We Offer
Short & Long Stay Packages at the best budget price in Kumarakom.
Work & Vacation Packages, With Great View of Lake Vembanad.
Unique Place to Relax In Nature’s Luxury, during all seasons including rainy season, at the best location in Kumarakom, Kerala.
Suitable for to de-stress & rejuvenating the pollution free air with more oxygen and at a very comfortable temperature.

Location
ILLIKKALAM Lakeside Cottages is situated at the best location, on the bank of Lake Vembanad in Kumarakom, Kottayam District, Kerala State, India.
Maximum breadth and length of Lake Vembanad is visible from Cottages.

Cottages & Villas
Lake Side & Lake Facing Sunset View Cottages, Family Cottages & Villas with its own independent premises, extending up to the waterfront, in one and a half acres of Land.
Cottages are just 10 meters away and facing a great view of the beautiful longest and largest backwater, Lake Vembanad.
Cottages have premises, porch/sit out to view the backwaters, twin bedded double room, air-conditioning, attached bathroom with normal and hot water facility. 

Unique Experience
Marvelous scenery of drifting of houseboats, motorboats, fishermen’s boats and speedboats, from the Cottages.
Maximum breadth and length of Lake Vembanad is visible from Cottages.
Great view of Sunset, from the Cottages.
Vegetation & Organic Farm.
A rare type of fishing method called Vellavali for catching Karimeen (Pearl spot) from the porch of the cottages.
Small Stingless Honey Bee, and can buy Honey from the Honey Bee Farmers. 

 Facilities
Dining Facilities on the bank of Lake Vembanad.
Facility of Wheelchair & Ramp, throughout the property.
Walkers path around the organic farm in the property for walking, jogging and exercise. Each Cottages & Rooms have a porch to do Yoga and to experience the nature. We provide facilities, on request, in the open hall and on the banks of Lake Vembanad  for yoga practice.
Cable TV.
WIFI facility available from the Porch of Cottages.
Open Hall for get-together.
Private and safe parking of vehicles within the premises.
Suitable for family get together and reunion meetings at the lakefront.
Safe distance is maintained, from Check In to Check out.

Safe & Fresh Food
Safe & Fresh Food without artificial colours, taste makers & preservatives, Prepare fresh food only after order.
Open facilities for dining on the bank of Lake Vembanad, in front of cottages.

Activities within the Property
Backwater Cruising: Get into Motorboat, Shikara, Houseboat and also by Speed Boat.
Walkers Path around the property, suitable for pleasure walking and for experiencing fruit trees and vegetables.
Facilities for Yoga Practice on request, in the open hall and on the banks of Lake Vembanad.
Table Tennis, Basketball & Shuttle Badminton.
Fishing.
Swimming in the lake from the bathing ghat of the property, for those who can swim, at their own risk.
Open Hall for get-together.
Pollution free approach road for around 150 meters, walking into the village for pleasure.

Awards & Honours
Winner, for addressing the Challenge of COVID-19, in the WTM World Responsible Tourism Awards, in 2020.
Airbnb Superhost.
Tripadvisor Travelers Choice Award Winner.

Please Note:
It’s not a luxury Property nor do we have a swimming pool, but a nature friendly property with basic accommodation.

1) Lake Facing Sunset View AC Cottage For 2 Persons

Tariff
Tariff Rs 3920 per day for up to 2 Persons including GST. Bottled water,breakfast and all other services are available and will be seperately chargeable as per the Menu Card. Extra Person’s tariff Rs 1064. You can order the food and beverages by referring to the Menu Card. Tariff from 15 December to 7th January, for 2 Persons, Please Contact Us!

Location
Cottages are facing the beautiful and largest backwater, “Lake Vembanad” in Kumarakom Village, Kerala.  “Relax In Nature’s Luxury” during all seasons including the rainy season. Experience Sunset, during the rainy season, rain coming from the faraway and maximum breadth and length of beautiful Lake Vembanad is a unique scenery from Cottages. There is no sound or air pollution. A gentle breeze with enhanced oxygen content and purity of air will rejuvenate, tensions and strains will be relieved by staying at this cottage.

Bedroom
The bedroom has basic comforts and is moderately furnished to suit basic requirements, that is, 2 single coats (Each coat have 3 feet breadth and 6.5 feet length) office table with 2 chairs, cupboard, air conditioner, fan, attached bathroom with hot and cold water, shower, European closet, Cable TV. The area of the bedroom will be 135 Sq. Feet.

Porch / Sit out
The porch and part of the premises are covered on the top, for giving more comfort, especially during the rainy season. Sit out/Porch is directly facing Lake Vembanad, which has the measurement of around 50 Sq. feet. The porch with 50 Sq. Feet will have 2 easy chairs, teapoy and a fan. 

Premises
There will be a dining table just in-front of the cottage, food and beverages will be served there itself. Clean and tidy Premises for around 250 Sq. Feet, right in front of the cottage, up to Lake Vembanad. Lawn with buffalo grass and concrete Path up to the edge of Vembanad Lake. You can have daily walking and exercise, just in front of your cottage in a very comfortable atmosphere.

Facilities
*Cottages are facing the beautiful and largest backwater, “Lake Vembanad”
*Open facilities for dining on the bank of Lake Vembanad..
*WIFI facility is available, from the Sit out / Porch of Cottages, Villas & Rooms
*Facility of wheelchair & ramp, to reach, the cottages and have concrete footpath throughout the property in one and a half acres of land.
*Suitable location for Family Get-together at the Lakefront. 
*Open Hall, which is suitable for gathering around 100 people, it can be used for the get-together during night and during the rainy season.
*Free, private and safe parking of your vehicles, within the premises and have enough car parking facilities for up to 40 cars. 
*Basic facilities for Swimming, in the lake, from the Bathing Ghat, if you know swimming, but, after getting the written permission and obeying the instruction of the Office Manager, by wearing a Life Jacket, that also, at Your Own Risk.

Best Place To Relax
*Relax In Nature’s Luxury, during all seasons including the rainy season.

De-Stress & Rejuvenate
*Pollution free breeze with more oxygen, comfortable temperature, also great scenery of the activities in Lake. Nature helps to de-stress by spending time on the bank of the lake vembanad, there you will have the therapy for mind, body and spirit.

Unique Experience
*Marvelous scenery of drifting of houseboats, motorboats, fishermen’s boats and speedboats, from the porch of the lake facing Cottages.
*Rare type of fishing called Vellavali for catching fish called Karimeen (Pearl spot).
*Great view of the Sunset.
*Maximum breadth and length (6 Km X 20 Km) of Lake Vembanad is visible from here.
*Small Stingless Honey Bee, and can buy Honey from the Honey Bee Farmers. 

Activities
*Facilities of Basketball Court, Shuttle Court, Table Tennis & Caroms & Chess.
*Fishing is also possible (Please bring your fishing rod & bait) but the fish that you may catch, should be released back to the Lake to create awareness for preserving nature.
*Use walkers’ path around the organic farm in the property for walking, jogging, exercise and to experience the whole property. Each Cottages & Rooms have a porch to do Yoga and to experience nature. We provide facilities, on request, in the open hall and on the banks of Lake Vembanad for yoga practice.
*We provide facilities for Yoga Practice on request, in the open hall and on the banks of Lake Vembanad.
*Small organic farms, Vegetation and fruit trees.
*Fishing is also possible (Please bring your fishing rod & bait) but the fish that you may catch, should be released back to the Lake to create awareness for preserving nature. 
*Backwater Cruising in Shikara, Houseboat & Speed Boat, starting from just in front of Cottages.

Restaurant & Lakeside Dining
There will be a dining table just in-front of the cottage on the bank of Lake Vembanad, food and beverages will be served there itself.  A safe place for having food and beverages, by keeping Social Distance, just in front of your Cottage. You can order the food and beverages by referring to the Menu Card, in advance. There will be 5% Tax as extra to the total of Food & Beverages bill.

Safe & Fresh Food & Beverages
Food is slightly costlier than ordinary restaurants why ? We do prepare the food only as per the order in advance, we provide food only for our inhouse guests. We never prepare the food in bulk quantity, keep it in deep freezers and serve it, later placing it in microwave oven, that is we only serve safe and fresh food. We don’t use Ajinomoto, tastemakers, chemicals or colour in the food, in fact we serve only safe food like home made food. Moreover we use our farm grown vegetables for cooking, minimum 2 to 3 dishes, generally will be from our farm. You can definitely experience local safe and fresh vegetable dishes from our restaurant. Therefore our food is little more costlier than an ordinary restaurant.

Tariff includes
The above tariff includes Room Tariff and GST only. Bottled water, Breakfast, other Meals and all other Services are separately chargeable.

Check In & Check Out
Check In time starts from 1 Pm in the afternoon and Check Out time is before 11 Am in the morning, on the next day. Maximum hours of stay will be up to 22 hours only.

If You Check In Early, Then Check Out Should Be Early
If we have availability, we allow early check in, then the check out should be early, that is before 22 hours.

Cruising in Shikara, Houseboat & Speed Boat
Shikara Boat, Morning or Sunset cruising for 2 hours Rs1700. Cruising in a Houseboat for 5 hours Rs 7500, Welcome drink, Lunch & Evening Snacks per person Rs 500. Speed Boat for 1 Hour Rs 2500. 

Parking Space
Free Private and Safe Parking Facility Is Possible On Site (Reservation Is Not Needed) There is enough car parking facility for up to 40 cars.

Power and Solar Power
We have a 100 KVA Transformer on our property for meeting our power requirements. We also have a 40 KVA Diesel Cummins Generator for the backup. We have 5 KV Solar Panel (TATA) as further back up for running the fans and lights and 6 Solar Powered Water Heaters (V Guard) with back up, which gives hot water to all the guests.

Waste Management
We have a Biogas Plant to manage our entire food waste, Vermicompost and EM Compost manages regular waste of our property. Therefore, our property is clean and tidy.

Medical Help & Assistance
We arrange, if there is a requirement for medical help to any of our guests, during their stay with us.

Guidelines
You may go through the Guidelines, in our website www.klcottages.com, for the comfortable stay of everybody in the property.

2) Lake Facing, Sunset View, Superior Cottage For 2 Persons

Tariff
Lakefacing Sunset view Superior cottage  for 2 Persons,Tariff Rs 5040 per day,including GST. Bottled water,breakfast and all other services are available and will be seperately chargeable as per the Menu Card. Extra Person’s tariff Rs 1064 Per Person. You can order the food and beverages by referring to the Menu Card. Tariff from 15 December to 7th January, for 2 Persons, Please Contact Us!

Location of Cottage
Villa is facing the beautiful and largest backwater, “Lake Vembanad” in Kumarakom Village, Kerala State.  “Relax In Nature’s Luxury” during all seasons including the rainy season. Experience Sunset and during the rainy season, rain coming from the faraway and maximum breadth and length of beautiful Lake Vembanad is a unique scenery from Cottages. There is no sound or air pollution. A gentle breeze with enhanced oxygen content and purity of air will rejuvenate, tensions and strains will be relieved by staying in this Cottage. 

Bedrooms
This Cottage is with independent premises and has a spacious main bedroom, area is around 175 Sq.Feet.  Bedroom has basic comforts and moderately furnished to suit basic requirements, that is, 2 single coats (Each coat have 3 feet breadth and 6.5 feet length) office table with 2 chairs, cupboard, air conditioner, fan, attached bathroom with hot and cold water, shower, European closet & Cable TV.  The small bedroom has just a single coat and a fan only, the entrance to the small room is from the main bedroom.

Sit out / Porch
The porch and part of the premises are covered on the top, for giving more comfort, especially during the rainy season. Sit out directly facing  Lake Vembanad. Which have an area of around 100 Sq. feet, with 4 easy chairs & Fan.

Premises
There will be a dining table just in-front of the cottage, food and beverages will be served there itself. Clean and tidy independent Premises for around 500 Sq. Feet, right in front of the cottage, up to Lake Vembanad. Lawn with buffalo grass and concrete Path up to the edge of Vembanad Lake. You can have daily walking and exercise, very privately, just in front of your cottage in a very  comfortable atmosphere.

Facilities
*Cottages are facing the beautiful and largest backwater, “Lake Vembanad”
*Open facilities for dining on the bank of Lake Vembanad..
*WIFI facility is available, from the Sit out / Porch of Cottages, Villas & Rooms
*Facility of wheelchair & ramp, to reach, the cottages and have concrete footpath throughout the property in one and a half acres of land.
*Suitable location for Family Get-together at the Lakefront. 
*Open Hall, which is suitable for gathering around 100 people, it can be used for the get-together during night and during the rainy season.
*Free, private and safe parking of your vehicles, within the premises and have enough car parking facilities for up to 40 cars. 
*Basic facilities for Swimming, in the lake, from the Bathing Ghat, if you know swimming, but, after getting the written permission and obeying the instruction of the Office Manager, by wearing a Life Jacket, that also, at Your Own Risk.

Best Place To Relax
*Relax In Nature’s Luxury, during all seasons including the rainy season.

De-Stress & Rejuvenate
*Pollution free breeze with more oxygen, comfortable temperature, also great scenery of the activities in Lake. Nature helps to de-stress by spending time on the bank of the lake vembanad, there you will have the therapy for mind, body and spirit.

Unique Experience
*Marvelous scenery of drifting of houseboats, motorboats, fishermen’s boats and speedboats, from the porch of the lake facing Cottages.
*Rare type of fishing called Vellavali for catching fish called Karimeen (Pearl spot).
*Great view of the Sunset.
*Maximum breadth and length (6 Km X 20 Km) of Lake Vembanad is visible from here.
*Small Stingless Honey Bee, and can buy Honey from the Honey Bee Farmers. 

Activities
*Facilities of Basketball Court, Shuttle Court, Table Tennis & Caroms & Chess.
*Fishing is also possible (Please bring your fishing rod & bait) but the fish that you may catch, should be released back to the Lake to create awareness for preserving nature.
*Use walkers’ path around the organic farm in the property for walking, jogging, exercise and to experience the whole property. Each Cottages & Rooms have a porch to do Yoga and to experience nature. We provide facilities, on request, in the open hall and on the banks of Lake Vembanad for yoga practice.
*We provide facilities for Yoga Practice on request, in the open hall and on the banks of Lake Vembanad.
*Small organic farm, Vegetation and fruit trees.
*Fishing is also possible (Please bring your fishing rod & bait) but the fish that you may catch, should be released back to the Lake to create awareness for preserving nature. 
*Backwater Cruising in Shikara, Houseboat & Speed Boat, starting from just in front of Cottages.

Restaurant & Lakeside Dining
There will be a dining table just in-front of the cottage on the bank of Lake Vembanad, food and beverages will be served there itself.  A safe place for having food and beverages, by keeping Social Distance, just in front of your Cottage. You can order the food and beverages by referring to the Menu Card, in advance. There will be 5% Tax as extra to the total of Food & Beverages bill.

Safe & Fresh Food & Beverages
Food is slightly costlier than ordinary restaurants why ? We do prepare the food only as per the order in advance, we provide food only for our inhouse guests. We never prepare the food in bulk quantity, keep it in deep freezers and serve it, later placing it in microwave oven, that is we only serve safe and fresh food. We don’t use Ajinomoto, tastemakers, chemicals or colour in the food, in fact we serve only safe food like home made food. Moreover we use our farm grown vegetables for cooking, minimum 2 to 3 dishes, generally will be from our farm. You can definitely experience local safe and fresh vegetable dishes from our restaurant. Therefore our food is little more costlier than an ordinary restaurant.

Tariff includes
The above tariff includes Room Tariff and GST only. Bottled water, Breakfast, other Meals and all other Services are separately chargeable.

Check In & Check Out
Check In time starts from 1 Pm in the afternoon and Check Out time is before 11 Am in the morning, on the next day. Maximum hours of stay will be up to 22 hours only.

If You Check In Early, Then Check Out Should Be Early
If we have availability, we allow early check in, then the check out should be early, that is before 22 hours.

Cruising in Shikara, Houseboat & Speed Boat
Shikara Boat, Morning or Sunset cruising for 2 hours Rs1700. Cruising in a Houseboat for 5 hours Rs 7500, Welcome drink, Lunch & Evening Snacks per person Rs 500. Speed Boat for 1 Hour Rs 2500. 

Parking Space
Free Private and Safe Parking Facility Is Possible On Site (Reservation Is Not Needed) There is enough car parking facility for up to 40 cars.

Power and Solar Power
We have a 100 KVA Transformer on our property for meeting our power requirements. We also have a 40 KVA Diesel Cummins Generator for the backup. We have 5 KV Solar Panel (TATA) as further back up for running the fans and lights and 6 Solar Powered Water Heaters (V Guard) with back up, which gives hot water to all the guests.

Waste Management
We have a Biogas Plant to manage our entire food waste, Vermicompost and EM Compost manages regular waste of our property. Therefore, our property is clean and tidy.

Medical Help & Assistance
We arrange, if there is a requirement for medical help to any of our guests, during their stay with us.

Guidelines
You may go through the Guidelines, in our website www.klcottages.com, for the comfortable stay of everybody in the property.

3) Lake Facing, Sunset View, AC Villa For 3 Persons

Tariff
Lakefacing Family AC Villa  for Up To 3 Persons, Tariff Rs 5040 per day,including GST. Bottled water,breakfast and all other services are available and will be seperately chargeable as per the Menu Card.Extra Person’s tariff Rs 1064 Per Person. You can order the food and beverages by referring to the Menu Card. Tariff from 17th December to 7th January Rs 6160 per day for 3 Persons.

Location of Villa
Villa is facing the beautiful and largest backwater, “Lake Vembanad” in Kumarakom Village, Kerala State.  “Relax In Nature’s Luxury” during all seasons including the rainy season. Experience Sunset and during the rainy season, rain coming from the faraway and maximum breadth and length of beautiful Lake Vembanad is a unique scenery from Cottages. There is no sound or air pollution. A gentle breeze with enhanced oxygen content and purity of air will rejuvenate, tensions and strains will be relieved by staying in this Cottage. 

Bedrooms
This Villa is with independent premises and has a spacious main bedroom, area is around 175 Sq.Feet. This Villa also have a very small bedroom of around 50 Sq.feet. The main bedroom has basic comforts and moderately furnished to suit basic requirements, that is, 2 single coats (Each coat have 3 feet breadth and 6.5 feet length) office table with 2 chairs, cupboard, air conditioner, fan, attached bathroom with hot and cold water, shower, European closet & Cable TV.  The small bedroom has just a single coat (Have 3 feet breadth and 6.3 feet length) and a fan only, the entrance to the small room is from the main bedroom.

Sit out / Porch
The porch and part of the premises are covered on the top, for giving more comfort, especially during the rainy season. Sit out directly facing  Lake Vembanad. Which have an area of around 60 Sq. feet, with 3 easy chairs & Fan.

Premises
There will be a dining table just in-front of the cottage, food and beverages will be served there itself. Clean and tidy independent Premises for around 1050 Sq. Feet, right in front of the cottage, up to Lake Vembanad. Lawn with buffalo grass and concrete Path up to the edge of Vembanad Lake. You can have daily walking and exercise, very privately, just in front of your cottage in a very  comfortable atmosphere.

Facilities
*Cottages are facing the beautiful and largest backwater, “Lake Vembanad”
*Open facilities for dining on the bank of Lake Vembanad..
*WIFI facility is available, from the Sit out / Porch of Cottages, Villas & Rooms
*Facility of wheelchair & ramp, to reach, the cottages and have concrete footpath throughout the property in one and a half acres of land.
*Suitable location for Family Get-together at the Lakefront. 
*Open Hall, which is suitable for gathering around 100 people, it can be used for the get-together during night and during the rainy season.
*Free, private and safe parking of your vehicles, within the premises and have enough car parking facilities for up to 40 cars. 
*Basic facilities for Swimming, in the lake, from the Bathing Ghat, if you know swimming, but, after getting the written permission and obeying the instruction of the Office Manager, by wearing a Life Jacket, that also, at Your Own Risk.

Best Place To Relax
*Relax In Nature’s Luxury, during all seasons including the rainy season.

De-Stress & Rejuvenate
*Pollution free breeze with more oxygen, comfortable temperature, also great scenery of the activities in Lake. Nature helps to de-stress by spending time on the bank of the lake vembanad, there you will have the therapy for mind, body and spirit.

Unique Experience
*Marvelous scenery of drifting of houseboats, motorboats, fishermen’s boats and speedboats, from the porch of the lake facing Cottages.
*Rare type of fishing called Vellavali for catching fish called Karimeen (Pearl spot).
*Great view of the Sunset.
*Maximum breadth and length (6 Km X 20 Km) of Lake Vembanad is visible from here.
*Small Stingless Honey Bee, and can buy Honey from the Honey Bee Farmers. 

Activities
*Facilities of Basketball Court, Shuttle Court, Table Tennis & Caroms & Chess.
*Fishing is also possible (Please bring your fishing rod & bait) but the fish that you may catch, should be released back to the Lake to create awareness for preserving nature.
*Use walkers’ path around the organic farm in the property for walking, jogging, exercise and to experience the whole property. Each Cottages & Rooms have a porch to do Yoga and to experience nature. We provide facilities, on request, in the open hall and on the banks of Lake Vembanad for yoga practice.
*We provide facilities for Yoga Practice on request, in the open hall and on the banks of Lake Vembanad.
*Small organic farm, Vegetation and fruit trees.
*Fishing is also possible (Please bring your fishing rod & bait) but the fish that you may catch, should be released back to the Lake to create awareness for preserving nature. 
*Backwater Cruising in Shikara, Houseboat & Speed Boat, starting from just in front of Cottages.

Restaurant & Lakeside Dining
There will be a dining table just in-front of the cottage on the bank of Lake Vembanad, food and beverages will be served there itself.  A safe place for having food and beverages, by keeping Social Distance, just in front of your Cottage. You can order the food and beverages by referring to the Menu Card, in advance. There will be 5% Tax as extra to the total of Food & Beverages bill.

Safe & Fresh Food & Beverages
Food is slightly costlier than ordinary restaurants why ? We do prepare the food only as per the order in advance, we provide food only for our inhouse guests. We never prepare the food in bulk quantity, keep it in deep freezers and serve it, later placing it in microwave oven, that is we only serve safe and fresh food. We don’t use Ajinomoto, tastemakers, chemicals or colour in the food, in fact we serve only safe food like home made food. Moreover we use our farm grown vegetables for cooking, minimum 2 to 3 dishes, generally will be from our farm. You can definitely experience local safe and fresh vegetable dishes from our restaurant. Therefore our food is little more costlier than an ordinary restaurant.

Tariff includes
The above tariff includes Room Tariff and GST only. Bottled water, Breakfast, other Meals and all other Services are separately chargeable.

Check In & Check Out
Check In time starts from 1 Pm in the afternoon and Check Out time is before 11 Am in the morning, on the next day. Maximum hours of stay will be up to 22 hours only.

If You Check In Early, Then Check Out Should Be Early
If we have availability, we allow early check in, then the check out should be early, that is before 22 hours.

Cruising in Shikara, Houseboat & Speed Boat
Shikara Boat, Morning or Sunset cruising for 2 hours Rs1700. Cruising in a Houseboat for 5 hours Rs 7500, Welcome drink, Lunch & Evening Snacks per person Rs 500. Speed Boat for 1 Hour Rs 2500. 

Parking Space
Free Private and Safe Parking Facility Is Possible On Site (Reservation Is Not Needed) There is enough car parking facility for up to 40 cars.

Power and Solar Power
We have a 100 KVA Transformer on our property for meeting our power requirements. We also have a 40 KVA Diesel Cummins Generator for the backup. We have 5 KV Solar Panel (TATA) as further back up for running the fans and lights and 6 Solar Powered Water Heaters (V Guard) with back up, which gives hot water to all the guests.

Waste Management
We have a Biogas Plant to manage our entire food waste, Vermicompost and EM Compost manages regular waste of our property. Therefore, our property is clean and tidy.

Medical Help & Assistance
We arrange, if there is a requirement for medical help to any of our guests, during their stay with us.

Guidelines
You may go through the Guidelines, in our website www.klcottages.com, for the comfortable stay of everybody in the property.

4) Lake Facing, Sunset View, Family Cottage For 4 Persons, With 2 AC Bedrooms & 2 Attached Bathrooms

Tariff
Tariff Rs 6720 per day for up to 4 persons, including GST. Bottled water,breakfast and all other services are available and will be seperately chargeable as per the Menu Card.Extra Person’s tariff Rs 1064 Per Person. You can order the food and beverages by referring to the Menu Card. Tariff from 17th December to 7th January Rs 7840 per day for 4 Persons.