Name: White Water Woods Resort
Address: Marippuzha Anakkampoyil,, Sulthan Bathery, Sulthan Bathery, Sulthan Bathery, 673603, India
Rating: 6

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Calicut International Airport

White Water Woods Resort

Sulthan Bathery

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I booked a two bed room villa for one night along with my friends. This resort has no reception. We reached about 8/9 in the night and whole place was pitch dark. We soon saw one person with torchlight approaching us and he introduced himself as the caretaker. We were taken to the villa. The villa had three bedrooms with one being locked as we were only 4. The bedrooms were spacious. 

To our surprise, there was no water heater in the washroom. There were no bath towels provided and we were given pretty small 'handkerchieves' when we asked for one. The care taker do not know English or Malayalam and speaks only Hindi. The breakfast was served on time and was good. 

Pros: Nature's beauty and the quiet surroundings.
Cons: No reception, No intercoms, No bathtowels, No water heater, Only accepts cash (Had to transfer ny NEFT), No restaurants nearby, Not worth for 5K we paid!


Disappointing stay at the 'resort'.

We visited Whitewater Woods Resort (WWR) just last weekend. From April 27 to 30. 

The following are the really good things about WWR :
  - location 
  - the hosts (owners)
  - the caretaker & his wife

some may get affected by :
  - very simple and down-to-earth living
  - no tv or internet
  - secluded/ remote area (but that is the idea) 

In order to get the best of this resort , do the following :
- make sure you provide the right requirements to the host (food and other arrangements)
- go with at least one other family , if you are three families , its best .. They dont have rooms for more than three families (my guess, please do check with them though)

The caretaker and his wife are very friendly and accommodating and they prepare fresh hot meals for you and help with anything you may want. The surroundings are very scenic and the place is filled with plantations of jackfruit, guava, pepper, coffee, nutmeg, mango, cocoa and you name it

The owner Mr. Binu himself was around to help us with anything. Mostly coming around during dinner time to have a nice chat with us and to check if the arrangements were ok.  He also organized for a drive down into the deep jungle - it was amazing to see how we went into a forest that had absolutely no real trails - the jeep driver just made his way through the forest

There is no internet and mobiles hardly work there. This is a pure getaway from the hustle bustle of the city. I was completely reset and when I came back home - the urge to look at my phone was not there (well at least not so much :) )

Make the best of this place and take a walk around the property - the sheer bounty of nature will take over you. Overall a wonderful stay for us.

A special thanks to the owners for all the hospitality. And the caretaker and his wife - who really fed us well. We have no complaints.

Only one small problem we felt was the approach to the river at the back of the property is not very safe for children or even adults who are not very adventurous ; may be this can be taken care of or made safe.  After our first visit to the river we did not go back - as we did not want to take the children through the approach. However apart from the river - there is quite a few things that can be done.  Trekking and nature walks. There is a dairy farm nearby - kids loved watching the cows and also got some guavas from there - thanks to the dairy owner who also grows some nice trees and plants in his farm. Lots of flowers - hibiscus and roses.  

Nature is lovely - if you want to experience it fully - go to WWR and enjoy it !!

A great getaway from the city !

I had been to "White water woods" with my husband in May-2015... a superb place to relax, built amidst beautiful nature with river flowing next to the resort.... lovely host... too good hospitality... but one advice is reach this place at the earliest.. bit creepy to travel after 8 in the night.

Superb place to relax

I, along with my spouse and son, was there in White Water Woods on 19th June. I had actually booked for 3 nights, but literally ran away from the place within 1 day. Our experience at the place was the most pathetic, most miserable and most disappointing we have ever had in any Homestay. And we have stayed in homestays in plenty in all kinds of places. In fact we only stay in Homestay's during our vacations, not because of cost but because of the opportunity of experiencing local flavour in its fullness. 

But this Homestay (if one can call that a homestay) was really unique, in all the wrong ways:  

- When we visited the place with 10 or so rooms was being run by 1 person, with he doing cooking, cleaning, security and all. (Really hats off to Arjun, if not for him we would have run away on the very 1st day.)

- The owner was nowhere to be seen nor did he bother to contact us even after we abruptly left on the 2nd day.

- The rooms are designed to lock people in and deny them any opportunity to enjoy the natural beauty that surrounds the place in plenty. (In fact the location is absolutely awesome in all respects and it requires real ability to completely neutralise and reverse that advantage).

- Everything in the rooms - from furniture to curtains to bed cover to paint selection to the dangerous open water heating coil - was representative of kind of standard being maintained. 

- There was nothing to say its homestay - no host to meet and greet, no local cuisine, ...
 
- Even basic ingredients like little milk for Tea, coconut for curies (that too in Kerala - land of coconuts), etc. were missing and the cook cum caretaker had to make do with whatever available

- The caretaker's house is located so far away from the cottages, with no means to contact him even in an emergency (cell phone does not work, no intercom, no bell (which could easily have been provided),..). In pouring rain and gushing wind calling him was a real challenge; even screaming at the top of the voice was of no use and only repeated honking did the trick.
 
- In such rainy weather there was absolutely no provision for hot water, even though firewood is available in plenty around, there is no provision to use it. (something like a Gujarath Boiler (which works with bare minimum firewood with very high efficiency) could easily have been provided but instead they have kept a highly dangerous open coil for heating water, which in case is useless in the absence of power. Poor Arjun heated water in the kitchen and brought a bucket for us and 3 of us had to ration that water.

-- The owner was nowhere to be seen nor did he bother to contact us even after we abruptly left on the 2nd day. May be as the money had come he decided contact is not important. 

Based on our experience it is certainly not a place for families. Bachelors who are prepared to rough it out for the benefit of the location, which is truly awesome (flowing water, view, weather) may find it OK.

Awesome Location Most Disappointing Experience

White water woods is a great place to unwind yourself. Me and my friend with our families stayed this place for two nights during the 2014 post monsoon season. The staff is very courteous and Mr. Binu himself was available at the place to help us. The resort is located around 25 kilometers from Mukkam (Waynad - Kozhikode highway, after the Waynad Ghats). The location of the resort is so scenic with Vellarimala mountain ranges adding to the background and Maripuzha river flowing close to the resort. The accommodation was good, please do not expect luxurious facilities like television or cable TV. When we visited, the availability of mobile networks were also limited. The resort serves nice food. We had authentic non vegetarian dishes of Kerala. Tusharagiri waterfall is a place to visit, few kilometers from the resort. Overall we had a wonderful stay and great time there. Looking forward to visit again. If you want to spend your holidays close to nature, without the 'disturbances' of the facilities of urban life, this is a place you may not want to miss!!

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