Lake Kumarakom

Kumarakom is a popular tourist area in Kerala India. The temperature is a moderate tropical climate year round. We stayed at a wonderful resort and enjoyed the pool and views.

Lazy River Plunge Pool by our room

Our Outdoor Bathroom

Kumarakom is home to a wide variety of flora and fauna. Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary is a noted bird sanctuary where many species of migratory birds visit. During our visit, the birds had not yet migrated.

Path in the bird sanctuary

Vaikom Village in one of the oldest villages in the area. The narrow waterways were the traditional form of transportation in the area before the roads. We visited this village and saw the market, how to extract coconut oil and the making flatbread.

Outdoor Market

Meat Market

After our visit to the market, we had a boat ride through the canals and say local life in the community.

Local Food

Doing the laundry

After our boat ride, we had a local lunch served the traditional way on a banana leaf. A banana leaf plate makes easy cleanup. Lunch consisted of local fish, curries, pickle and the locally produced fried flatbread.

Lunch Time

 After our stay at the resort, we ventured on to a houseboat that was an old rice barge that travelled the Alleppey backwaters bring rice from the fields to the port city.