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Coconut Island is a private and exclusive island
guesthouse in the backwaters of Kerala, South India. The island
is 150 meters from the shore in Canoli canal - a manmade canal built for
navigation in 1848. There are no inhabitants in the island other than Brahminy Kites, Pond herons, Kingfishers, Owls and crabs.
The island is a coconut plantation. Other than
Coconut trees, there are mango trees, Gooseberry, Neem and a natural
garden. The south end of the island is kept as a wild garden for birds.
It has mango trees and some medicinal plants. |
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| The island is meant for one family. There is only
one large cottage in the island. This can accommodate 2 adults + 1 extra
bed for an adult or 2 children. The cottage consists of one spacious
bedroom of 180 square foot and 320 square foot veranda. |
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| The house is designed and built according to Vasthu
- an ancient Indian knowledge of Architecture promising peace,
prosperity and happiness to the inhabitants. It is in traditional kerala
design with open veranda at all sides. The wooden pillars collected from
old wooden houses supports the roof around the veranda. The sealing is
done with Mahogany wood in traditional fashion. |
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| The bedroom has two cosy beds on beautifully carved
wooden coats. The room is well equipped with large wooden almiraha,
writing desk, dressing table, tea-poy and chairs etc. The room has
enough privacy and the beautiful views through six large windows and two
doors. The island always has good breeze and very fine climate. The
bedroom has sealing fan and air conditioner. (Spilt
AC of 1.5 tones). |
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| Bathroom is large - 150
square foot - open roof bath garden with granite floor has cold / hot
water showers and all the modern fittings. |
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| Kitchen - There is another
house in the island serves as a complete kitchen. The kitchen is
spacious and open to guests at any time. The veranda of this house also
commands a good view to the backwaters and serves as a choice of dining
place. The cook is expertise in preparing all kerala dishes. The guests
are also welcome in the kitchen to prepare any dishes of their tastes. |
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| Security - There are families living 200 meters away
on both side of the river. The local people are very friendly and
welcoming. Being a remote village, everybody knows each other. And we
are also known to each other. The staffs come from the village itself.
There are 3 staff in the island and two of them sleep there. At night,
there would be fishermen (known to our staff) fishing near the island as
well. There are mobile phones in the island. There is a battery backup
for continues power supply. (The battery does not support AC). |
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The backwaters
around the island have brackish water. The water
for Cooking, for bathroom and for watering plants comes by boat from the
main land. So, we
encourage you to use water carefully. Boiled water with cumin /
other herbs are used for drinking. Bottled water is available for a
price.
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| Local ferry - There is a
ferry by country boat which passes by the island in every 20 minutes.
You are welcome to help the ferry man to row his boat with passengers. |
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| Location - The Coconut
Island is 22 kms (45 minutes) from Thrissur railway station, 70 kms (2
hours) from Cochin international airport, 12 kms (20 minutes) from
Guruvayoor temple, 5 kms from the Arabian sea, 4 hours from Wayanad. The
island is accessible only by boat from the Main land.
The island is only 2 kms away from Cochin - Guruvayoor Highway NH
17. It takes just 5 minutes from the mainland to the island by boat. On
confirmation of your booking, we shall send you the driving instructions
including the google directions. We have safe parking facility on the
main land. |
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Any Mosquitos?
Because of the unique location,
the island always has good breeze. Being the brackish waters around, the
mosquito larvae can not grow in the island.
We still has mosquito repellent in your room and a mosquito net on your
bed, in case some of them reach you from the main land, when there is no
breeze. |
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Activities
A country boat trip for 1½ hours
costs Rs 750. There would be many fishermen in the lake fishing by
different methods. A nearby island is full of migratory birds. The local
fish market is just 15 minutes by country boat. Good quality, fresh
(live) fish are available there. Pearl spotted fish, Tiger prawns,
prawns, red snapper, crabs etc. |
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Riceboat Cruise
Kettuvalloms are stitched boat,
45 foot long, made with wooden planks joined and stitched together with
coconut ropes and painted with cashew nut oil inside and fish oil
outside. We offer Kettuvallom cruise from the island.
More details. |
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| Fishing - The island is
protected by natural red-stones which attracts lot of fish. You could
easily catch enough fish for dinner in 30 minutes. The staff would help
you fix the hook and get the bites. |
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| The
Cooking classes - Our cook (who was in local TV
recently on a Cooking show) would teach you to prepare the Kerala
delicacies. |
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| Coconut Climbing - You
could learn to climb a coconut tree from the coconut climber, who does
this profession for generations. |
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| Visit to the
Nattika beach -
A small secluded bay is just 12 kms from the island. You can go by an
auto / car and spend some time at the beach. |
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Temple festival.
Thrissur is known for temple festivals with
decorated elephants. Coconut Island is conveniently located to visit
temple festivals near by. |
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| Spend a day with elephant -
A unique and memorable experience of a "Day with an elephant".
You visit a family who owns an elephant, feed him and help to wash the
elephant. |
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| Visit Athirapally waterfalls.
Athirappally waterfalls, the biggest in Kerala is 75 kms away. (2 hours
drive). |
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Meals
The breakfast is like
Puttu (steamed
rice cake), Blackgram curry, Pappadam, Bananas, Pineapple Juice, Tea /
coffee.
Iddaly, Chutni, Samabar, Papaya, Pineapple Juice, Tea /
coffee.
Ada (rice + coconut + jagerry), Papaya, Pineapple Juice, Tea
/ coffee.
Idiyappam, vegetable stew, Bananas, Pineapple Juice, Tea /
coffee.
Dosa, Chutni, Samabar, Bananas, Pineapple Juice, Tea /
coffee. |
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The Lunch is like Rice, Sambar, Aviyal, curd,
Pappadam, Fried fish, Fish curry, Spinage, Pineapple
or
desert.
Dinner is like Chappathi, rice, fried fish, Vegetable
Kuruma, Vegetable dry curry etc. |
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2 persons |
Extra person |
1 to
5
years |
5 to
10
years |
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AP Plan |
Rs 9500 |
Rs 2500 |
Rs 1250 |
Rs 1750 |
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AP Plan :
With all meals
(Breakfast, lunch, evening tea and snacks and dinner).
Check in: 12.00, Check out: 11.00 |
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| The room has 2 single cots + 2 or 3 extra beds on the floor. |
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| We recommend to stay a minimum of
2 nights. |
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| Full payment in
advance is essential to confirm the booking. |
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