Discover an Award-Winning Spa Resort Paradise in the Himalayas

Mahesh Natarajan, chief operating officer for Ananda in the Himalayas, talks with James Shillinglaw of Insider Travel Report at last month’s Virtuoso Travel Week in Las Vegas Ananda in the Himalayas is a luxury destination spa resort in Narendra Nagar, Uttarakhand, India, built on a 100-acre estate in the Himalayan foothills, opened in 2000 as India's first destination spa. It offers 70 rooms, three villas, and five suites, with signature villas that have their own private pools. The resort integrates traditional Indian wellness practices—Ayurveda, Yoga and Vedanta—with international wellness experiences centered in 25,000-square-foot spa. For more information, visit www.anandaspa.com. All our Insider Travel Report video interviews are archived and available on our Youtube channel  (youtube.com/insidertravelreport), and as podcasts with the same title on: Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, PlayerFM, Listen Notes, Podchaser, TuneIn + Alexa, Podbean,  iHeartRadio,  Google, Amazon Music/Audible, Deezer, Podcast Addict, and iTunes Apple Podcasts, which supports Overcast, Pocket Cast, Castro and Castbox.