Anugraha Homestay — a white two-storey bungalow with a blue-grey tiled roof, among trees in the hills

Munnar, Kerala

A five-room bungalow,
and nobody else in it.

Anugraha is let as a whole house — five rooms, one family, and a kitchen you are welcome to cook in.

The bungalow

The whole house, for one party at a time.

Anugraha is a private bungalow of five rooms in Munnar. It is not let room by room — the house goes to one group, so the doors, the kitchen and the quiet all belong to you for the length of your stay.

The bungalow seen from the air, its blue-grey roof among coconut palms and trees, with a rocky green peak rising behind — Anugraha

RoomsLet together, as one private bungalow

Party at a timeNobody else in the house

Kitchen, yoursCook your own meals, keep your own hours

A bedroom with olive-green walls, a low wooden bed made up in white and green, and windows on two sides looking into trees — Bedroom

A bedroom with cream walls, a ceiling fan, a low wooden bed made up in white and green, and blinds drawn over two windows — Bedroom

The kitchen: dark wooden cabinets above and below a long black counter, a red splashback, a gas cooker and a sink under the window — The kitchen

The kitchen is yours to use. Cook what your family actually eats, keep your own hours, and make tea at five in the morning if the mist is worth getting up for.

Sunrise, through the mist

First light

The hills, before the day gets going.

Mist in the valley, the sun coming up through it, and a ridge to walk along while it does. Film and photographs from early mornings in the hills — supplied by the house.