A truly amazing experience at an uniqe place. Great service, good food, a room (one of only six) in a former royal summer palace, with antique furniture. And best of all: you had the best view you could ever want - overlooking Lake Periyar and all the wild animals such as elephants, deers, bisons in the National Park right outside... More

We saw this location several years ago from a boat on Periyar lake whilst staying at Aranya Nivas and knew we had to try it. It is an expensive place to stay but paid the extra 25% for room 44 as our retirement present to ourselves - we were not disappointed - and even had the whole place to ourselves... More

Great place, value for money and enjoyed it absolutely. Food was great, rooms, service and overall experience fantastic. The boat ride and the special treatment when you book the lake palace which is in the center of the lake is worth spending the money. Wonderful view of the lake and surrounding forest, and of course enjoy the palace itself.... More

Lake Palace is a small and beautiful forest Resort in side the Periyar Lake, Thekkady Kerala. This was the summer palace of King Sri Chittirathirunnal of Travancore. It has only 6 well equipped rooms with antique interiors, hence it is necessary to reserve in advance as you may not get the rooms, especially in the peak seasons. The best time... More

A haven of peace in an overpopulated country, I would say this would be perfect for a honeymoon. Although during our 1 night on the island we did not see any wildlife from the hotel (despite getting up at dawn), we found it to be a very restful place. The environment is such that you feel invigorated simply by the... More

This is a very unique resort right in the middle of the jungle un-disturbed by man. the resort is only accessible through boat. The view from room no 44 is amazing. we were there two days and we saw all kind of animals right opposite to our room - elephants, bison, deer, boar.. etc etc.. the hotel have only 5-6... More

Came here for the wildlife and was not disappointed - sloth bear, giant squirrels and wild dogs topped our list. The Palace will be a life-long memory. Very personal service as there are very few rooms. We felt as if this was our home for the few days we were there. The food was very good and the rooms very... More

The Lake Palace wasa royal experience for us. The manager,Saji, and his team were amazing hosts, devoting themselves to making our stay as comfortable, fun and memorable as possible. Obviously one has to like being away from the action - the hotel is only accessible by boat and the last one goes from the mainland at 5.30pm. For us it... More

Blame it on high expectation or lack of enough paperwork or research, we were a bit disappointed with our stay at the Lake Palace. We stayed for 2 nights and the drive from jungle retreat wayanad to Thekady was done in 7 hours. The initial impression, especially the thrilling boat ride to the lake palace was just amazing as we... More