Does The Serai Kabini have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool.

How much does it cost to stay at The Serai Kabini?

As of Oct 31, 2025, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at The Serai Kabini on Nov 12, 2025 start from $221.49, excluding taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

Is The Serai Kabini pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at The Serai Kabini?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at The Serai Kabini?

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 2 PM. After-hours check-in is not available.

Does The Serai Kabini provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's an airport shuttle.

Where is The Serai Kabini located?

Situated on a river, this spa resort is 2.4 mi (3.8 km) from Nagarhole National Park and 9.8 mi (15.7 km) from Taraka Dam. Bandipur National Park and Kabini Dam are also within 32 mi (52 km).

The Serai Kabini Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

10/10 Excellent

CHAKRAVARTHI RAJU

Aug 15, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Staff, ambience, view!!

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Rekha

Feb 19, 2023

Liked: Staff & service

For a safari lodge it’s ok

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Rosanna

Apr 27, 2016

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great location Serai Kabini

Serai Kabini is a very nicely situated lodge resort for Nagarhole National Park. It is a lovely location on the lake and the rooms were tastefully decorated, clean and comfortable.Bonus for having fans as well as a/c. The food was okay, nothing spectacular but enough choices.

10/10 Excellent

Soumi

Jul 14, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Beautiful property, serene and tranquil

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

mythili

Apr 25, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Excellent place !

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ashwin

Oct 13, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Unique is the location ,which brings a calmness to the place. The service is really good but the Alacarte service can be long based on your order. More menu items can be added as well. The properry has a wonderful pool which is well maintained. Staff are very polite and ever ready to help

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Srinivas Prasad

Jul 5, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Tranquil location that is tucked away from bustle of a city. Access to backwaters and the unobstructed view from each room is excellent.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Lara Christie

Mar 18, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Beautiful property and stay--but keep politics out

Gorgeous property with genuinely lovely staff. The on-site naturalist Chamu was particularly fantastic. I wanted to address two things that I believe could genuinely help the property improve. 1. Staff seems mainly hired from local community, which is lovely. We found everyone to have the absolute right attitude and approach to service. However, more training is required. None of the staff knew what an iced latte was or how to make any iced coffee drink without adding a ton of sugar. Several Western requirements for food also not catered to or understood. Also, we heard the head chef greet the kitchen staff with a loud, "Jai Shree Ram". Several staff were not Hindu and also, as guests, this felt incredibly unprofessional and problematic. It made us deeply uncomfortable and was likely uncomfortable (to put it mildly) for any non-Hindu staff. This is the absolute most BASIC requirement for staff to show up as professionals and leave political and religious affiliations to the personal domain. This fact alone would be a reason for us not to come stay again. 2. Eco-friendliness--we loved the glass jugs of water in our room instead of plastic bottles. Many resorts are also doing away with individually-packaged bath products. This would be a great win for Serai. Also, to require guests to carry their own water bottles on safaris, instead of providing plastic bottles.

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sanjay

Dec 15, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Such a wonderful safari resort for families. We stayed two nights and it was wonderful. Very clean and attentive staff. Food options were great and our child with a wheat allergy had plenty of options. My wife enjoyed the spa and the kids enjoyed the play area. We will definitely be back again and only stay at Serai.

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Ashish

Jul 6, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

This is our 2nd time at Serai Kabini. The service is as good as ever! Special mention to Mr Chamraj, a naturalist who works at Serai! Our main intention of visiting Kabini is to spot the big cats! Although we did not spot the Tiger we did see the leopard on our last day with Mr Chamraj leading us. Pls ask for him always… he is our lucky charm 😃 Such warm hospitality by everyone else too! The bf buffet spread is quite good. Hot dosas n eggs being served. A nice touch was the free cycles provided to ride from reception to the rooms. The only issue we had was the AC in our room was not working. We buzzed the reception and someone came to service it a couple of times but it was still not working. Hope they fix it soon.

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

2/10 Terrible

Shivani

Aug 7, 2022

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Terrible Location - I booked the hotel thinking its a wildlife resort, after looking at the pictures and description on hotels website... but this is a hotel located near the river the Jungle is far from the hotel location Rooms - Hotel rooms are very very small and does not offer amenities or any specific service when compared to the high price they charged for the room, its a very very average budget category property charging rates of a luxury hotel or a 5 star, just exploit the customers as there are not many options in this location. Very very bad product does not deserve the price they charge Rules at the hotel - BF, Lunch timings are 2 hours each, pre and post these timings as per the staff only Sandwiches or pizza will be served and since the hotel is in a remote location you will not have any other option to eat Food Quality - They charged price of a 5 star resort approx Rs. 1000 for a pizza and served a Pizza made on Pizza Base bought from a cheap local grocery store, cheap processed cheese and tomato ketchup - even a road side stall will do a better quality product as compared to their food Staff - The Sales Head of The Serai Group is very very rude and ill mannered person, we made a request and he started shouting on my wife Book only if you have money to waste

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

adithya

Jan 30, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Amazing property amidst nature. The staff are very helpful and friendly. Special call-out to the Property Manager Salim and also Lohit from the restaurant

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2022

8/10 Good

Rituparna

Apr 5, 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

This was our first break after lockdown and we couldnt have chosen a better place. We felt comforted and safe at the same time. Will go back soon.

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Dec 24, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Place is good...rooms are a bit small but cozy and clean....Staff is courteous

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2020

4/10 Poor

Joachim

Nov 18, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort

no gym, no pool no telling ahead

There was no pool and no gym due to covid, but no price reduction for this and no telling ahead of this. We were being told to get a boat drive as recompense and this we had to pay with 1800 per person in the boat and it was not free as expected. Don`t expect any extra treat there, they want your money. They are nice but don´t offer much, nice place but no costomer friendlyness if you ask for what is offered on the website and they dont have it. Sorry guys, that was we remember..

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Mar 18, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Must visit for its amazing riverside views, safaris and excellent hospitality

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Jan 10, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Excellent serene and calm location in Kabini backwaters

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Apr 23, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

everything great rooms, good food and service . great safari arrangements

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Binthu

Dec 25, 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great resort with outstanding views

Very well managed property. Lots of amenities. Restaurant serves fresh home cooked food.

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

SV, Birmingham UK

Nov 3, 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

I don't know what some reviewers are complaining about. The Serai is excellent. BTW I have stayed at Jungle Lodges too..which is also good but overpriced The staff are very courteous, helpful ; the rooms are beautifully designed and extremely clean; the food is good, tasty and can be very filling. The safaris were well coordinated with Jungle Lodges. It was priced relatively well. Only wish I had more time to spend there.

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Hardik

Aug 10, 2018

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort

Nice but needs improvement to get the "Aha" moment

Location is superb...We stayed in Waterfront Villa which when you see from outside does not give you a great feeling however rooms were well appointed & just in front of the river with amazing view. The quality of food & hygiene needs utmost care. We had poor experience both the time with insects in our food. You can see lots of insects around the fruit & desert at any time. The hotel should look to install Air curtains as it is a must to have in such kind of locations..Overall stay was good

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Reena

Apr 28, 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

24 hours on the banks of the Kabini

We had a lovely time at The Serai though we were there for just a day, we did a lot ... Played the indoor and outdoor games, went boating, it was windy for kayaking, took the morning safari and saw a leopard on the tree.. a fantastic sighting by the Naturalist from your hotel. We cycled on the property and along the Kabini River and swam in the cool blue pool under the coconut trees and ofcourse on the hammock soaking in nature. The food was great and the afternoon tea service warm with people sitting around under a cluster of trees ... It rained so we couldn't sit around the fire and I was glad because you do not need to waste fire wood on summer evenings ... Please rethink that part ... The documentary on Nagarhole was lovely. You could be more eco-friendly also missed drinking cool coconut water that would be a great welcome drink with steel straws instead of plastic ones ... Wifi was unstable but we didn't mind it Hope to go back some day...

10/10 Excellent

Johan, The Hague

Apr 24, 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great location to visit Nagarhole Nature Reserve.

Stayed at the Serai Kabini for just one night but truly enjoyed every minute. Beautiful resort with fantastic, landscaped gardens. Joined both the afternoon as well as the early morning boat safari. As predicted by the ranger, the afternoon safari was fantastic with many elephant sightings. The early morning safari, even though it was beautiful on the river, was less successful in terms of seeing animals. I would recommend to join the afternoon (boat) safari for your best chance to see wild animals! Diner and breakfast, served in the restaurant are very good with a wide range of choices. What I really appreciated as well is that the resort offers basic accommodation for chauffeurs/drivers at a very reasonable price. I was relieved that my driver was not forced to sleep in his car. In summary: fantastic location and definitely worth staying for a number of days!

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2018

10/10 Excellent

Anup, Bangaore, India

Nov 18, 2017

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Excellent Resort near Water Front

Excellent ambience and environment. Staff is very helpful and cooperative. Service is Excellent

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017

10/10 Excellent

subbarao, bengaluru

Aug 24, 2017

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Excellent place and accommodation.

It was amazing to have the excellent hospitality and politeness of the staff. I have hardly had such nice experience elsewhere. The food menu also was excellent and the dishes were all very delicious. They feed us with love and this makes us to go little more. A very peaceful place to spend time quietly away from the din.

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2017

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