Tents on a ridge, with the Ghats for a horizon
Starting at
₹1,600 per night
CAMP ALPHA is a ridge-top campsite outside Chikmagalur with proper raised-floor tents, shared bathrooms, meals cooked on site and a bonfire every night. Trek routes leave from the campsite and the Western Ghats make up the horizon in both directions — it is camping rather than a resort, and priced accordingly.
CAMP ALPHA is a campsite, not a resort with tents parked on the lawn. It sits on a ridge outside Chikmagalur with the ground falling away on both sides, and the whole layout is arranged around that fact.
Tents are proper ones — raised floors, real bedding, and enough headroom to stand up in. Bathrooms are shared and clean. Meals are cooked on site and eaten together, usually within sight of the fire.
The reason to come is what happens at either end of the day. Sunrise arrives over the ridge line and burns the mist off the valley in about twenty minutes. Sunset goes the other way and takes longer about it.
Treks leave from the campsite. So do a fair number of guests who came for one night and extended, which the team have stopped being surprised by.
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A bed in a two-person tent on the ridge — raised floor, real bedding, headroom to stand up in. Bathrooms are shared and a short walk away, which is the trade for the view.
Package includes
per guest, dinner and breakfast included, plus GST
per guest, plus GST
per guest, plus GST
per guest, plus GST
per guest, plus GST
per guest, plus GST
per guest, plus GST
Nightly bonfire
Lit after dinner and kept going as long as anyone stays up for it.
Anytime
Included Sunrise on the ridge
The mist burns off the valley in about twenty minutes. Worth the alarm.
From around 6:15 AM
Stargazing off the ridge
No town lights for miles. On a clear night the Milky Way is visible from the tent door.
Anytime
Guided trek from camp
Routes leave from the campsite itself, graded easy through to a full day out.
Anytime per person
CAMP ALPHA, Ridge country outside Chikmagalur — 577101
Get directionsFrom Bengaluru
250 km · 5 hr 30 min
NH75 via Hassan, then the ridge road out of Chikmagalur town.
From Chikmagalur town
20 km · 45 min
The last few kilometres are unsurfaced. Fine in a hatchback, slowly.
From Kadur Junction
55 km · 1 hr 30 min
From Mangaluru International (IXE)
170 km · 4 hr 15 min
Landmark: Drive to the ridge road out of town; the camp gate is signposted from the last village.
Arrive before dark — the approach has no lighting and the last stretch is unsurfaced.
4.5 from 167 reviews of this stay
Proper camping tents with raised floors, real bedding and enough headroom to stand up in — not sleeping bags on the ground, and not a resort room with canvas walls.
Yes. Bathrooms are shared and cleaned through the day. If a private bathroom matters to you, one of the Chikmagalur homestays will suit you better.
Meals are cooked on site and eaten together, usually within sight of the fire. Check what your package covers when you enquire.
The ridge takes the monsoon head-on and the approach road gets difficult. Check with us before booking between June and September.
4.5
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