Location: Nestled in the backwaters of the Vembanad Lake, is Golden Waters, the pride of Kumarakom. Idyllic in the finest sense, Golden Waters is a 17-acre waterfront complete with innovative waterscapes, landscapes and an ambience to rejuvenate the weary traveller. Designed in Kerala style architecture, there are rustic pathways and bridges coupled with villas built on stilts in the canals . Flora and fauna mingle exotically with the ambience.

Accommodation: Twenty-eight luxury cottages accessible by foot or by boat (Vallam) and designed in the traditional Kerala style with aesthetic interiors make for a comfortable stay with facilities exceeding 5-star hospitality. 

Restaurants & Bars: The restaurant serves authentic, delicious Kerala food.

Facilities:  Local games like pole line fishing and trekking are available and a bird sanctuary in the vicinity encourages shooting a variety of the feathered folk on film. Vaidyasala", an operational Ayurvedic centre, offers traditional massages and treatments that includes advice from a qualified physician or "Vaidyan". Based on the traditional age-old principles of Ayurveda, these treatments are designed for all types of ailments, or just simple rejuvenation and de- stressing.

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First Class

Location: The Kumarakom Lake Resort is on the banks of Lake Vembanad… a heritage resort straight out of a picture postcard. The cottages and the restaurant are reassembled from classic historical houses from all over Kerala, built by kings over 200 years ago. The restaurant was originally the home of a master of martial arts, built by the King of Travancore, and was carefully dismantled piece by piece by master craftsmen, and reassembled in The Lake resort.

Accommodation: The resort offers 52 cottages consisting of Standard Heritage Villas and Superior Heritage Villas, spread over 10 beautifully landscaped acres. The cottages consist of Standard Heritage Villas and Superior Heritage Villas, designed to reflect a bygone era, with traditionally carves woodwork and antiques. The unique bathrooms are open air, and offer a completely different experience.

Restaurants & Bars: The Ettukettu restaurant serves traditional Kerala delicacies, as well as Chinese, Continental, Mughlai and North Indian fare. At the Ettukettu Restaurant, stress is on ethnic Kerala cooking. Specialty served here include Syrian Christian Duck Roast, Duck Curry, Karimeen Pollichuthu, Karimeen Mappas, soft spongy rice bread called Appams, Thamarappam speciality, Iddiappams (string hoppers). Coffee shop Anytime you feel like a nibble, make thee to the coffee shop. Hot packoras, samosas, dosas and hot steaming coffee, your favorite soft drink or a variety of ice-creams. Outdoor barbecue How about a barbecue, in a golden sunset, under starry skies, under swaying palms on a moonlit night? Right beside the pool to the side of the Arts Centre (where the cultural performances are staged). Enjoy tasty Kebabs while you watch Gods take centre stage. Or the performance of a live band.

Facilities:  The resort has facilities for ayurvedic massages and treatments, meditation, yoga, an outdoor pool, fitness centre, and children's activity room... detoxify your system, clear your mind, enjoy fresh wholesome food, fresh fish from the lake and seafood, holistic Ayurvedic massages, Yoga and the opportunity to be one with nature at its best.

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Location: Hidden among the palm trees on the eastern shore of Lake Vembanad, at the mouth of the Kavanar River, Coconut Lagoon Heritage Resort is set on a coconut plantation in the very heart of these fascinating backwaters, and has been designed to give visitors an authentic insight into Kuttanad life. The resort can only be reached by boat.

Accommodation: 14 Heritage Mansions, 28 Heritage Bungalows. Though some of the cottages are of more recent vintage, many are well over a century old and a few actually date back to the early 1700s. The resort can only be reached by boat and its accommodation consists of individual cottages called tharawads, the traditional wooden house of Kerala. Coconut Lagoon's cottages feature ultramodern bathrooms, each located in an inner courtyard boasting its own banana tree.

Restaurants & Bars: Besides a buffet restaurant, the bar serves tall drinks all day and a Fish Restaurant opens every evening serving only the fresh catch of the day. Cited in Arundhati Roy's Booker Prize winning bestseller, "The God of Small Things," the restaurant at Coconut Lagoon is renowned as much for its superb Keralan cuisine (Vegetarian and non-vegetarian alike) as for its authentic setting, and is housed in one of the resort's most impressive tharawads.

Facilities: Ayurvedic massage, yoga and meditation, country boat expeditions, visit to bird sanctuary, 'Rice boat' cruises, fishing, swimming. Post, Pool, Barber, Laundry, Medical, Travel Desk, Currency Exchange, In Room Telephone Service, Front Desk-24 Hours, Luggage Storage, Wake Up Service

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Location: Set in the lush green Kerala, it was earlier known as Bakers Bungalow. It is set in rustic surroundings, now totally refurbished, retaining the essence of its colonial flavour. It is 14 kms from Kottayam and easily accessible by land and water.

Accommodation: 22 rooms. All rooms elegantly appointed, air-conditioned,with international direct dial facility, channel music, color television with satellite programs. 

Restaurants & Bars: Dining Room: Serves Indian, Continental and local cuisine.

Facilities:  Wind surfing facilities, water skis, banana boats, speed boats, row boats, kayaks, country boats available. Full-fledged Ayurvedic Center with facilities for massages, steam therapy, yoga and meditation. A 7-day/14-day Health Rejuvenation Package is offered to guests. Speed boats, row boats and fishing rods on request. Backwater cruises by Ketuvallams. Nature books and binoculars for bird watching.

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Location: At Kumarakom, the most exotic resort destination in Kerala, on the banks of the Vembanad Lake, in natural backwater surroundings. 80Km from Cochin International Airport. 20Km from Kottayam. Just an hours speed boat ride from Cochin or two hours by road.

Accommodation: There are 42 air-conditioned, elegantly designed cottages, built in traditional Kerala style.

Restaurants & Bars: You may enjoy sumptuous dishes at the multi cuisine Restaurant of the Resort.

Facilities:  Multi cuisine Restaurant, Swimming pool, Health club, Ayurvedic rejuvenation center, Utility shop, Conference hall, facilities for boating and recreation, spacious car park.

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Location: Nestled in the mangrove woods surrounding the Vembanad Lake in Kumarakom, Waterscapes offers you a holiday experience that is Kerala's very own. Come, wake up to the chirrup of the Kumarakom bird sanctury. And when night falls, retire to your cosy, thatched cottages rising on stilts, eight feet above the ground.

Accommodation: At Waterscapes, you can opt to stay in any of forty cottages. Thirty of them built on independent islets laced with canals. Another ten across a canal. Each accessible only by anarrow pathway or rowboat.

Restaurants & Bars: Pearl Spot The  multicusine restaurant standing on stills over the lake, offers you a unique dining experience in the serene environs of backwater country. The speciality here is the backwater cuisine - freshwater fish and topioca. High Life Watch the sun melt into the Horizon, as you sip our finely blended cocktails. Age Halt The ancient regimens at Age Halt, our Ayurveda centre, will rejuvenate and recharge your body, mind and soul. And help you ddiscover life a new. View Point The tastefully designed conference hall offers you one of the most spellbinding views of the Vembanad Lake.

Facilities:  Private Bath and Shower, Satellite Television, Telephone, Swimming Pool, Beer Parlour, Restaurant, Laundry, Doctor on Call, Car Hire Facilities, Currency Exchange, Travel Assistance, Ayurvedic Centre, Conference Hall, Boating, Backwater Tours, Sight-seeing Trips

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