Taj Garden Retreat, Kumarakom

Kumarakom - An undiscovered secret!

Kumarakom is a tiny hamlet on the banks of a lagoon formed by the Vembanad lake. It is a picturesque world of backwaters, thatched houseboats, Cormorants, Chinese fishing nets and swaying palms. An ideal getaway if there ever was one.

About Taj Garden Retreat, Kumarakom
Category: 5 Star
Location: 14 km from Kottayam accessible both by land & water. Next to a Bird Sanctuary & Vembanad Lake.

Fooding and Lodging
Accommodation
22 rooms. All rooms elegantly appointed, air conditioned, with international direct dial facility, channel music, colour television with satellite programmes.

Restaurant
Dining Room : Serves Indian, Continental and local cuisine. Open from 7 am to 1030 pm.

Other Facilities & Services
24 hour copier/facsimile facilities. Car rental, currency exchange and doctor on call.
Recreation
Speed boats, row boats and fishing rods on request. Backwater cruises by Ketuvallams. Nature books and binoculars for bird watching.

Water Sports
Wind surfing facilities, water skis, banana boats, speed boats, row boats, kayaks, country boats available.

Ayurvedic Centre
A full fledged Ayurvedic Centre with facilities for massages, steam therapy, yoga and meditation. A 7 day / 14 day Health Rejuvenation Package is offered to guests.

Sight-seeing
Boating is an integral part of sightseeing as it encompasses the beauty of the backwaters with splendid elegance.These boats gracefully move around the backwaters, providing facilities for tourists to enjoy the beauty of the Vembanad lake in a relaxed pace.

Spread over 14 acres of land, the Bird Sanctuary is a major attraction here. Birds like Egrets, Darters, Herons, Teal, Bitterns, Brahminy kites, Marsh Harries, Waterfowl, Cuckoo, Wild ducks etc. are seen here in abundance. Siberian storks migrate to Kumarakom every season.