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The Golden Hills homestay: a two-storey house with a tiled porch roof on polished granite pillars, a first-floor terrace, and a paved forecourt with potted plants

Homestay · Nooji, Kalasa, Karnataka, 577124

Golden Hills

A family homestay at Nooji, outside Kalasa, on the Chikkamagaluru side of the Ghats. The usable base for the Netravathi peak trek, with rooms that sleep three and four.

Listing not yet confirmed with the owner. The address, coordinates and room details here come from the property’s own photographs and address. Tariffs, meals and availability are not listed because they have not been supplied — confirm them on the number below before you travel.

Golden Hills sits at Nooji, a hamlet outside Kalasa in Chikkamagaluru district, on a shoulder of hillside above a valley of areca, coffee and coconut. The house is a two-storey building with a covered porch and a first-floor terrace, and a second, older block stands alongside it across a paved forecourt with room to park.

What the property is really selling is the aspect. The terrace looks straight down a wooded valley to the ridges beyond, and the owners' own photographs across a season show what that means in practice: a full rainbow arcing over the far hill after an October shower, and cloud lying in the valley floor at six in the morning in late November.

For the Netravathi peak trek this is a practical base rather than a scenic one. Kalasa is where you hire the jeep to the trailhead, the last stretch being unmetalled, so staying at Nooji puts you at the point the trek actually starts from rather than an hour's drive short of it.

Rooms are plain and functional rather than styled: solid wooden beds, tiled floors, curtained windows with grilles, and power points at the bedheads. One room photographed carries three beds, a double and two singles; another has a double and a second bed alongside. That configuration suits trekking groups and families more than couples looking for a boutique room, and the listing is honest about which it is.

Rooms

  • Family room

    Sleeps 4

    Three beds, one double and two singles, along a single wall. Tiled floor, curtained window, power points at the bedheads.

  • Double room

    Sleeps 3

    A double bed with a second bed alongside, window with grille and hanging rail.

The property

A full rainbow arcing over forested Western Ghats hills, seen from the homestay terrace above areca and coconut palms
The view from the terrace after an October shower.
Cloud lying in a wooded valley at dawn, with ridges behind, seen from the forecourt wall of the homestay
Six in the morning in late November, cloud sitting in the valley.
A room at Golden Hills with three wooden beds, a double and two singles, against pale blue walls with power points above the bedheads
The family room, three beds along one wall.
A double bed with floral bedding beside a curtained window with a grille, and a second bed in the foreground
The double room, with a second bed alongside.

Common questions

Where is Golden Hills homestay?

At Nooji, near Kalasa in Chikkamagaluru district, Karnataka, pincode 577124. It sits above a valley of areca and coffee on the Chikkamagaluru side of the Ghats.

Is Golden Hills a good base for the Netravathi peak trek?

Yes. Kalasa is where the jeep to the trailhead is hired, the last stretch of track being unmetalled, so a morning permit slot is reachable without a long pre-dawn drive from Chikkamagaluru or Mudigere.

What are the rooms like at Golden Hills?

Plain and practical. One room has three beds, a double and two singles; another has a double with a second bed alongside. Wooden beds, tiled floors, curtained windows and power points at the bedheads. It suits groups and families rather than couples after a boutique room.

What is the view from Golden Hills?

The first-floor terrace looks down a wooded valley to the ridges beyond. The owners' photographs across a season show rainbows over the far hill after October rain and cloud filling the valley at dawn in November.