Green View

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.

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!

Me and my friend had a lovely stay at Green View Homestay for three nights. The rooms are simple, but super clean and spacious with own balcony, large firm bed and a good shover with hot water (which is not always the case in India). There’s also a common patio with hammocks upstairs to chillax. Just be aware of the monkeys and keep your door locked all times as they are really curious. One even got into my friends room and searched his bag while he was in the room! All staff were extremely kind, caring and helpful. Upon arrival we were greeted with a big wellcoming smile, hot cup of coffee and information about the tours and activities. The owner showed us our rooms upstairs and helped with the heavy luggage, which was a nice gesture. The location is perfect. It’s quiet but only a short walk to shops, restaurants and the car park where you take the bus to the National Park. As the tours can sell out quickly, he kindly showed us the place where to buy the official tickets down the road the same night we arrived. The National Park is run by the government so the prices for hikes etc. are fixed. There’s also a small local Auerveda massage place near by which was really good what comes to the price and service. I also tried one famous Auerveda Hospital in the area and in my opinion the experience was very similar in both. Just the latter being more expensive. On our last day he arranged us a driver to our next destination (safe drive at fair price) and kindly took us to ATM by his own car. I also had a lovely local breakfast one morning and was invited to join the ladies while they were making puttu in the kitchen. Overall we had really enjoyed our time both in Green View and amazing nature of Thekkady.

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.