These old carvings were salvaged from villagers who were discarding them while building ugly new cement houses. These beautiful carved windows frame a fantasy of flowers and trees in an eight acre orchard where many exotic trees and plants abound and the meadows are ablaze with the flowers of the season or atwitter with the sounds of hundreds of birds. Getting to Kumaun from Delhi takes about 6 hours by road via Moradabad, Rampur and Rudrapur and is an hour from the railhead of Katgodam. Many small omni van, Jeep or Sumo taxis can be easily hired at the station or in any town. There is a daily Ranikhet Express from Delhi and a Shatabdi train on Sundays in summer.
Busses ply throughout the area.
Motorists can now get unleaded fuel quite easily at Moradabad, Rampur, Haldwani, Joelikot and Nainital. Reasonably competent mechanics are available at the bigger towns like Haldwani, Nainital, Bhowali, Ranikhet or Almora. There is something very captivating about Kumaun and there is so much to see that one visit usually whets your appetite to visit the area again and again. So, if you have never been there before, you should pull your family away from their kitty parties, cocktails and TV's and go for a freewheeling motoring adventure into the hills this year. It will open a new chapter to your own ability to really enjoy life and appreciate nature.