Aranya Nivas Reviews, Thekkady

Good hotel if you want to stay inside the jungle at a reasonable cost. Room quality is average. Services are very prompt.

Nice hotel. Nice location (only hotel inside the forest) and very spacious rooms, good food and courteous staff. Swimming pool could've been deeper and bigger for a hotel of such stature. Will recommend to anyone who does not mind paying a price for quality.

It has a very good value for money. The location of the hotel and the courtesy of the staff are the major plus points. The food is a bit costly for its quality and quantity. The hotel staff helped us in everything we wanted - booking of trips, conveyance etc.

We had to wait for sometime in lobby to get the room cleaned and staff were sorry for the same. Rest everything is good, nice location, good service and awesome food.

Gods own country, devils own management. Even with confirmed makemy trip bookings, were told that there is no room available and that booking can be given in a different hotel. all this with 4-5 calls to the hotel management on arrival plan. there was no intimation given by the staff inspite of taking my contact no.

The room was of good size and very pleasant. But it was let down by the bathroom which badly needed updating. The restart staff were very helpful and the food was good. The front desk staff were either helpful and pleasant or looked as if they had no idea what was going on!

Excellent experience. Definitely worth what they charge for it.

The hotel was disappointing! It was inside a forest and i had to pay extra money in order to get in the hotel. In total - disappointing.

Aranya Nivas is situated in Periyar Tiger Reserve and it is with the idea to spend a night in the jungle we(I and my wife) reserved a Premium room in the Hotel. I had intended to purchase boat tickets for boating in Periyar lake and this hotel had the best location beside the ticket counter(just 200 metres) .. this was an added incentive to look for accomodation here. The Hotel despite being run by KTDC which gives one an impression of a typical Govt. run hotel was quite unlike it. Very well maintained and good service. We had arrived from Munnar and had checked in the hotel for one night. The hotel reception greeted us very well and the checkin was in a jiffy once I produced the copy of Makemytrip voucher. We had been alloted a premium room that was beside the swimming pool and offered a very good view. The room was very spacious and well maintained. There was wooden flooring and nice wooden furniture. The bed sheets were clean. There was TV in room that carried many channels. The bathroom was clean with good fittings and toiletries offered complimentary. The room does not have AC but considering climate of the place it is not necessary. The hotel has a restaurant and a recreation room with carrom,TT table,snooker table. As the hotel closes after 6 pm as it is in the wildlife sanctuary, one can spend his/her time playing in recreation room. The hotel also has a big lounge with WiFi enabled. As the dinner was pricey - Rs. 350 per head buffet, we decided to skip it. We had the chance to sample the breakfast as it was inclusive and regretted skipping the dinner the night before - the food was very delicious and had variety. We were late to breakfast as we had gobe for boating in morning, the restaurant staff made efforts to serve us all the breakfast items. The swimming pool is available in fixed timings and clean. All in all an excellent one night experience in the jungle.

Good food, excellent service, excellent location. I have not found any negative about the hotel other than external appearance.