Great stay. Outgoing nice family, with great 'home away from home' feeling. Great food too - ask for the kerala fish curry... The rooms are nice, newly furnished and spotlessly clean, with a big bathroom. Overall highly recommended. Location 4/5: about 700 m from the center of town - requires a bit of pleasant walking. In my opinion the quiet... More

Shukoor really does everything he can to make you feel good when staying at Panthalams. And we did feel good. The rooms were excellent, the food was good, and on top of that Shukoor showed us around in Kumily for a whole day. The location is also good, calm and quiet, just a 7 minute walk outside the village. Go... More

This family really provides you with a "home away from home". I stayed there for about 2 weeks, since I've had a 10-days Ayurveda treatment in Kumily. I couldn't have wished for a better place to live. The rooms are nice, extremely clean and spacious but the luxury is the big bathroom with the best hot shower I've had in... More

Shukkoor and his wife are great, thanks so much! I felt like they really cared about my well-being. The least expensive rooms here are still really nice. Where else can you get a hot shower in a homestay? I paid a little extra for my favorite room because it is still quite reasonable. It had a balcony with a view,... More

This was our best homestay in India :) Very kind, pleasant, helpful... just perfect host! At the begging of our journey i have decided not to eat meat i India, but at Shukkoor place it's impossible to withstand barbecued fish, chicken, beef or even mutton. Amazing food! If you want to go to Kumily, don’t even think about other places... More

The proprietor pulls all stops to welcome you to his home and homestay. He and his wife welcomed my family to their kitchen when we arrived late and hungry, and next day he took us on a great tour to meet our tight schedule. Highly recommended. More

One of the best places in Kumily for this price! Big, nice and clean rooms. And a very wonderful host, warm and welcome and always ready to help. Very good food, prepared with love. Thank you Sukhoor! More

I really enjoyed staying at shukkoor's place. The room was big and with a comfortable doublebed, very, very clean. Outside on the porch we overlooked the trees with birds and even saw ounce the big black monkeys (Periyar national park was only 50 meters away). Shukkoor was a wonderful host, did everything to make you feel at ease. He had... More

Excellent value & extremely comfortable room - many little attentions to detail such as comfortable mattress, super-hot shower, freshly painted and extremely clean throughout. I spent a good few hours sitting on the back porch photographing woodpeckers, hornbills & barbets feeding off the papaya tree in the morning/evenings. The welcoming hosts couldn't do enough to make me feel at home,... More