Stay 

PhilipKutty's Farm offers just six spacious villas. All are built in the traditional style with terracotta tiled roofs and high ceilings, with a multitude of doors and netted windows, allowing for natural breeze to cool the rooms. Each villa has a small wrap-around veranda overlooking the outer dyke facing the peaceful backwaters. Inside, the décor is simple with cool tiled floors, plush beds with fine linen and decorated with antique furniture and artefacts.

ChildCare 

Families with children are welcome to stay at PhilipKutty's Farm. However, there are no specific facilities available for children. Babysitting service can be arranged on request. Breakfast is a mix of south Indian and western dishes.

Dine 

Meals at the PhilipKutty's Farm are home-cooked by the graceful and skilled Mrs Mathew. These are served on a communal table set in a thatched pavilion on stilts overlooking the farm. Being a traditional agrarian household, all meals are lavish feasts prepared with coconuts, vegetables, fruit and spices grown in the garden and freshly caught fish. There is no menu but expect south Indian cuisine with lots of fish-based dishes, sometimes with six curries and various accompaniments.

Relax 

For most guests at the PhilipKutty's Farm, the day begins with an early-morning walk around the farm and learn about the crops grown in it, which includes coconut, banana, cocoa, nutmeg, pepper and mangoes. During the day, you can visit the Ayurvedic centre opposite the hotel or relax on a cosy chair in the veranda with a book. Later in the day, take a cooking class to learn about south Indian dishes or a sunset cruise along the backwaters on a vallam (local canoe).

Experience 

There are a wide range of activities on offer at the PhilipKutty's Farm. For bird watchers a trip can be arranged to the Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary but the farm and the backwaters offer ample opportunities for sighting kingfishers, woodpeckers, egrets, cormorants, herons, snakebirds and more. Other activities include nature walks, cycling and fishing. Local attractions include the St. Mary’s parish church at Vechoor, an old Syrian Catholic church dating back to over 500 years.