Serenity at Kanam Estate

The highlight of the stay at Kanam Estate is that tourists can enjoy a ride  on the elephant owned by the resort. The Serenity offers tranquility and great service. The rooms are constructed in traditional Kerala designs giving an ethnic Kerala feel.The whole building is designed to let the outside in. Dark inside and with slate-tiled floors.You have your own space on one of the wide wooden verandas, yet your meals can be shared with other guests. 

The rooms have a polished stone floor on the ground floor and coir wall to wall carpeting on wooden floor in the 1st floor and are decorated superbly with stunning colour schemes and antique objets  d’art which blend with the local environment. All rooms have hanging space, verandahs & terraces, direct dial telephones. Some bedrooms on the ground floor have easy access for wheelchairs.  The property is  also ideal for a group of friends to rent in its entirety.

Serenity has a unit manager and six members of the staff. Local Indian and Mediterranean cuisine is available. Meals are taken either on the privacy of your verandah – terrace, on the patio  by the swimming pool deck or in the sitting/dining room.  The a la carte menu offers plenty of choice.

Bicycles with gears for hotel resident’s use are complimentary . TV & DVD & Music player with an in house collection of   recent movies & by gone long plays can be use in the  common sitting room. 
Ayurvedic Spa with one large treatment room offers a range of ayurveda treatments & rejuvenation massages.

The major highlight is a program called the Day with the   Elephant .Other activities are  Bullet cart excursions in the vicinity , Cooking demonstrations ,  Undisturbed walks, a rarity in India! in the surrounding rubber,  plantation, seeing how rubber is produced.  The area also includes cocoa, pepper, coffee, cardamom, pineapple,  tapioca,  papaya and banana plantations.  Visits to an orchid nursery. 

Possible excursions  from the accommodation includes visit to Aranmula cultural centre on the River Pamba for performances of classical and Kathakali dances, courses  on astrology and natural medicine. Metal mirror handicrafts .Excursions to Ettumanur, a Shiva temple with stunning  frescoes. Excursions to Kerala’s main Christian centre at Kottayam, which boasts the 16th century churches of Cheria Palli and    Valia Palli. Excursions to Tea plantations with a visit to the tea factory