Gavi is a village in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala, India.The nearest railway station is Chengannur (120 km).

It is located 28 km southwest of Vandiperiyar, a town in Idukki on N.H 220, the highway connecting Kollam and Madurai.

Gavi is part of the Periyar Tiger Reserve, and the route can be covered by car from Vandiperiyar.

According to state Forest Department officials, though the fully-grown gopher in Gavi is the only such tree sighted in the periphery of the jungle, possibly there could be more such trees still surviving in the inner forests of Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Kerala.

Gavi's evergreen forests are abundant with wildlife including the tiger, elephants, leopards, bears, Indian gaur, sambar, barking and mouse deers, lion tailed macaque, Nilgiri langur, Nilgiri marten, Malabar giant squirrel and more than 250 species of birds.

The 1973 released Malayalam movie Ponnapuram Kotta was filmed at Echopara and Gavi.