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A Rocking Time at Della Adventure, Lonavala

Posted on March 24, 2011

I was invited to Della Adventure for a weekend trip. From the name I could not guess much about the place, other than the adventure part. I have to say I went with an open mind. It turned out to be an all women gang of Avantika, Sanyukta, Dorota and me at Della Adventure.

At Della Adventure, Lonavala
At Della Adventure, Lonavala

And we had a great time indeed. Dorota is the marketing manager at Della Adventure and made sure that my stay was super comfortable. Avantika and Sanyukta made me experiment with a lot of things, I would not have done half of it without their constant, “you should try this.”

So what is Della Adventure? Let me try and see what I can come up with. It has many things to offer, from the adventure activities, to luxury tented accommodations, to an upcoming five star resort, banquets, Spa and salon, Restaurants and luxury villas that are developed as holiday homes. I got an opportunity to meet Mr. Jimmy Mistry the architect of Della and the owner of the place. So there are a lot of things to write about.

I personally tried the adventure activities, restaurants, tented accommodations, spa and then the salon with quite dramatic effects! I was also given a tour of the Villas by Mr. Mistry himself. Let me try and take them one by one.

The Adventure Activities

Jump Up High!
Jump Up High!

Before I went up myself I had seen only Chhavi and kids her age doing this! This Bungee Trampoline looks very simple, but you need to keep pushing yourself up to keep going up in the air. I gave up after a few minutes but I enjoyed every minute of it for sure. Never thought adults could also do it, I always it was for kids. But now I know better, there weight limit was somewhere between 70-80 kg.

I also did all the high rope activities and an activity flying fox. I have done variants of this before, last time at Jim Corbett but the line at Della is longer and higher.  You basically are suspended from  rope high up and then properly harnessed you hang from it and travel at a high speed! It is a thrilling ride. I will write in more detail about the activities at Gonomad as well. Here is a far away view of the adventure complex.

Adventure Complex, Della Adventure, Lonavala
Adventure Complex, Della Adventure, Lonavala

In the next post I will write about the high rope and RTV activities. I did not try zorbing because of my motion sickness but I could see that it was constantly in demand.

8 thoughts on “A Rocking Time at Della Adventure, Lonavala”

  1. Bhushavali says:
    March 24, 2011 at 8:59 pm

    This adventure activities are so awesome!!! I can expect that esp. in Lonavala, thanks to the Naval Academy there!!! 🙂
    Exploring Chengalpet

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  2. Pooja says:
    March 24, 2011 at 10:13 pm

    I am waiting for the “salon with quite dramatic effects” pictures 🙂

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  3. Alka says:
    March 24, 2011 at 11:44 pm

    Seems you have lots of fun. You remember Vasu’s pic in the same pose? Girls are looking cute in the above picture.

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  4. Abhilash says:
    March 25, 2011 at 9:23 am

    Maridula, nice to see a long post from you. It was nice to read your visit. Looking for more details…

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  5. Mridula says:
    March 25, 2011 at 11:34 am

    Thanks Bhushavali, will check out your link soon.

    Pooja are we not on Facebook friends? Posted there. Will gather courage and post here too 😀

    Alka I do remember Vasu’s pic. 😀

    Abhilash will try to come up with a few more long ones.

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  6. Anu Shankar says:
    March 25, 2011 at 5:09 pm

    Sounds interesting, but I am no good with any adventurous stuff… i would prefer to simply take pics 🙁

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  7. Tarun says:
    March 27, 2011 at 1:18 pm

    I would say a girls day out 😛

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  8. Rama Ananth says:
    March 29, 2011 at 8:58 pm

    Wow! an interesting travel blog indeed.
    Would be visiting you often, as you keep updating.
    Have great week. Came through Ramesh’s blog.

    Reply

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I am Mridula Dwivedi and I started this blog in 2005. It has been an amazing ride. I have visited 33 countries till date! I have worked with many tourism boards and prominent travel companies. My blog was featured on the BBC and the Guardian.

I did my Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur. I worked full time in academics till 2015! I quit my job as a professor, thinking I will take a break for one year, which turned into five.

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