About Evara
A gift from the gods,
set in the wild
Six acres at the edge of the sal forest, twelve kilometres from the Corbett gate, and a great deal of deliberate quiet.
Our story
Why we built it here
Evara means "a gift of god". The name came after the land did. What sold us on this stretch of Patkote was not the acreage but the sound of it — birdsong at six in the morning, the odd distant alarm call from the forest, and then almost nothing until the evening.
We are twelve kilometres from the Jim Corbett gate, which is close enough to make the 6:30 AM safari without an unreasonable alarm, and far enough that the resort does not feel like a car park with rooms attached. Six acres gave us room to spread seventy-four keys out into standalone cottages rather than stack them into a block.
What we set out to build was a boutique property with a full-service spine: a real kitchen, a real spa, a banquet hall that can hold a wedding, and staff who have been here long enough to remember returning guests. Boutique in feel; complete in what it can actually do for you.
By the numbers
What guests say
4.7 out of 5, across 800+ reviews
Scored by people who actually stayed — on rooms, service, cleanliness, location and value. Read them before you book; we would.
How we work
Kumaoni hospitality,
run properly
Three things we are stubborn about.
Staff who stay
Most of our team is from the villages around Patkote and most of them have been here since we opened. Guests name them in reviews — Chandan and Champa turn up more often than the pool does. That continuity is the whole product.
Nothing outsourced that matters
The kitchen is ours. The spa therapists are ours. The travel desk that books your permit is ours, sitting in the lobby, reachable at 5 AM. When something goes wrong you are talking to the person who can fix it.
The forest comes first
We kept the mature trees when we built, we run on full power backup rather than generators through the night, and we ask guests not to play music on the lawn after ten. The quiet is why you came.
Your wilderness escape
Book direct,
stay better
Best available rate, breakfast for everyone in the room, and first pick of the cottages — only when you book with us directly.