Home-stay is an emerging concept in tourism & hospitality industry which is also considered to be the best alternative to hotel accommodation. Home-stay in Kerala is the unsurpassed option to explore the beauty of the land universally called God's own Country around the world. Home stay helps you come across land, people, culture and cuisine of any place in its perfect aspect unlike hotel accommodation. Different types of houses are converted to home-stay like heritage homes, farm houses, estate bungalows, ancestral homes like mana, illam, naalukettu, etc. that gives a pleasant stay away from busy towns and cities but near to places of tourist attractions. The Kerala Tourism Development Corporation is promoting the development of quality home-stays contributing to conserve the local cultural and natural heritage at the same time ensuring sustained income to the local population.

Besides staying at home with a family, there are other things that the tourists enjoy which really adds value to their experience. Such a kind of an environment is available along with the package which is enjoyed by the tourists such as fishing, bird watching, bicycle riding through the country side, trekking in nearby forests and hills, toddy tapping, pot-making, elephant riding, local-art performances on request, and many others depending up on the places. One of the highlights of staying at home stays and small family owned properties is the special care and personal attention to all your holiday needs. There is no impersonal efficiency or restaurants or even timings – everything is very personal and you are the boss! Food is an important element of stay at these places – truly ethnic food is one of the reasons for such places to be favorites of many families coming to this part of the world. What is more you get an opportunity to join your hosts in the family kitchen to try your hand at cooking and taking away many family ‘secrets’ coming down generations! Home stays and these special places also give ample opportunity to roam around at will in the rural ambience among truly welcoming people of the villages – enjoying their company, mingling with them in celebrating their festivals and even joining them at their daily chores like farming!

Home stays Kerala promises all this and more! South India is awash with festivals almost throughout the year, particularly in the cooler months of January and February. It is a reflection of the varied terrain of the land and the exuberant people, these festivals are connected with a temple, or a church. Vibrant and packed with centuries of unbroken tradition, the festivals of Kerala seem within the realm of magic with a thousand colours, mesmerizing music, fireworks and procession of elephants.

Staying on at the Home stays is indeed an excellent opportunity to partake in the cultural extravaganza of this vast region - a chance to freely mingle with the people, closer understanding of the ethos and traditions that culminate in festivals and not least, a genuine overview of life in the rural areas, which otherwise is almost untouched by modernity !