Questions, answered.

Message the hosts on WhatsApp (+91 63636 42120) with your dates and the number of guests. They confirm availability, quote the rate, explain the cancellation terms and take payment in the chat. There's no online checkout.

Rates aren't published. The hosts quote the rate for your dates on WhatsApp.

The hosts explain their cancellation terms on WhatsApp before you pay. Bookings made on Airbnb follow Airbnb's own policy.

Your suite, breakfast, the guided estate walk, birdwatching, the bonfire, stargazing, Wi-Fi and parking. The jeep drive and air-rifle target shooting are paid add-ons, starting at ~₹1,500 (approximate; confirm with the host).

Check-in is from 1 PM and check-out is by 12 noon.

Each Signature Suite sleeps 2 adults and 1 child, with extra floor mattresses for a small charge. When both suites are free you can book them together, for up to 4 adults and 2 children.

No. The hill climate keeps the suites cool, and each has a high-speed ceiling fan and window mosquito nets.

Yes, free Wi-Fi. An inverter keeps the Wi-Fi, lights and fans running during power cuts.

Yes. Parking is free, on the property.

Yes. A home-cooked breakfast is included with every stay, served in the open dining pavilion.

Yes, with prior notice and at extra cost: homely Coorg and Malabar food, veg and non-veg.

Families, couples, and small groups of friends who book both suites. No stag or party groups.

Yes. There's a kids' zone, table tennis, carrom and board games. Tell the hosts your children's ages when you enquire.

Yes, Mokha Grove is pet-friendly. Cooper, the hosts' dog, lives on the estate.

Outdoors and on the balconies only, never inside the suites.

Mokha Grove Retreat is inside a coffee estate at Mekur Hosakeri, near Pollibetta, between Ammathi and Pollibetta, in Virajpet taluk, South Coorg (Kodagu), Karnataka 571215. Plus Code: 6VRQ+V4.

About 233 km by road, usually 5 to 6 hours, via Mysuru and Hunsur.

About 95 km by road, roughly 2 to 2½ hours, via Hunsur.

Kannur International Airport (CNN) in Kerala, about 71 km by road and roughly 1 h 45 to 2 h 15 via Iritty. Mysuru (MYQ) is about 104 km away, Mangaluru (IXE) about 172 km and Bengaluru (BLR) about 265 km.

Coorg has no railway station. The nearest are Mysuru Junction (about 94 km) and, on the Kerala side, Thalassery or Kannur (about 93 km). Each is roughly 2 to 2¾ hours by road.

Yes, to the nearby towns. KSRTC buses from Bengaluru stop at Virajpet and Gonikoppal, about 13 to 14 km from the estate. Message the hosts about the last stretch.

About an hour's drive (roughly 49 km) to the Kodagu-side Nanachi safari gate near Kutta. Safari slots and fees change, so check them before you go.

October to March, when the weather is cool and dry; November to February brings the clearest night skies. The monsoon usually arrives in early June and eases by mid-September. Mokha Grove is open all year.

Mokha Grove is a homestay inside the family's coffee estate. The hosts run the homestay, not the plantation's commercial coffee operations.

After the first pre-monsoon blossom showers: February to March for Robusta and March to April for Arabica, according to the Coffee Board. The dates move from year to year with the rain.

Arabica from November to January and Robusta from December to February, according to the Coffee Board. South Coorg grows mostly Robusta.

The Coorg Honey and Wax Producers' Co-operative Society in Virajpet, about 13 km from the estate, sells local honey. Founded in 1936, it is described as India's first honey producers' co-operative. Check opening hours locally.