way transfer from the airport or railway station, ( Transfer from railway station is not available at The Jass Oberoi), welcome drink on arrival, breakfast, free use of health club including steam, sauna and a massage, where available and late check out at 1800 hours.
An extra person will be accommodated without charge with an extra bed; meals extra.