Kalpavanam Heritage Resort

Best staying experience that we had in our entire Kerala Trip was here. Starting from the great forest-like experience, a huge and beautifully maintained campus to explore; to every tiny detail they maintain in each room is appreciable. The rooms were clean, linen and towels were clean and all little toiletries provided without asking gave us the feeling of being in a place meant to be comfortable. The management team is very professional and Swift. The restaurant had limited options for dinner, but the cook had a great hand and all the foods were tasty. Complementary breakfast also had sufficient options and no room for any complaint. The icing on the cake was their own Elephant park in walkable distance, which saved much of our time and we enjoyed that park a lot. If we are ever returning to Thekkady again, it has to be because of Kalpavanam Heritage Resort. PS: We were two families and booked a Heritage Cottage. It has two attached rooms and one separate room. Although it's beautiful to stay in a wooden house, only problem with this cottage is that there is no storage cabinet in any rooms and the Separate room Is very small for a family of Two adults and a kid and there is hardly any walking space other than the bed. If you are booking for two adults plus one or two kids, Club rooms or vintage rooms will be a much better option in terms of space, facility and comfort. The campus, environment, cleanliness, hospitality and the attached elephant park.

This is an absolutely beautiful resort full of lush green plantation and greenery all around. The cottage cum rooms are having lot of wood work all around which adds to the ambience. The staff are brilliant, starting from manager to the caretaker and to rhe attender boy Adi, all of them were so nice and friendly and were happy to clarify any doubts we had. Good part is that the owners of the property are staying right in the middle of the property and are very humble people. While leaving they gave us Jackfruit,Mango and pepper from their plantation. Property is located almost in the center of the city an you will not have to travel much to reach any spot. They have arrangements for elephant rides right from the back of the property which usually cost 500 but is discounted at 400 for resort customers. And before I forget, the breakfast is top notch and of great quality, kudos to main and assnt chef. Lunch is not available. Dinner will be made if ordered prior to 6PM, otherwise you will miss it The food around Kumily//Thekkady is absolutely trash, so prefer eating at resort atleast the breakfast and dinner. Rooms are spacious, well maintained and good views with Balcony. All in all, just an absolutely fantastic stay.

extraordinary for everything except food. good thing is enjoying nature and elephant ride without big queue. buffet dinner food was very local style and difficult for outsiders to pep. evening snacks dam expensive. I paid 750 for 2 sandwich, 2coffee And 1 french fry. better to drive to town for food if u are conservative in spending money else u may get astonished during checkout. great ambience to relax so I didn't feel very bad for paying 750 for evening snacks

I enjoyed my stay at Kalpavanam resort. It is situated in lush greenery. The rooms are big and little old fashioned with all wood furniture, which I prefer the most to have a different experience. Breakfast was good. Hotel management needs to invest in fixing door locks. My room lock was not working and anyone can enter the room without a key which was worrisome.