Stayed in tented niche. Rooms are just basics. Unfortunately there is no proper water in hand shower or neither got hot water through geyser in one of the rooms that we booked. But other room was fine, rooms were in need of a renovation. Food served were basics and Guide appointed was helpful and took good care of the entire team of guests. He made sure he showed animals during safari. But safari was of a very long duration, there should be a provision to book only what we needed. The tribal dance and the bamboo rafting was good and not the safari itself.

Our guest from New Zealand and UK visited Parambikulam for 01 N & 02 D program (December 13 & 14 2022) with me. guest stayed at Peruvari Island Nest . To be frank, this is a super spot for nature lovers and the food which the tribal team cooked for us was limited items, but delicious. We appreciate the same. We could spot Wild Elephants, Deer's, Peacocks, Wild Fox etc during our safari with a forest guide. It was also a memorable trip. The only negative part which we felt during our trip is the Forest Guide as he don't speak English / any other language except Malayalam and he was simply sitting in our car to find any animals en route our journey inside the forest. But as a guide, he should have knowledge about Parambikulam and he should have responsibility to explain his guest about Parambikulam and history in English. But he didn't due to lack of English knowledge. But our guest told me that this is their first poor experience with a forest guide in their life as wherever they visit to explore forest / safari, their guide could explain them in detail. But here the forest department failed to do so. They should give proper training to these guides regarding Parambikulam in English so that their clients will have an idea about Parambikulam. It is not like simply sitting in a vehicle by telling that he is a guide. I think I am not wrong , Hence i am not giving excellent or Good mark here. This is not fair to make money without dong anything by forest department. They should give those guides proper training to explain everything in English. Or guests will blame to the forest team and they will never recommend others here.

This park is not orientated to anything other than Indian family tourism. We stayed two nights in the tented huts. The bathroom barely functioned ( no hot water, sink cold tap pathetic), no soap, we had to ask for towels. The safari bus ride is without merit. Very noisy, and obstructed views by people standing and clamouring all over the place. We did see some deer, elephants, and buffalo. The raft ride was 20 minutes of boating on the lake - the purpose ? Who knows why. The local ladies dancing were ‘enthusiastic’. The joy of Parambikulam is reasonable food( though nothing western). We were blessed with local guides to take us on small group walks - really useful for understanding the wild life, though I struggled with the English. The morning group walk was a bit of a noisy circus. Rather frustrating with regard to seeing anything. There is no guidance given about moving silently. I might as well have been at a sports event! We opted