Michael’s Inn began operations in the year 1998. Michael's Inn can be your real launching pad for exploring Thekkady. The exotic tea gardens and the Periyar wild life sanctuary with its chaste, green and exciting blue mountains can be a delightfull experiences.

The pride of Kerela and a testimony to nature's splendour and human innovation, the Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary is situated on the banks of the Periyar Lake - an artificial Lake, at Thekkady. The Periyar Widlife sanctuary is spread across 777 km², of which 360 km² is thick evergreen forest. The Periyar Wild Life Sanctuary was declared a Tiger Reserve in 1978. The splendid artificial lake formed by the Mullaperiyar Dam across the Periyar River adds to the charm of the park.

The greatest attraction of Periyar are the herds of wild elephants that come down to play in the lake. The lake makes for a very picturesque cruise in its waters, tourists take this opportunity to shoot / film the wildlife around the lake.

Thekkady (Idukki District) is the location of the Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary, which is an important tourist attraction in Kerala state, India, close to the Kerala -Tamil Nadu border town Kumily. Thekkady the eastern gateway to Kerala - "God's own country". The sanctuary is famous for its dense evergreen, semi-evergreen, moist deciduous forests and savannah grass lands. It is home to herds of elephants, sambar, tigers, gaur, lion-tailed macaques and Nilgiri langurs. Noted for its geomorphology, diversity of wildlife and scenic beauty, the Reserve attracts visitors all over the world and is one of the world's most fascinating natural wildlife reserves.

Thekkady is considered as a heaven of natural spices like cardamom, cinnamon, clove, chilly, tamarind etc.