Kayal Island Retreat
Four waterfront cottages on the island of Kakkathuruthu in Lake Vembanad, reached by boat and built from reclaimed and recycled materials in the local style.
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Four waterfront cottages on the island of Kakkathuruthu in Lake Vembanad, reached by boat and built from reclaimed and recycled materials in the local style.
Rates on request, usually back within the hour
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A 175 year old ancestral house on an island in the Kuttanad backwaters, its nine acres holding spice gardens, fruit trees and fish ponds beside a thousand acre rice field. Seven rooms, the Manimala river in front, and a boat at the steps.
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A villa hotel on Lake Vembanad at its widest point, by the Malabar House family, with the Purity Kitchen, an Ayurveda spa and cruises on the group's own houseboat.
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