Nature & Wildlife Areas in Kerala

THE 10 BEST Kerala Nature & Wildlife Areas

Nature & Wildlife Areas in Kerala

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  • Rekha M
    2 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Prashanty House boat was a wonderful experience! I highly recommend using them and Shanti Lal for your next Allepey Kerala backwaters houseboat.

    Shanti Lal was so kind. He went out of his way to make sure our family was taken care of. The food and service were absolutely great. House was luxiourous and comfortable. Shanti Lal even found us a personal house boat kathak performance.

    Please consider Prashanty Houseboat. It was beautiful and we all loved it!
    Written 18 March 2024
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  • Olivia T
    Seaford, UK9 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Had a lovely time here with the elephants, we did the ride shower, bath and feed.
    It felt like the elephants were well looked after and they get rested every 20-30 mins. The staff were very nice and took some great photos and videos. Also the Masala Tea was my favourite in all of India.
    Written 3 February 2024
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  • kamaaina96822
    Honolulu, HI833 contributions
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jungle trails are more foot paths, easy to walk in dry season. Other than wild elephants, there's the occasional monkey and some bird life than can be glimpsed.
    Written 10 March 2024
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  • badsha
    Mumbai, India11 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Mr. Benny took such a pain to explain us so much about spices and medicinal properties. In the process we smell and taste. The place doesn't look commercial rather a educational hub. Highly rated for curious.
    Written 8 November 2023
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  • Gary V
    New York City, NY3 contributions
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    The boat trip was pleasant enough but it was not easy to see wildlife. One of the boat operators helped us and others get some decent pics though because he knew where to look and had binoculars. Sometimes he would even use the binoculars as a zoom for our phones, and those were the best shots we got. The vegetation was pretty nice.

    We heard from others that the guided walk was better than the boat ride. It's a lot longer but they saw more.
    Written 16 March 2024
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  • Andrezej Heleniak
    United Kingdom5 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Nice place to visit can see lot of birds in the early morning 6;00 or evening 5:00 to 6:00 pm
    Have to walk inside the bird sanctuary. Day time don't visit because the temperature is hot
    Written 29 November 2023
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  • Chandrasekar
    Coimbatore, India2 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Vagagmon was the destination for my 60K Trail Ultra run event, and being a first time visitor, I was hesitant to go with my wife. Finally, we decided to brave it out and we were absolutely thrilled by the experience.

    What made it better was that we went on bike, and equally, the rains missed us on all days, until we got caught finally by rains on the Thrissur-Palakkad highway.

    There is not much to visit as sightseeing places, but every side you look at is a sight to behold. Reasonable homestays to exotic staying places, trekking routes, friendly locals, et all.

    2 things to note: (1) Pure vegetarian be warned that there are no 'pure veg' restaurants. (2) no fuel stations in Vagamon Town, have to make atleast 30kms for fuel (or fuel in cans available for emergency). (3) Try avoiding during weekends if you don't like crowding.

    A great destination for visiting as friends or as a couple or couple of families.

    The Kerala roads were equally good, as we deifted from Adhirampally falls to Vagamon to Kottayam and back (from Coimbatore).
    Written 13 January 2024
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  • Shridhar Kalyanpur
    Bengaluru, India17 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    I visited this place in Aug 22 with my wife and its a good place if you are a wildlife and scenery loving person. The forest is dense without mobile network. If you are planning to stay inside Parambikulam then you have some 4-5 choices to book online. I booked Thunakadavu Tree Top Hut accommodation for 2N/3D along with pug mark trail trekking and below is my experience.
    > The forest department people look for excuse to cancel trekking with excuses like there should be minimum of 10 people, rain, leech all other reasons.
    > Stay at for Thunakadavu Tree Top Hut was a nightmare as there are hundreds of rodents and rats which easily enter your hut. We had some biscuits in one of our bag and the rats despite keeping this bag in a stand, punctured the bag and ate all the biscuits. The rats move all around you making noise and some also climbed our bed at night. Remind you, you are alone in that hut without signal to call for help and also not advised to climb down the staircase due to elephant/wild animal movements during nights. During day, there are lot of monkeys which made sure we cannot enjoy the property sitting outside. The next day, I was successful to change from hut to Tented niche and slept well which i missed previous night.
    > Location of hut is excellent. Honeycomb is midst tribal settlement and Tented niche is near admin office so location wise Hut is very good and isolated.
    Written 18 August 2022
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  • Satish P
    Thane, India1,138 contributions
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    The safari here was thru a mini bus. It was quite a short safari of less than an hour. We however had sightings of deer, elephants, peacocks etc.

    After knowing about the forest we thought that safari experience could have been designed much better.
    Written 16 February 2024
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  • Sandeep Bhagat
    Pune, India25 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Can complete this spot in 15 -20 min.
    You can see 20/25 elephants of different age and size.
    Good to visit with children.
    Written 23 November 2021
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  • Gopakumar P
    Dubai, United Arab Emirates31 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Walk safari in Chinnar forest was adventurous. we had a 3 hours walk in the forest to reach Thoovanam water fall. We did not spot any wild life except monkeys but the experience was awesome.
    Written 27 December 2021
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  • Danny B
    Banjar, Indonesia7 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    I stayed at Jewel Homes which is only 10 - 15 minutes walk away from the ticket office. Once you have a ticket you can then walk along the Salim Ali Trail where you will see some interesting birds. However for the best experience you will need to engage a guide who will take you to other more interesting areas within the forest. There are some hides open in the afternoons for photographers so ask about how to get to them. .
    Written 18 February 2024
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  • sikhil
    Thrissur District, India1,346 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Extraordinary place for animal lovers especially elephants. Upto 50 elephants are maintained and feeded. Beautiful place to be seen in Guruvayoor. Can have a relaxed day with friends and family.
    Written 21 February 2020
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  • DipuKV
    Pune, India2,670 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    The second biggest lake in Kerala, Ashtamudi is an experience with its canal cruises, backwater boat rides & amazing properties.
    Written 9 February 2024
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  • Renjit P
    6 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    From checkin to check out was smooth and fast. Reception gave me early checkin Mr. Marvin thanks bro. Mr. Rajesh was helpful he allowed me a suite room 541 with jacuzzi😎😎
    Ms. Sindhiya send me complimentary which was very sweet. Housekeeping Mr. Manu and his team did a great job. Ms. Binita and Santhosh thanks for your service. Will visit again soon.
    Written 22 June 2023
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