Kalaketty Estate

The Kalaketty Estate House, built in 1930 is set amidst old and huge Mahogany, Teak, Mangostene, Nutmeg and Clove trees and overlooks lush green paddy fields. The heavily timbered doors and windows and the red oxide polished floors of this Estate House add to the grandeur. The walls, plastered with lime-stone stucco added with egg whites are neatly finished and kept impeccably white. Rubber is the main crop grown on the estate, besides cocoa, tapioca, pepper, vanilla, rice, coconuts, bananas and pineapples.

Your stay with the family at the Kalaketty Estate Home would be a good opportunity to experience their life amidst this plantation. You will be treated as one of the family member that will invoke in you feel of a home away from your home. You can enjoy the delicious flavours of typical Syrian Christian food, cooked in the traditional manner using recipes that have been passed down from generations. Most of the fruits, spices and vegetables are grown organically in the farm.Your privacy is assured since the out house is independent from the family residence. At Kalaketty Estate, guests can enjoy a panoramic view of the beautiful lush green surroundings in utmost tranquility.

Activities on offer:

• You can watch rubber tappers at work in this 150 acre rubber estate.

• The latex (rubber sap) is then processed and made into rubber sheets right here at the processing unit.

• Being a multi-crop plantation, the estate itself offers scenes of cultivation and harvesting of various crops.

• A jeep ride through the estate will be an interesting experience.

• Short walks through the farm down to the brooks and streams are sure to be a refreshing and invigorating experience.

• Explore and experience the local village and the market on a bicycle.