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Kumarakom Luxury Hotels
Coconut Lagoon
Resort, Kumarakom
Coconut
Lagoon Resort
Lake Side
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Kerala's famous backwaters
comprise of vast lakes and a system of narrow canals and waterways linking
them to one another. Not so long ago, these waterways served as the backbone
of Kerala's transportation. And Kumarakom is the ideal place to experience
the backwaters.
Muted as the dawn itself, the
alarm cry of a solitary pond heron breaks the early morning stillness as a
dugout canoe, paddled by two
fishermen, glides across the water at a determined but unhurried pace. The
scene is idyllic, the mood dreamlike. Kerala’s back country waterways seem
far removed from the universe most of us inhabit, yet they are linked to the
rest of the world in a very real way, and have been for at least two
millennia. In earlier times, if less so today, these very waterways were the
staring point for the transport of South Indian spices, which eventually
found their way to the distant shores of Europe and beyond. Formed by the
40- odd rivers that flow down to the Arabian Sea form the Cardamom Hills in
the Western Ghats, this network of rivers, canals, lakes and estuaries
compromises one of India’s most beautiful areas a rural, river in expanse of
verdant coconut groves and rice paddies. In Malayalam, the language of
Kerala, the backwaters are known as Kuttanad, "the land of the short
people," a reference, perhaps, to the face that the farmers seen working
here are often knee-deep in paddy fields.
Facilities and Services
Resort Facilities
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The resort
features facilities ranging from Ayurveda to 'Dead sea water
treatment' and other specialized therapies.
Coconut Lagoon
Resort have 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 Tharavadu, the traditional wooden
house of Kerala. Coconut Lagoon's cottages feature
ultramodern bathrooms, each located in an inner courtyard
boasting its own banana tree.
Through all the cottages vary in configuration, and some of
the air-conditioned units are newly built replicas in
corporation only fragments of old Tharavadu that could not
be saved in their entirety, Coconut Lagoon offers two basic
types of accommodation: Heritage Mansion and Heritage
Bungalows. The former has two stories, the upstairs bedroom
gallery offering particularly magnificent views of Lake
Vembanad. The latter are more compact, single – level
cottages. Both are furnished in aiyny and jack woods, and
retain all the charm of original family homes, with thick,
solid doors, intricate window carvings, and terra cotta tile
floors.
Structurally
necessary alterations have been carried out with consummate
discretion, i.e., in keeping with the style and décor of the
era, and great attention has been paid to very detail. The
lamp stands in each Tharavadu, for example, having been
carved from old wooden hinges. Traditionally, of course,
Keralites bathed in the rivers – in rural areas many people
still do – but Coconut Lagoon’s cottages feature ultramodern
bathrooms, each located in an inner courtyard boasting its
own banana (or coconut) tree, so you can shower al fresco
under a starlit sky in complete and utter privacy!
Facilities : The
reception building itself, for example, is a Nalukettu, a
design that features a four-cornered pen-roof courtyard
within the basic structure. Originally located in the
village of Vaikom not far from Coconut Lagoon, it was known
as "Kalapakasseril Illam" – the word Illam signifying a
mansion belonging to a member of the Brahmin caste – and was
constructed in 1860. The Illam was purchased in 1993, at
which time a team led by Bhaskaran Ashari, one of Kerala’s
few surviving master craftsmen still familiar with the
traditional thachu shasthra style of carpentry, went about
the task of reconstructing the mansion at its present
location.
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Tariff
Resort Tariff
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Room Type |
High Season |
Peak Season |
Extra Pax |
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Single |
Double |
Single |
Double |
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Bungalow |
Rs.8280 |
Rs.9890 |
Rs.9200 |
Rs.10810 |
Rs.2100 |
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USD 145 |
USD 160 |
USD 170 |
USD 180 |
USD 35 |
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Mansion |
Rs.8855 |
Rs.10580 |
Rs.9775 |
Rs.11385 |
Rs.2100 |
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USD 160 |
USD 170 |
USD 180 |
USD 190 |
USD 35 |
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Private Pool
Villa |
Rs.15955 |
Rs.17250 |
Rs.18400 |
Rs.119435 |
Rs.2100 |
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USD 300 |
USD 300 |
USD 350 |
USD 350 |
USD 35 |
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Tax: 25%.
Complementary breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Check-in/out:12 noon. Accommodation on twin sharing
basis.
From 20/12/2002 to 10/01/2003 tariff. will be:
Rs.500.00 more than the above tariff. Prices and Taxes
are subject to change without notice. |
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- Luxury tax 15%
applicable
Check in / Check out 12.00 noon
EP - European plan (Room rent]
Packages
Kumarakom Tour Package Not
Available
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Hotel/Resort Reservation / Enquiry Form
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