CGH Earth Experience Hotels

We create travel experiences that let you explore nature, community and culture intimately. These experiences are themed around you - your awareness and aspirations! They are designed to sharpen your vision and heighten your understanding of the web of life around you as you get immersed in its warmth, colour, diversity and wisdom.

CGH Earth conceives and organizes truly remarkable travel experiences over multiple destinations in southern India. A family owned enterprise, the group began its operations in 1954 with their flagship property, the Casino Hotel, in Willingdon Island, Kochi.

The small hotel that started out to cater to port visitors in Willingdon Island, Kochi, in the 1950s has evolved into an unusual experiment in tourism. It has become widely known today for its respect for nature and local cultures around which its singular travel experiences are spun.

Over time this small seed has spawned a cluster of fine hotels in southern India that are a toast to the land and its people, as much as to the creative spirit of its visionaries. Together, they celebrate a soaring imagination and a refined aesthetic that gives all these properties their distinctive character.

Our Destinations Kerala Coconut Lagoon Kumarakom : Celebrate Kerala's backwater life.

Spice Village Thekkady : Eco-living close to the wild.

Brunton Boatyard Fort Kochi : Embracing Fort Kochi's Colonial history.

Eighth Bastion Fort Kochi : The Dutch legacy re-imagined.

Chittoor Kottaram Ernakulam : Live like the Kochi Rajah.

Marari Beach Mararikulam : The sea-side village experience.

Wayanad Wild Wayanad : Call of the Wild Lockhart Bungalow Munnar : An ode to the planter way of life Casino Hotel Kochi : Your gateway to Kerala.

Spice Coast Cruises Vembanad : Backwater life in traditional houseboats.

Beach Gate Bungalows Fort Kochi : Private villas, full-service hospitality.

Pondicherry Palais de Mahe Pondicherry : French quarter Colonial mansion.

Maison Perumal Pondicherry : Franco-Tamil culture at its best.

Résidence de l’Evêché Pondicherry : A fabled life in a French Colonial Villa Tamil Nadu Visalam Chettinad : Chettiar mansion.

Mantra Koodam Kumbakonam : Where rural life meets the divine Marli Hill Bungalow Ooty : A charming getaway in the hills Isla’s Ridge Palani Hills : Quaint, Artistic and Tranquil Andaman and Nicobar Islands Tilar Siro Andamans Havelock Island : Dive Into Paradise