A Home at theEdge of the Wild
Sixteen rooms resort at the entrance to the Tadoba forest, designed by two architects and run by the family who built it. Opened in 2017.
Anand Bhagat & Amala Sheth
Our founders
"What if a place could enhance its ecosystem instead of extracting from it?"
This was the question Anand and Amala asked in 2014. As architects behind some of India's landmark spaces with Metaphors Design, they wanted to build something different here. Three years of drawing, re-drawing and building later, Limban opened its doors in 2017.
We started with the building itself, until the place felt like it belonged to the forest rather than having been dropped into it. The rest we left to the people: our team, who come from these villages, and you.
Family-run, and run with care, since 2017.
Your host
Archana Bhagat Schäfer
Director of Limban
Archana is Anand's sister. Before this place, she spent more than twenty years in corporate events and hospitality, working internationally, before coming home to run the family house.
She can read a room, put anyone at ease, and connect people who should meet. You will most likely meet her. She is usually where the conversation is.
Your team
The People of Limban
The people who'll look after you. Most grew up in the villages around Tadoba and know this forest the way you know your own street. They're a big part of why guests keep coming back.
Quality time
Most come for the Tigers.Many return for the Vibe.
The days here move at the pace you choose. Up before first light, safari hampers packed and jeeps waiting, often with a tiger still out from the night before. Back to a long breakfast, and the morning is yours.
There is more to a day at Limban than safaris. Sunrise yoga on the deck, a swim or a book by the pool, pottery on the wheel, a cooking class with the kitchen, billiards or table tennis in the shade, cycling the lane to Mudholi, collecting eggs from the coop, painting Gond art with the local artists. Across our 3.5 acres, something is always happening, and none of it demands your attendance.
By evening, the bonfire at Limkheda is lit and the long tables fill. Scientists and farmers, painters and bankers, families and honeymooners sit together and talk about the day, and then about everything else.
Our guests
The People Who Come
Snaps from real stays. The moments people take home with them.
See the full guest gallery
The Resort
Limban is Tadoba.
We help it thrive.
Living in Tadoba's buffer zone carries a debt you can't settle in money, to the land and to the people who look after it. We try to be honest about both sides.
The People
Everyone who looks after you comes from the villages around the reserve. We hire for life, not for the season.
The Land
Glass bottles, refillable toiletries, a kitchen without single-use plastic. We are letting the native teak canopy reclaim our grounds.
The Debt
We are here not to exploit this forest but to help it thrive, in every way we can. That is the whole of it.
Where we are
In the Heart of India.
Tadoba–Andhari Tiger Reserve lies in eastern Maharashtra. It includes Tadoba National Park, established in 1955, and is among the state’s largest protected landscapes.
Limban sits in the south-eastern buffer zone, between the forest and the village of Mudholi—125 km, or around two and a half hours, from Nagpur Airport; 41 km from Chandrapur railway station; and minutes from the Khutwanda and Moharli core gates.
Limban Resort
Buffer Zone, Village Mudholi,
Taluka Bhadravati, Chandrapur,
Maharashtra 442906
Your Room is Waiting.
When you are ready, contact us. We will take care of the rest: safaris, transfers, meals, and a time you will never forget.