In 1875, a phlegmatic Britisher administered the virgin Kumaon Hills tucked away in the lap of the Himalayas. One morning, he spurred his steed up and down the vales in pursuit of the most splendid sunrise in the Himalayas. Atop a hillock, 6600 feet above the sea, he tarried his mare and watched awestruck. For what he saw sent his heart leaping. His senses reeling.

Mountain Resort popularly known as Khali Estate is located in the Binsar Wild life Sanctuary near Ayarpani village in Almora district of Uttaranchal in India. The Resort is situated on the top of a hill surrounded by pine and oak forest facing the vast panorama of the majestic snow clad mountains of the central Himalayas...