Green View

It was a wonderful experience to stay at Green view homestay! The owner was so helpful and kind and the view from your balcony is lush, calming and relaxing. Rooms were clean and bathrooms too. You get more than you except for the affordable price!

My wife and I stayed here for 2 nights having moved from another homestay. This place is great. The room was a good size with a balcony looking on to a garden and the jungle beyond. We had a great time watching the monkeys. Suresh, the host is a very nice ***. Very helpful and gives excellent advice on where to go and what to do and how to book things. Just free advice. He will arrange a taxi or tuk tuk as well and the drivers who come are also very good and honest. I highly recommend this place. We loved it.

Oh my word. Stay here. You will never want to leave. I stayed for 2 and a half weeks and still did not want to move on. Take a garden view room (we named ours The David Attenborough Suite) and watch the black monkeys, the macaques (beware) the giant squirrels ad well as the very many tropical birds. Our rooms were clean and comfortable with plenty of hot water. Suresh, the owner and Sonia, his colleague helped us with booking trips, arranging transport and suggestions for activities. Suresh is a fabulous and committed host. We felt like family. Green View is in one of the best locations in Kumily. The road is quiet and the garden large. The property adjoins the spice gardens ('the most expensive hotel in Kerala'). The tiger reserve bus stops and the reserve itself are within easy walking distance (we saw a tiger). The town is closer and there are two very good local restuarants footsteps away. Breakfast at Green View is taken in the garden at a time to suit you. You will be offered the same breakfast as is eaten by the family, unless you want something more Western. I can recommend it all. I will return and I will stay for longer next time - I hope to see you there.

We were only in Kumily / Thekkady for 24 hours and after our experience at Green View we wished we could have stayed longer. We booked 3 rooms on the top floor which were spotless and comfortable. The balconies overlooked a lush garden and trees - a lovely place to sit and relax. Outside the rooms was a communal seating area with hammocks which were well used by us! Suresh is a fantastic host - the best we’ve experienced so far during our 4 week trip in India. He made lots of recommendations to help us make the most of our limited time and in 24 hrs we packed in a 3 hour jungle trek, a cookery class and Ayurvedic massages! We also visited an organic spice merchant to buy spices to take home. Highly recommended place to stay and great value for money.

Nice setting and in town but lots of steps and hilly so if you can't get up them go somewhere else. No safes in rooms. No beer in very average restaurant. Staff very helpful. Rooms very clean. WiFi fine. Breakfast is an OK buffet. Interesting figus aucampii by the pool the fruits of which are nice. Wouldn't go back.

As everyone has said previously this is a fabulous place to stay. It’s on a quiet road, great sized room and a sunny evening balcony to rest on after a long day trekking. Sanesh looked after us whilst suresh was away and couldn’t do enough for us. A warm welcome greeted us as did a hot cup of tea. Great hearty breakfast to set us up for the day. It’s a must stay place in Kumily. Thankyou so much for great memories. You know it’s a great place when you don’t want to leave.