National Geographic Kids USA - June, July 2017

GREEN MAGIC

NATURE RESORT

WHERE Vythiri, India

HOW MUCH About $220 a night

WHY IT’SCOOLRiding a pulley-operated

lift 86 feet to your treetop room is just

the start of your adventure. As you look

out your open window—there’s no

glass!—you spy monkeys and birds in the

rain forest canopy. Later you might test

your fear of heights by crossing the

handmade rope bridge to the main part

of the hotel, or just sit on your bamboo

bed and read. You don’t even have to

come down for breakfast—the hotel will

send it up on the pulley-drawn “elevator.”

BY JAMIE KIFFEL-ALCHEH

Over 700

languages are

spoken here. India produces

more movies

than any other

country.

Chutes and Ladders,

a popular board

game, originated in

ancient India.

COOL THINGS

ABOUT INDIA

THINGS TO DO IN

INDIA

Watch a camel beauty

contest at the annual

Pushkar Fair, a cattle-

trading event in Pushkar.

Stroll through the streets

of Jodhpur, a city in which

many of the houses are

painted blue.

Visit the Taj Mahal, a mausoleum

(or tomb) in Agra built to house

the remains of an emperor’s

favorite wife.

Go on safari and spot wild

tigers, sloth bears, and

crocodiles in Ranthambore

National Park.

High Up

Hotel

HORNBIL IMAGES / ALAMY (BOTH)

elevator

takes

youup

sleep

here!

6 JUNE / JULY 2017