Village Life Experience

Kumarakom Kerala

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Timings : Monday - Sunday: 6:30 AM - 6:00 PM

Tour Package Cost : INR 1400

Tour Duration : 4 to 6 Hours

Location : Kavanattinkara, Kumarakom, Kerala 686563

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Village Life Experience, Kumarakom Overview

Kumarakom is beautifully crafted by nature, and it offers a multitude of options for entertainment to tourists, of which the most captivating is the Village Life Experience (VLE). Remarkably, Village Life Experience at Kumarakom is a half-day tour package that enables travelers to get a taste of rural life in Kerala. Most travelers opt for the bird sanctuary visit or backwater cruises at this destination, but the actual beauty of Kumarakom can only be experienced in its villages.

Village Life Experience is a tour organized by the responsible tourism travel desk at Kumarakom, which is set at the tourist complex in Kavanattinkara, close to the Kumarakom bird sanctuary entrance. The initiative of this tour was taken to preserve the traditional works, native crafts, and the tranquil village life of God's Own Country.

To give an authentic experience to the visitors, this tour involves face-to-face interactions with the locals about their culture, traditions, and livelihood activities. Within this tour, you will cruise along the mild waters of the magnificent backwaters of Kerala, enjoy fishing with the local people, watch organic farming, conversion of coconut coirs into ropes, coconut palm fronds weaving, screw pine making, broom making, visit paddy fields, local toddy shops, and much more. These all are ethereal experiences that surely make your trip to Kumarakom worth a lifetime of cherishable memories.

1. Boat Ride Through Canals

The Village life experience begins with a boating ride through the serene canals. The visitors enjoy this ride poling down the canals in a country boat, known as a vallom, which is operated by women. (Read More)It is a slow-paced ride that facilitates the visitors to get a splendid glimpse of everyday village life on the canal sides. Visitors can observe people moiling in the paddy fields, rural children swimming in the lake, and village people engaged in various kinds of activities like fishing, pottery, coconut palm frond weaving by women, and more.

2. Fishing

When sailing through the canals, the visitors can enjoy fishing on their boats using the traditional bow and arrow approach. It includes locating the fish in the moving waters, targeting them with the (Read More) pointed arrow, and finally, hitting them at the perfect time. For many visitors, this activity is the highlight of the trip. You may also try fishing by casting the net as the fishermen do.

3. Exploring Various Village Activities

The visitors also get to explore various other activities in this village life experience. The country boat rides over the canal lead the visitors to an Anganwadi - a government-run play school, and t (Read More)hese Anganwadi schools are there all over Kerala. Then, the visitors can take a walk through the village to watch the villagers involved in the traditional or ancestral work. The women are engaged in rural activities, including broomstick making, coconut palm leaves & coir weaving, screw pine weaving, and other handicrafts can be commonly seen. You can also try doing these traditional village jobs.

4. Visit to Plantation

The visitors will get to visit lush plantations in this Village life experience tour. You will be greeted with the traditional refreshment of banana and tender coconut cultivated from the plantations (Read More)on your arrival at the entryway. There is a guided tour around the plantation followed by a country boat ride to a handicrafts unit administered by a villager, who holds specialization in snake boat models.

5. Walk through Paddy Fields

The lush paddy fields of Kerala that are environed by the placid backwaters always enchant visitors. In this Village Life Experience package by Responsible Tourism, you will get a chance to stroll thr (Read More)ough the renowned paddy fields of Kerala, which refreshes the mind and soul. Here, visitors can walk amidst the greenery and lose themselves in the enchanting beauty of the swaying paddy farms in this rustic village.