Just would like to share my experience on my way to wayanad.

We work in the software industry based at Trivandrum and it was during the first week of January, when we thought of going out for the long weekend i.e. 26th Jan to 29th Jan. Somehow we decided to go to Wayanad this time as I spent most of my career outside Kerala and would like to spent time in Kerala.

As always Google was there to suggest where I should be staying and I found some good reviews about Tropical Forrest. After talking to Suhail(Management Partner), addressing my concerns ( as we are 2 families with 2 babies) the arrangement and the facilities were awesome. Especially the hospitality by Saji(Manager) was excellent and he made sure that we should not felt as if we are staying away from home.

We started from Trivandrum by 5AM and reached Lakkidi by 6:30PM with quite lot of stop over's as we had kids also with us. The homestay was also pretty close to the highway but didn't felt as if you are nearby the road. The 300mtrs from highway to the homestay was bad and that didn't caused much trouble to my cousin's Corolla.

Saji and others have gave us a really warm welcome and he was there all time with us whenever we are in need of anything. The food served was also excellent and I must say all might have gained couple of Kgs. Saji advised on the day to day activities and that really helped us from the time management perspective without losing much time we able to spent time in most of the attractions.

We travelled back from Lakkidi by 11:30 am and reached back at Trivandrum by 1:30AM. Since we need to get back to work, we were hurrying back but still had quite lot of stopovers. Altogether we really had some good time in Wayanad and I must specially thank Suhail and Saji for their extended hospitality.

Thanks,
Sushil

Tropical Forrest is a beautiful Home Stay in Wyanad situated at Lakkidi. We stayed 2nights/3days and had a wonderful time. Right from booking to our stay the owner Suhail has been very helpful. The Manager Saji and Cook Rafeeq were great guys and helpful and hospitable. Saji gave us the whole 2 roomed Villa for us (3 persons) and we totally enjoyed our stay. It is a great place, very neat and picturesque. Even the cab Driver Shamir who was with us throughout our stay and sightseeing assisted us in every possible way. Wyanad is a wonderful place and some of the places you should not miss visiting are Banasura dam (largest earth dam in Asia), Pazhassi tousist resort and Soochipara waterfall. Hats of to the team for maintaining a wonderful place.

I got to know about Tropical Forest from a friend's friend when I going thru the available options of resorts/ home stays, for a trip to Wayanad. I wasn't sure on what to expect, but the pictures in the site looked promising and the initial responses of Suhail (the owner of the place) over phone sounded cordial.
I booked my stay with couple of things in mind:
I loathe being among a lot of people in my travel trips, so I wanted to book a separate cottage only for my family, wanted a secluded and serene place w/t compromising on security as I was travelling with family. I also wanted someone who could guide me in choosing the visiting places w/t being commercial and trying to sell resort sponsored arrangements. And I wasn't really interested in massage or a lavish swimming pool or spa etc, we get that in the city anyhow, for me and my family staying midst the nature is important. I found all that i was looking for and more.
The stuff of the place were extremely jovial, homely and never said no to our late night or odd time food orders or any small thing that we asked for. The food was more of homemade, was of type Veg and non veg both and had a flavor of Kerala.
The location of the place is such that you can spend a lot of time exploring the estate not to mention the beautiful sunrise point inside the estate itself. There are couple of cottages inside the estate, they are not adjacent to each other and are spread across a huge area which helps keep the natural charm.
There is a driver's accommodation available and that's pretty good.
I cant remember anything that me or my family didn't like actually. Be ready to withstand the attack of leeches if you are visiting in rainy season (or late monsoon time), but that's too small a price to pay if you plan to stay in a natural environment. The cottages need a little more maintenance but I guess rain plays a spoilsport in that front.
And a personal thanks to Suhail for making the stay so memorable.

If I am to recommend a place to stay in Wayand, I wouldn't go anywhere beyond this place.

~ Sumanta

This was the first time when we stayed in a home stay and my Mom was very apprehensive about a home stay. She preferred a resort and very reluctantly she agreed to stay in a home stay. Now we including her, are very happy with the service. We would like to especially thank Mr. Shaji & Rafee for the service that they provided. They really made us feel at home and Shaji always took the calls irrespective of the time and was there to provide the service.
The view of the ghat road was lovely and everyday we used to the highest point in the property to watch the sunrise and it was really beautiful....