| Visitors traveling to Periyar Tiger Reserve opt to | | | | conference and banquet facilities. Taj Garden Retreat |
| stay in nearby Periyar hotels. However, you need not | | | | is part of the Taj Group of Hotels. |
| go further for accommodations because there are | | | | Muthoot Cardamom County - This resort is fast |
| already lodging facilities inside the reserve. Here are | | | | becoming popular for the lasting memories it offers |
| some of them: | | | | to guests. It features beautifully landscaped gardens |
| Spice Village - For a more naturalistic way to | | | | over green clad mountains. It has stylish cottages |
| experience Periyar, consider losing all modern | | | | having the finest furniture and conveniences in |
| equipments and leaving everything to nature. Imagine | | | | modern living. |
| a vacation without air conditioning, television and all | | | | This accommodation offers 44 well-appointed rooms |
| that piped music. This means, you get to experience | | | | featuring a contemporary charm mixed with the Old |
| Periyar how it truly is - a chance to be one with | | | | World charm. It is situated only 180 kilometers from |
| nature and its entire splendor. | | | | the Kochi International Airport. The Kottayam Railway |
| All 52 accommodations in Spice Village greet you with | | | | Station is only 110 kilometers away while the Kumily |
| simple pine furniture, plain terracotta floors and not a | | | | Bus Stand is merely 2 kilometers away. |
| cinch of pretentiousness. This resort is world | | | | Facilities and amenities offered by Muthoot |
| renowned and even received awards for its excellent | | | | Cardamom County include an Ayuvedic Center, health |
| services, delectable cuisines and that unique | | | | club, room service, swimming pool, doctor-on-call, |
| experience it can offer. | | | | money changer and doctor-on-call as well as baby |
| Spice Village is part of the Casino Group of Hotels. It | | | | sittings services, a Plantation Tour, boating activities |
| is situated about 180 kilometers from the Cochin | | | | and a travel desk. They also provide business |
| airport. It is also near the Kottayam Railways Station | | | | services like e-mail and fax services. This resort is |
| and the Kumily Bus Stand. Some of the facilities you | | | | part of the Carmom County Parks & Hotels. |
| will adore include an Ayurvedic Health Spa, cooking | | | | All about Periyar Tiger Reserve |
| demonstrations, yoga and a meditation center as well | | | | Periyar Tiger Reserve is a wonderful portrayal of |
| as pepper vines, a tiger club, day trekking and night | | | | nature's bounty. It possesses that great scenic |
| trekking activities. Other activities are jeep safaris, | | | | charm, especially with its rich bio-diversified fauna and |
| bamboo rafting, night camping, indoor games and | | | | flora. The reserve stretches over 777 square |
| outdoor games. | | | | kilometers and is one amongst India's twenty-seven |
| Taj Garden Retreat - This accommodation offers 32 | | | | tiger reserves. |
| rustic and thatched-roof villas along the Periyar | | | | The facility is efficiently managed and zealously |
| Wildlife Sanctuary. It is a beautiful resort set at about | | | | guarded due to its endangered, endemic and rare |
| 2,700 ft. above sea level. It boasts of spacious | | | | flora and fauna. It also forms as a major watershed |
| rooms having fine wood decors and furniture which | | | | of Kerala's 2 important rivers - Pamba and Periyar. |
| are adorned with charming natural fabrics. | | | | The hallmark of this reserve is its |
| This resort is located only 134 kilometers from the | | | | park-centered-and-people-oriented-community-based |
| Madurai Airport. It is also near the Kottayam Railway | | | | ecotourism. Proud to say, local people are the ones |
| Station ad the Kumily Bus Stand. They offer a | | | | who conducted surveillance programs that aim to |
| multi-cuisine menu and various other facilities like a | | | | protect the susceptible parts of the reserve. Through |
| pool, Ayurvedic Massage Center, Wildlife Books | | | | these, even tourists become aware of the |
| Library and a recreation center. They also provide | | | | importance of forest conservation. In Periyar, you will |
| boating activities on Periyar Lake, a Spice Plantation | | | | find the people who used to make a living on illegal |
| Tour, forest trekking and a book shop as well as | | | | operations but are now forest protectors. |