In
the 18th century, after reading the Persian fairytale the
Three Princes of Serendip, Horace Walpole coined the word
Serendipity - the gift of making fortunate discoveries quite
by chance . When my great grandfather's grandfather, who
like these Princes had this gift, arrived in the Nilgiri
Hills in the 19th century, he happened upon three delightful
properties- Lymond House, Northernhay and Amberina.
Each of these properties has its own distinctive flavour,
from Lymond House in Ooty, at a height of 7000ft to Northernhay,
a working coffee plantation in the jungles of Mudumalai
to Amberina, a working tea plantation in the Nilgiri biosphere.
Come experience the peaceful, intimate and relaxing atmosphere
in these homes away from home where the rooms are named
after estates that we have loved and lost.
