Elephant Valley, located in the wildlife sanctuaries of Kerala, is found on the center of an elephant migration route that is centuries old. Said to be the last settlement on the border of the National Forest, the resort’s expanses is a hotbed of flora and fauna that is endemic to the area. The land and rivers shared by the local inhabitants include a wide array of animal species including the mighty bison and elephant as well as deer and leopards.

The Elephant Valley Resort is just one of the few accommodations in India that has not used air conditioning units for environmental reasons. In all its twelve cottages, the Elephant Valley had employed these green practices in order to conserve and protect Mother Nature: use of solar lights in communal areas of the resort, low consumption bulbs in rooms, firewood fuelled hot water shower in the area and an in-facility waste water treatment plant.