Name: Kaweah Chakra
Address: 42854 Kaweah River Drive, Three Rivers, Three Rivers, Three Rivers, 93271, United States of America
Rating: 8

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Kaweah Chakra

Three Rivers

There just isn’t any easy way to get to, or in and out of Sequoia and King’s Canyon National Park.  So, when it came time to pick a place to stay, we wanted one with some convenience, some solitude, and some opportunity to do just a little nothing.  We had conquered Half Dome in Yosemite, and were looking to step down the intensity of our adventures in Sequoia, while still affording us ample opportunity to hike and take in nature’s bounty.  
Kaweah Chakra did not disappoint!  A lovely location in the quaint and rustic town of Three Rivers, set on the edge of a river supplied by the melting snow, even in September!  We were fortunate to have experienced a good year for the waterfalls in Yosemite, Sequoia, and the Kaweah River.  
We took the option to have dinner at Kaweah Chakra the night we arrived, and this set the tone for our 3 days there.  Kiana, the caretaker and chef, was a pure delight, and prepared for us a splendid meal with the most delectable farm to table salad with lime cilantro and avocado oil dressing, a squash linguini with fresh tomato sauce, with tasty vegetarian sausage to accompany, only to be outdone by her cherry cheesecake.  You just have to let them know a day or two in advance if you want this opportunity.
We stayed in the Raj suite, a spectacular room with Jacuzzi tub, Steam Room, and King bed.  We enjoyed the massage chair, open air hot tub, and took a dip in the cool waters of the river, in a shallow wading pool off the babbling brook.  
Kiana also served the most perfect breakfasts every morning, and we always started our day with more than adequate nourishment.  If you are looking for the full spa experience, then this may not be your place.  If you quest for simple peace and tranquility to do as you wish, relax, and a place from which to explore and partake in the wonders of creation, then this is it!  Hope to be back!

Chakra Bliss!

Stayed here for 3 nights whilst travelling around this small part of the USA, we started in Las Vegas, visited Palm springs, Three Rivers, Newport Beach ending up with family in Dana point. 
Whilst i understand certain people have different expectations of the word resort! My expectations were of dread when the lovely wife told me we were staying at a yoga retreat!
To say it was a massive surprise to be greeted by this small but beautiful setting, to me it was a relief that there is no hustle and bustle or in your face resort mentality, this place is for you to relax in and kick back and let the day to day life stresses disappear.

My wife paid for a yoga session on the quaint beach next to the river, i obviously laid in the hammock and watch!

If you want to be yourself and kick back and chill then this is the place for you. if you want the over the top pampering and razzmatazz then go somewhere else.

We will be going back in the future for sure, its exceptionally clean with great hosts, 
we found as visitors from the UK the whole experience of Kaweah to be fantastic.

Fantastic location with great hosts

Lovely, small, privately run lodge. Few rooms but great. Right by the river where you can swim and play with the children. (The children had a lot of fun in the surrounding nature). The rooms are very clean and really big. The breakfast was great. Comfortable and a real variation with tranquility from the American hotels and motels. Just a little paradise.

A small paradise

I’ll start with the positives. The rooms are very clean and the setting is lovely. However, the website and description are incredibly misleading. This is not a spa. It is not a resort. It is definitely not a yoga retreat. I don’t believe it is worth the price. My husband and I stayed for 2 nights as a base camp for seeing the Sequoia National Park. We had read prior reviews of an “idea day” starting with yoga/meditation, hiking, a chef prepared vegan dinner and evening massage. This does NOT exist. We arrived to find an empty house. There was no one there to greet us or check us in. After multiple phone calls to every number we could find and at least 45 minutes, we received a call back saying someone would meet us. The person that did finally meet us, 2 hours later, seemed “thrown in” with no knowledge whatsoever of the amenities. He used a key to open various rooms (which were all occupied) in an attempt to find ours. Finally he found an empty room and stated that this will be ours. He was unable to provide us with any other information. I happen to have found the wireless password in an office otherwise we would have been out of luck.
The next morning there was still no one around making breakfast so we took off to the parks. Again, no one around in the evening. 
To summarize a long post. This is a B&B. The beds are clean. The breakfast is served at 9 so don’t expect to eat and get an early start to the parks (which I would recommend to beat the crowds). Very misleading previous reviews and website. Very disappointed.

This is a scam

Excellent family service, nice place. Warm home, even if interested. nevertheless remains a quality B&B, not to be confused with a 5* hotel. We stayed 3 nights, occupying 2 rooms located above an unused garage. Very good quality. Not a particular review but a possibility for children to play like basketball, swimming in the river, trempoling... we must forget about the Karma aspect and the Jacuzzi which we did not see in operation. Only bémol, the price.

Very good B&B

It's clean, run by pleasant staff and a couple, but not what we thought we would be getting for the price point (or based on listed amenities).  They did a nice job of accommodating dietary restrictions for breakfast.  However, it's a B&B with a few extras you might find in a family's house (pool table in one room, basketball hoop by the driveway), not a really a resort/spa sort of place. There is a nice backyard, with a jacuzzi and river view, good place to enjoy a hot breakfast (but during limited hours).  Bikes were technically available but the heat, rough road conditions, and distance to any destinations made them less desirable. We arrived and were shown a "designer quality room" that had a mattress on what looked like a futon frame about six inches off the floor with minimal space around it before being upsold (for a premium price-- over $400/night) to a room that had a boxspring and bedframe well off the floor. Had this been refundable, I would likely have stopped at one of the other area lodges or inns to inquire about vacancies after seeing the room. I've stayed at a number of B&Bs close to key tourist areas that offered equally nice rooms and breakfasts for about half the price.

Decent B&B that's over marketed as a resort

Coming from Denmark and experience this amazing place was a dream. The staff is nice and the food is great! Most important the view is breathtaking and the rooms are perfect. Worth visiting! 
The jacuzzi was clean and so was the rooms. 5 stars from a happy visitor! 

Amazing

My husband and I only spent two nights in this peaceful place. We were pampered first by Lori, who prepared an excellent breakfast, then a vegetarian dinner. She was happy to eat a good resotto. Ilona, the owner is very careful about raw materials, we really appreciated it as great lovers of good food! It's a very different size than a hotel where you feel welcome as in a friend's house. We're going back with our children because the location is great to visit Sequoia National Park.

Relax by the river

With praiseworthy comments on Booking.com, I thought the quality of the place, the reception or the accommodation justified the price (a little under $500 for a family suite for 2 adults and 2 children, or the rate for a 4-star night in downtown San Francisco or Los Angeles). We are far from that, for this rate we were entitled to a: - a fairly average welcome from a person who obviously makes this by default, who informs us that breakfast is served from 9:00 a.m., which is a part of the lease, - a lodging above a garage with 2 small-sized rooms and a price in most of the patches - not even the windows and windows or the fridge - but we did not ask for water.

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