Reflects recent average nightly prices reported by our partners, and may not include estimated taxes or fees. Price at checkout may differ.
Cheaper
Average
Higher
About
4.5
#6 of 37 guest houses in Varkala Town
Location
Cleanliness
Service
Value
SHIVA GARDEN is one among the most reputed home stays in Varkala. Perched near a majestic red cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea, this charming home stay offers many warm hospitable services as well as a fantastic garden view. Here we have a magnificent garden growing many famous Ayurvedic plants and trees, surrounding the resort. Guests are only minutes away from the famous 2000 years old Janardhana Swamy Temple, Kappil beach and Angengo Fort built by the British East India company in the 17th century. Shiva Garden is the perfect base for leisure and you may never forget this in your life.
North Cliff Kurakkanni Kurakkanni, Varkala Town, Varkala 695141 India
Shiva Garden
231 reviews
Getting there
Good for walkers
Places to stay are graded on a 0-100 scale. The higher the grade, the easier it is for travellers to find restaurants and things to do within walking distance.
Highly recommend Shiva Garden in Varkala, had a great 4 night stay at the beginning of my trip in India. Highlights: staff are so friendly, welcoming, helpful and really accommodating. Food is nice and a wide range on offer and someone is always around to serve you. Yoga Shala available to use at your leisure, they also put classes on. Really nice garden chill out area to meet people or just relax. Also just a short walk from the cliff.
Read more
Date of stay: January 2020Trip type: Travelled solo
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
We stayed for 3days at shiva garden over the December and really We had a great time, the owners are a very lovely family. We were a couple and it's a perfect place for kids also lots of games and swings in the garden. Communal area is great. Food is lovely. The best place to keep our mind free and relaxed,Then staff are great. Rooms are basic.
Read more
Date of stay: December 2019Trip type: Travelled as a couple
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
A friend of mine and I stayed at Shiva Garden for 2 weeks in January 2015.
You hear beautiful things about Shiva Garden, but none of them cannot compare to the feeling you get the first time you step into the garden... Calm, green, comfy, beautiful are just some of the words that come to your lips.
All the staff is extremely nice and helpful and will cater to your every need (one day jackfruit fell from the tree and they gave everyone to try it). There are all types of lodging available, for all pockets: from rooftop tents (we stayed in one) and dorms, single and double rooms, tree huts, apartments... But the best thing in Shiva Garden is it's garden with fruit and palm trees, all the shade, hammocks to be lazy in or talk to many other nice guests staying there, big living room, badminton/volleyball field, basketball... You don't even need to go out and you will have fun the whole day and you won't be hungry because there's a little kitchen that serves delicious south indian food.
Two weeks passed quickly and we were sad to leave our new home and new family, because that is how you feel if you stay there! :)
Read more
Date of stay: January 2015Trip type: Travelled with friends
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Shiva garden is a wonderfull place. Makes you feel at home. Don't get me wrong, it's not as Europe, it's wery exoctic. Beautifull garden with hamocks, a very high swing, badmington feeld, outdoor showers, traditional Kerala food...but most of all is a place where people meet each other and make new frindships. You can also chill in your quiet room or dorm but the best is to go to the garden and say hello to someone new and then miracles happen. I must say I find these place wery spiritual too. I see it like a non formal ashram where people by themselves create activities and become good teachers to each other. I warmlly recomend this place. To get the best out of it, try to do some work around the garden and some Karma yoga, helping to make these place as nice as your home because that's what Shiva garden is, your home abroad. Salute to all the nice stuff of Shiva garden, and keep on the good work. See you next season.
Read more
Date of stay: February 2012
Value
Rooms
Location
Cleanliness
Service
Sleep Quality
Trip type: Travelled solo
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Such a fantastic guesthouse: friendly and helpful staff; large and clean rooms to suit every budget; wonderful gardens; tasty food served from the kitchen; and many fun parties. My first stay here (2 months) was in room 106: huge 1st-floor room with king-size double bed; en-suite shower/wc; mosquito net; ceiling fan. So much cheaper, and so much cleaner than the rooms I'd seen on the cliff, and yet only a 5 minute walk away. I settled in quickly, met so many inspiring people, and found it very hard to leave. AND very hard not to come back: which I did, and stayed for another 2 months in 1 of the 4 apartments.... HUGE double bedroom with a very grand and spacous en-suite bathroom, and a reception room with chaise longue, TV, and kitchenette. But it's the communal garden that is Shiva Garden's ace card: a great place to relax, eat, lay in a hammock, play badminton, and meet many of the wonderful guests that are drawn to this fantastic place. If you plan to visit Varkala, Shiva Garden is THE place to stay. Whatever your budget, there's an apartment/room/dorm bed to suit you. You won't be disappointed. ENJOY!!!
Read more
Date of stay: November 2011
Value
Rooms
Location
Cleanliness
Service
Sleep Quality
Trip type: Travelled solo
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
When I had two days left befor my flight to calcutta and nothing to do, I went to varkala and liked shiva garden so much that I decided to change my flight and stay for 10 days insted. Funny thing is that sonya noticed straight away that I wouled stay longer than I thought. I loved the place and cooked for a night aswell (cous im a chef). Highly recomended and I will definatly return at some point. Jayan and sonya keep doing what you do:) love dan.
Read more
Date of stay: February 2012Trip type: Travelled solo
Room Tip:the treehous!!
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
After a long week of work I arrived at Shiva Garden on Friday night. I was actually planing to come the weekend before, but couldn't make it and it was no problem at all to just postpone my booking. I also spontanously braught 3 friends along and that also was easy going. They even picked us up from the train station for free and when I entered Shiva Garden's door I felt like walking into paradise. Everything is so green, there heaps of hammocks, a giant swing and a big chill area to just stay and not leave ever again =) everybody was sooo nice and welcoming and I met so many cool backpackers. So it's a perfect place to get in touch. I stayed at the dorm up on the roof, with the sky as a blanket and beautiful sonia's yoga class to wake up to. If you want something simple, but creative and with a wonderful spirit to it...Shiva Garden is your place! I will definetly have it as my treat after my working weeks =)
Read more
Date of stay: March 2012
Value
Location
Cleanliness
Service
Sleep Quality
Trip type: Travelled with friends
Room Tip:If you are happy with a mattress and don't need all the fancy tourist luxury, go for the...
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Made my trip a dream! The staff are friendly, there's badminton, rooms are enormous considering price, dogs are cute, great for local knowledge, friendly travelers, easy access to the beach, food is malayali, there's a convenience store opposite, nirvana yoga next door. My only complaint is that the WiFi is patchy, but this will be the case literally everywhere. Buy an MTS dongle if you want decent internet. There is some bureaucracy, but it's definitely worth it.
Read more
Date of stay: April 2015
Value
Cleanliness
Service
Trip type: Travelled solo
Room Tip:the 800 INR room is incredible
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
We were a huge and enthusiastic (read raucous) group of 8 and we found Shiva Garden the best to accommodate us. We had booked two apartments over phone and contrary to quite a few reviews on Tripadvisor, we got our apartments as soon as we arrived. The apartments felt like home. The wash rooms were spacious and clean. There was a well equipped kitchen as well (which we did put to good use). There was a spacious garden just in front of the apartments which was part of Shiva Garden. There were hammocks strung to trees. There were provision for every sport to be played. You name it and they had it. For a sport enthusiast like me, it was a huge plus. We had a memorable game of volley ball on our second day of stay. There was a huge hullabaloo over the game but the staff had no qualms whatsoever which is worth mentioning. The dining arrangements were in the garden itself. There was a small library adjacent to the dining place (amongst the trees) as well. There were a lot of activities that Shiva Garden offered (though we were out of time to try them out) including boating trip to Golden Island. They even gave bicycles/scooties for rent. The whole set-up in the garden had an aura to itself which made our stay in Shiva Garden so memorable. (*There are different kinds of accommodations within the Shiva Garden premises which fits all group sizes and pockets. There are tents, dorms and tree houses as well that you can avail).
Food
The food was on the expensive side (taking into consideration the quantity) and service was a bit slow which we considered given the fact that it is a small, family-run business. The food quality was good though. Tea and coffee served weren't really up to the standard I must say.
Staff
The staff here needs special mention. They tended to us with a smile all the time. They were gracious and courteous to say the least and they had no complains in spite of us testing their patience at times.
Read more
Date of stay: April 2015
Value
Location
Service
Trip type: Travelled with friends
Room Tip:Choose according to your taste. thee are lot of options.
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
I reserved a room here and at the time of arrival they said they were fully booked and showed me to a resort close by, which was not nice a all. They didn't even bother to apologize. Unfortunately I didn't pay any attention to former warnings who reported the same. Shiva Garden seems to have a deal with the Guest House next door, which was confirmed by other travellers. Do not support this commercial handling of travellers!
Read more
Date of stay: January 2015Trip type: Travelled with friends
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Response from shivagarden, Manager at Shiva Garden
Responded 3 Feb 2015
Shivagarden is a small family run business. We have experienced many no show ups and it put us in a very difficult situation. At times we gets over booking (not on a usual basis) and in situation like that we help our customers to find another place. It is not a business but only a service. No one is forced to stay the alternative place and this service is free of charge. Hope you would understand.
Read more
Report response as inappropriate
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
So sorry for the late answer,If you call from abroad please add the code "0091" first and then add the telephone number.
Our contact number is 0091 9349460261
Thanks
Jayan
There are more places to choose from in the Varkala Town area.
PRICE RANGE
₹1,512 - ₹1,680 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
ALSO KNOWN AS
shiva garden hotel varkala
LOCATION
IndiaKeralaThiruvananthapuram DistrictVarkalaVarkala Town
NUMBER OF ROOMS
19
Prices are provided by our partners, and reflect average nightly room rates, including taxes and fees that are fixed, known to our partners, and due at time of booking. Please see our partners for more details.
Is This Your Tripadvisor Listing?
Own or manage this property? Claim your listing for free to respond to reviews, update your profile and much more.
