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Access: Jungle Park Resorts and Green Magic Resort is situated in a 500 acre tropical forest interspersed with coffee and cardamom plantation. There is a 7.5km drive from the main road to the resort. Tempo travellers and cars like Scorpio, Qualis, Sumo, Innova etc can come inside the resort directly. Mini buses, normal buses and small cars like Marurti 800 with less ground clearance would find it difficult to come up and hence we don't recommend them. Alternate transport can be arranged by the resort.

Tree-Top Houses: Ever wondered how it would be like to live on treetops? If you think it is only animal's and bird's business, you are mistaken. Welcome to Tree Houses - the latest addition in the world of travel and adventure. As the name suggests, Tree Houses are constructed on giant trees in verdant tropical forests. In India , only God’s own country, Kerala offers these Godly abodes.

Enjoy a bird's-eye view of the surrounding vista over the treetop canopy! Once on top, there is enough to feast the senses - birds eye view of acres of greenery, chilly winds, quiet nights and the thrill of being on top of the world!

Although living high does not come cheap, a number of visitors both from India and abroad take this offbeat destination to experience the rare and unique. It is also an ideal destination for honeymooners as it offers privacy coupled with quiet and romantic surroundings.

You can select your tree house based on their location and monetary considerations. The below are the listed destinations, presently offer this unique experience of Tree Top Houses. Apart from the tree houses these eco-resorts also have land-based ethnic and eco-friendly cottages.

• Vythiri in North Kerala

  • Jungle Park Resorts & Green Magic Resorts

  • Tranquil Resorts (Home Stay Resort)

• Idukki in South Kerala and

  • Carmelia Haven, Vandanmedu

• Munnar in Central Kerala

  • B Six Resorts

Green Magic Nature Resorts / Jungle Park Resorts, Vythiri

Green Magic Nature Resorts offers total Tree Houses. This ever fascinating and exhilarating concept known as tree houses and the cozy eco lodges by the side of the ever flowing stream are all ready, decked elegantly after total refurbishing. The tree houses are amazingly built at a height of 85 feet with all modern amenities. The wilderness and greenery is spell binding; the mist clad mountains and the cool atmosphere at not more than 20 degree centigrade and at an altitude of 4000 feet, all makes it a must for visitors who aspire for a peaceful and tranquil holiday. An excellent ethnic restaurant lets you savour the taste of Malabar with lip smacking local cuisines and coupled with homely care, makes for a memorable holiday in a jungle ambience.

Although Green Magic is purely a nature resort it boasts of modern amenities such as electricity and telephones.

Jungle Park Resorts, Vythiri

Jungle Park Resort is a 500 acre dream world where luxury amidst jungle ambience keeps anyone wonderstruck. Erected with biodegradable materials used by tribal dwellers, these huts with thatched roofs are built on live trees at the height of approximately 90 feet. Each Tree House consist of one bedroom with attached bathroom, with running cold water facility, European style toilet with shower. Each tree house has a 2 storey house and is lit softly using lanterns. Access to the first tree house, situated on the stream side near the jungle cottages, is by a water counter weight lift. Access to tree house no 2, situated between jungle cottages and jungle park resort, (distance from jungle park resort is approximately 600mts) is by a rope bridge, All tree houses command excellent tropical rain forest view.

Tree House Rs.8,250 Per Day on APAI

• Accommodation for two persons including Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

• Parking facility for the guest's vehicle at a safe place (a residence near the main road arranged by the management if required.

• Trekking with a guide inside the Resort's 500 acres.

• Limited outdoor & indoor games (T.T, Carroms, Chess, Cards, Shuttle, Volly
  ball, etc)

• Hot water at fixed times in the morning and evening.

• Camp fire dinner with music in the evening.

• Common TV parlour.

Carmelia Haven, Vandamnedu

Carmelia Haven - The Plantation Resort, Vandamedu, Idukki, Kerala - As you wind your way up the Thekkady - Munnar road (half an hour drive), the wooden terrain clears to reveal a breathtaking spectacle of rolling Tea and Cardamom Plantations. Vandanmedu is an international celebrity in its own right. Perched 4000ft above sea level on western ghats, this verdant little countryside is the world's largest producer of Cardamom!!!

Guests with an Adventurous turn of mind choose to stay in ERUMADAM, the Carmelia Haven's Tree House. Erumadam is a Tree top wood cabin built at a height of 20 feet with local interiors attached bathroom surrounded by a balcony and offers tremendous scenic beauty is located in deep thick cardamom plantations.

Distance: Cochin-157kms | Madurai-142kms | Munnar-80kms | Thekkady-25kms

• Tree House:            Rs.6,750 Per Day on APAI
• Tree House Deluxe: Rs.7,900 Per Day on APAI

*APAI: Includes Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
*Carmelia Haven Prices are valid till June 15, 2008
*20% Surcharge applicable from 15th December 2007 to 10th January 2008