Chandelao Garh is a perfect village homestay or heritage hotel near Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Located in the traditional Rajasthani village of Jaleli Daikara, the homestay or hotel was the former residence of the local landowners or zamindars.
Currently owned by the landowner family’s descendent Pradhuman Singh, Chandelao Garh has located only 40 km from Jodhpur. The ancestral home has been tastefully decorated and converted into a modern hotel; allowing the visitors, a chance to enjoy authentic traditional Rajasthani hospitality in a tranquil village setting.
The Chandelao Garh hotel has air-conditioned 23 rooms, tastefully decorated with period furniture, but provides 21st-century comfort. The visitors can enjoy traditional Rajasthani cuisine in breakfast, lunch and dinner, made in impeccable Rajasthani style made in the hotel’s kitchen using local produce and spices sourced from the village itself. The highlight of the hotel is a stunning swimming pool and a lush green garden full of flowering plants, rollers, bee-eaters, parakeets, bulbuls, hoopoes, peacocks and parrots. Visitors can enjoy a relaxing evening on the hotel terrace with family or friends marvelling at the display of stars in the desert sky at night.
Apart from staying at the fortress-style ancestral home turned homestay, visitors can go on a stroll around the village. The ambience allows visitors to escape the hustle and bustle of a large city like Jodhpur and come face to face with the sights and sounds of authentic village life. The village of Jaleli Daikara is a showcase of ideal village life, with local craftsman plying their trade, animals grazing, women moving around in colourful native dresses, and children playing in the street. The Chandelao Garh hotel is also referred to as a homestay as it provides a homely environment.
The hotel also makes arrangements for visitors to visit local attractions; including the famous Mehrangarh Fort. The hotel also provides its visitors access to a variety of amenities like massage, restaurant and spa. The visitors’ can check-in, in and check out at 12:00 PM. They can also avail of early check-in or late check-out subject to availability, however, they may be charged an additional fee. The hotel offers a luggage storage facility to guests before check-in and after check-out. The front desk of the hotel is open 24/7.
Chandelao Garh built in the 18th century with red sandstone, offers a luxurious stay-in for guests; is easily accessible from the Jodhpur airport. Visitors can arrive at the heritage hotel by taxi, but for those who wish to come to the hotel driving their own cars, Chandelao Garh has a free car parking facility available. If the tourists plan to visit tourist places in and around Jodhpur like Mehrangarh Fort; then the hotel itself provides a car or SUV on a rental basis.
Among other facilities, the hotel provides to its guests are free Wi-Fi, 24-hour room service, daily housekeeping, ayurvedic body massage, spa, and laundry service. Tourists looking for adventure can enjoy a jeep safari to view black buck, nilgai and chinkara; bird watching of migratory birds during the winter season, horse riding and camel riding in the vicinity of the village. The palatial and picturesque property also helps guests with ticket booking facilities to visit the city’s entertainment facilities. Smoking is allowed only in designated areas on the hotel premises.
The visitors can also spend some quality time relaxing at the hotel’s pool which is open from morning till evening for all. The restaurant of the heritage hotel provides tourists variety of Rajasthani delicacies at reasonable prices. There is also a library, with a lot of books about the history of Rajasthan, that also doubles up as a meeting point for hotel guests. The bar is open from late afternoon till late at night. Designed in the traditional Rajasthani style, Chandelao Garh homestay located at a distance of 40 km from Jodhpur is a top-rated hotel in Jodhpur, providing guests with a chance to spend a relaxing weekend in peace and tranquillity.
Chandelao Garh heritage hotel lets its guests enjoy their stay like royals. The hotel with a magnificent stone archway entrance is known for its mesmerizing interiors that include features such as latticework, friezes and intricate jharokhas; reminiscent of the bygone era. A well-maintained and spacious hotel with each double-bed room equipped with marble flooring, elegantly carved royal beds and impressive paintings, makes the visitors feel like royals. Each room is unique, differing in size and design, as they are located in parts of the property that were originally not meant to be bedrooms.
The tourist can also experience barbeque dinner in the desert under the stars, which can also be arranged by hotel staff, who are mostly local villagers. The hotel charges INR 4,000 per bedroom for visitors including breakfast. Chandelao Garh is an environment-friendly hotel, that reuses almost 70% of its water, a precious commodity in this rain-scarce region. The rainwater harvesting facility of the hotel, allows it to help the villagers by helping them to collect rainwater through a network of pipes, especially during summer.
The homestay also uses solar energy throughout the property to power everything, including water heating. Electricity from the state power grid is only used to provide air conditioning to the rooms. Chandelao Garh also supports Sundar Rang; an arts and crafts project, where local village women apply their traditional Rajasthani skillset on textiles, thus earning money for themselves. All this makes a visit to Chandelao Garh hotel, a must for all visitors coming to Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
