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Spread across 100 acres of pristine rainforest on the edge of Mudumalai and Bandipur Tiger Reserves, this is South India's most secluded luxury jungle retreat.
Mist-wrapped mountains, ancient wilderness, and five-star comfort exist here in rare harmony — where every morning begins with birdsong and ends with stars you forgot existed.
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Perched at 5,500 feet on the Mangalassery Hills, Bana Heights rises above the clouds and every ordinary notion of a holiday.
Overlooking the majestic Banasura Hills and the evergreen forests of Wayanad, this luxury mountain sanctuary offers panoramic views so vast, so still — they have a way of quietly rearranging your priorities.
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The Wild Planet Experience
Most resorts are built near nature. Wild Planet is built inside it — 100 acres of untouched rainforest deep in the Western Ghats, where the boundary between your suite and the wilderness isn't a window. It's a conversation.
This isn't a getaway designed to look like the jungle. Mudumalai and Bandipur Tiger Reserves begin where our boundary ends. The mist that rolls through your verandah each morning hasn't passed over a city in days. The silence here isn't an absence — it's something you can actually hear.
What makes Wild Planet different isn't the luxury, though it's exceptional. It's the sequence — you arrive wound tight, overscheduled, overstimulated. Then, almost without noticing, something shifts. The forest has a way of doing that.
Eco-adventure and genuine comfort aren't compromises here — they're the same sentence. Panoramic valleys, ancient tea plantations, and the raw drama of the Western Ghats exist just beyond your door. No crowds. No performance. Just one of South Asia's most secluded luxury retreats, quietly redefining what a real escape feels like.
The Bana Heights Experience
Most mountain resorts offer a view. Bana Heights offers a reckoning — perched at 5,500 feet on the Mangalassery Hills, this is the kind of altitude that doesn't just change the air. It changes your perspective.
The Banasura Hills don't sit in the distance here. They surround you, fill your mornings, and reframe everything you thought a holiday could be. The clouds that drift past your cottage aren't scenery — they're company. Unhurried, wordless, and exactly what you didn't know you needed.
What separates Bana Heights from every other mountain retreat isn't the elevation, though nothing around it comes close. It's the feeling of being simultaneously on top of the world and completely, peacefully invisible to it. No highway noise. No city skyline bleeding into the horizon. Just the evergreen forests of Wayanad stretching endlessly below — and you, finally still.
Luxury here isn't announced — it's felt. In the thread count of the silence. In the unhurried pace of every day. In panoramic valley views so expansive they make ambition feel small and gratitude feel inevitable. Bana Heights doesn't compete with nature. It lets nature do what it has always done best — remind you what matters.
Awards & Reviews
Globally recognized excellence, trusted and loved by our guests
Wild Planet Bana Heights is proudly honored with the TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice – Best of the Best Award 2025, placing the resort among the top 1% of hotels worldwide.
This prestigious recognition follows our earlier achievement of being ranked among the top 10% hotels worldwide consecutively in 2020 and 2021.
Highly rated across TripAdvisor, Airbnb, and HolidayIQ, Wild Planet Bana Heights is celebrated for its breathtaking mountain views, luxury accommodations, and consistently exceptional guest experiences in the heart of Wayanad.
🏆 Best of the Best is TripAdvisor’s highest honor, awarded to properties that consistently deliver exceptional hospitality and unforgettable guest experiences.
Locations
Explore the scenic beauty, wildlife, and cultural richness of the Western Ghats.
A land where spice-scented forests meet ancient tribal heritage. Wayanad's rolling hills, hidden waterfalls, and wildlife-rich sanctuaries make it one of Kerala's most treasured escapes — wild at heart, yet surprisingly close to everywhere.
Meenmutty Falls
Banasura Dam
Tholpetty Wildlife
Pookode Lake
Thirunelli Temple
Chembra Peak
Edakkal Caves
Wildlife Sanctuary
Ooty Lake
Doddabetta Peak
Sim's Park
Mudumalai Wildlife
Kotagiri
Botanical Gardens
The Blue Mountains of South India — draped in tea, mist, and centuries of untold stories. Where colonial charm meets untamed wilderness, and every winding road through the Western Ghats leads somewhere breathtaking.
