Activities :- As you start spending your days here, you can while away your time fishing and thus, ignite the memories of your childhood. Simply walk along the banks of the Vembanad Lake and, conjure up the memories of your teens. Go boating using the traditional snake boat and, discover the skipper in you. For the fitness freaks, swimming in the Vembanad Lake can be quite an invigorating experience. And still, you can loiter around the spread-out yet placid place and rewind the good old thoughts of your botany classes. Or else one can meditate sitting in the podium located at the far end of the place overlooking the backwaters. And when tired, feel free to take a cool siesta in the lap of nature.
The other activities at the Vembanad House include a local village tour, visit to the local temples, boat ride to Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary and Pathiramanal, house boat ride at the Vembanad Lake , shopping assistance from the village handicraft centre and trip to the local beach. Yoga classes, elephant ride and Ayurveda rejuvenation therapy are arranged on request.
At the Vembanad House, chances are there that as you idle away hours together, at a stretch, a cuckoo might give you company by singing a melodious tune and a woodpecker might wear the garb of a percussionist � all meant to make you feel and experience the innocence of countryside life that's absolutely unsullied. And as Sun prepares to shift towards the west, one can listen to the chanting of doves for whom, the Vembanad House is a much sought after abode. And as night unfolds its quilt, toads around will incite your romance with their mating calls.
The sight line also has a number of other visually rich frames to offer. You can view the local folks engaged in dredging out kakka (raw shells) which is one of the main livelihood of this backwater region, sluggishly moving fisher folk using their country boats and the like.Because, the Vembanad House is not just another dwelling built of bricks and mortar, instead is a traditional Tharavadu that's been there for over 8 decades.
