Comparison of Accommodation Types in Parambikulam
In the following table you can see what is covered and what is not covered in the accommodation package.
| Accommodation Type | Jungle Safari | Safari | Bamboo Rafting
(Subject to availability) |
Bird watching & Trekking | Tribal Symphony | Food |
| Tented Niche | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Honey Comb Complex | No* | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Treetop Hut Parambikulam | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Treetop Hut Thunakadavu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Veettikunnu Island Nest | No* | No | Yes | Yes | No | No** |
| Peruvari Island Nest | No* | No | Yes | Yes | No | No** |
| Bear Hut | – | – | – | – | – | – |
* Van Safari is not included in this accommodation type. However, visitors can take their own car and go for Safari. While you go for Safari, the forest department will send along a forest guard in your own vehicle.
** Food is not included in this accommodation type. Guests must bring along groceries or may buy them from the small shops in Parambikulam. The tribal men who row the bamboo raft will also dual role as cooks. They will help to prepare simple dinner and breakfast in village style, while you stay in Veetikunnu Island Nest or Bamboo Island.
Visitors staying in Tented Niche and Bear Hut must park their vehicles (or their rented vehicles) at Anapadi. They will not be permitted to drive beyond this point. They can only use the Safari vans to go around the park. But visitors staying in all other accommodation types can drive through the park in their own vehicle (or rented vehicle) during their stay in Parambikulam. However, they must be accompanied by a forest guard at all times.