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Facilities 
  • Table Tennis, 
  • Badminton, 
  • Cricket, 
  • Volleyball, 
  • Basketball, 
  • Indoor games like carroms and chess. 
  • Canoes, wind-surfing, 
  • Walking tracks, bi-cycles
  • Internet and other communication facilities 
  • Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be with the family and other guests. Food is mostly in the traditional Kerala style.

Activities

  • Browse through the Family Archives. This treasure-trove of old family documents, letters and photographs was put together for the younger generation of the house to understand their roots and touch the past. 
  • It also houses rare documents and papers forming part of Kerala's social fabric of the last two centuries. 
  • The archives include old cooking vessels, farming tools and other curiosities of the house which are no longer in use.
  • Fish in the family's farms or in the surrounding lagoons/canals using traditional 'Choonda' (fishing rod). Learn to cast fishing nets in the Kerala style.
  • Learn Kerala cooking. Learn 'Parayil Duck Roast' and 'Karimeen pollichathu' from the family recipe book.
  • Swim in the village pond. 
  • Watch the coconut climbers at work with the crop, which is picked every 45 days. 
  • Help with the feeding of prawns during the farming season
  • Take a bicycle tour of the village. You can even walk through the village and soak up the ambience of the place.
  • Learn the traditional techniques of making coir.
  • Row in small country boats through the village canals. Visit other nearby islands.
  • Take a 'serenity cruise' at sunset - a slow boat ride through the Kaithappuzha backwaters and through the lagoons surrounding the island.
  • Visit the 'Healing garden' on the family's estate, where many local ayurvedic medicinal plants are being cultivated and preserved. 
  • Visit the island's ancient places of worship. Known for their unique architectural styles, they include three churches built by the family, the oldest of which is almost two centuries old. 
  • Play badminton, volleyball, table tennis, chess and carroms. You could even join in a village cricket or football game.
  • Do absolutely nothing if you choose to! You can relax on the 'Kulir Kallu' (a cooling stone) at one end of the house with a book, laze on a hammock with lots of tender coconut water to drink 
  • Visit Cochin, the commercial capital of Kerala and a world centre for spice trace. 
  • Walk around Fort Cochin and soak in the ambience of the historical area. 
  • Visit the historic Synagogue on Jew Street and the antique market around it. 
  • Take boat trips around some of the beautiful islands in Cochin. 
  • See the Chinese fishing nets - still used the way they were centuries ago. 
  • Ayurvedic therapy on prior consultation and appointment. 
  • Houseboat rides through some of the most beautiful waterways of Alleppey.