AYANA's Homestay

A beautiful location right beside the water. Lovely building with history. I was made to feel very welcome and the food was excellent. Travelling solo and being the only tourist around (not chugging by on a houseboat) I felt very self-conscious at first, but was made to feel at home by the family. I was offered boat rides (motor or non-motor) and kayaking. Highlights were wandering the village watching the birds and seeing village life unfold and kayaking silently through the smaller channels. Plus, the food was excellent - they WhatsApp'd a menu in advance.

Stayed with the family who were very welcoming and made you feel at home. Rooms were clean and the beds were really comfy. Great spot right on the river, very quiet and peaceful. Also ate with the family - chicken curry was superb.

Highly recommended as a relaxing, peaceful and comfortable place to stay in the backwaters. This was my second time at Deepa and Vinit’s lovely homestay, having been there before the pandemic. It was just as lovely as I remembered. Reasonably priced and the home cooked meals were some of the best we had during our trip in India. Thank you!

Visited as part of an Intrepid trip. The house and room were very clean and our hosts could not have been more pleasant and helpful. It was a very tranquil place, with a great walk round the local village and a cruise back ***** the river by boat. Dinner and breakfast were very good, and although visiting as tourists, we were made to feel part of the family. After the hustle and bustle of everyday India, it was great to spend a little time in the peace and quiet on the Kerala backwaters. I'd thoroughly recommend it.

room and amenities very good and clean. the host family were very nice and helpful great food , V the host answered all our questions very well, I would highly recommend the home stay it was a great experience

Had booked this homestay for 2 nights considering the reviews & pictures on Google, but our experience was not at all good & definitely not as expected because of the unexpected behavior of the host. Mr. Vinit Nair who handled our booking was not present at the property, but his father Mr. Venugopal was managing the property & the guests. He behaved very friendly in the beginning welcoming us but we felt something was off here. He never gave us our space & interfered in everything that we did which made us feel very awkward & controlled. Our booking mentioned room on a higher floor facing the backwaters, but the room was facing a muddy land & there are no rooms on the top floor. He offered to arrange for lunch which was too over priced. He sat besides us the whole time while we ate which made us feel very very awkward. He arranged for a boat ride which took us around the backwaters of Alleppey & a few sightseeing places (church & the broken statue of buddha) but charged us 2000/- for it which in my opinion was way too overpriced & surely not worth. My wife & me decided to have dinner at a restaurant & wanted to explore the place in & around Alleppey, but he had already arranged for dinner without even checking with us as he knew we would not be able to gain access to the city without his boat. This made us feel very unsafe & trapped. At night, suddenly the mains of the AC was switched off & there was frequent power cuts. We knew that the mains were controlled by the owner himself. Location - Access to this property is only by boat which only the property owner can arrange. Nothing was organized properly, neither the home, nor the system & in our opinion the owner should not run this as a homestay.