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January 30, 2026
Vagamon is an absolutely beautiful area of Kerala, well worth a couple of days' stay, but one that many visitors miss out on as they enjoy Munnar, Thekkady, Kovalam, Allepey and the Backwaters. We were so glad we didn't miss out. Sadly, we didn't choose the best hotel. Firstly, it's important to say the the staff were all lovely, caring, do-anything-for-you people. The restaurant team were a joy: Manu looked after us brilliantly, and patiently taught me as much Malayalam as I could cope with; Rajeet (I hope I remember his name correctly), the Keralan chef, delivered fabulous dishes (I'll never forget the Syro-Catholic Beef Curry). The location and staff deserve a better hotel, sadly. We stayed in one of the cave rooms. I imagined staying in a genuine cave room carved into the rock; not a room in a complex made of moulded plastic or fibre-glass (or whatever the material is). The cave rooms are DARK, with small (and rather dirty) windows. I needed to use my phone torch to find anything in a my suitcase! The was no aircon: not great in the heat of the day. No fridge in the room to keep drinks cool. No wardrobe or hanging facility; yep, let's see if I can find something in my suitcase. Old, worn out towels in a wet room that had mould. Outside, the pool area is a building site. The villas' walls have paint peeling off them. At the front of the villas, the view is staggeringly beautiful, but there is no comfortable seating to relax and enjoy the view (just a few hard, stone benches). I think Foggy Knolls is being renovated; there is some work going on. I hope this work is radical and delivers a hotel worthy of the location and the lovely people who work there. It certainly isn't that at the moment.