Karikkathi Beach Houses

Activities

• Have an Ayurveda consultation with the highly-qualified doctor. Packages of treatments or single-session massages are also available from the on-site team of therapists (there are good deals in low season), as are therapeutic diets if you want to go the whole hog
  
• Catch up on some reading in a palm-strung hammock, or watch butterflies, squirrels and sea eagles swooping down to catch fish
  
• Browse through the small library of books and magazines
  
• Wander along the beautiful white sandy beach to Kovalam
  
• Visit Trivandrum (half an hour’s drive away), for some city buzz. There’s a huge Hindu Temple, a 200-year-old palace, various museums and lots of shops
  
• Explore the Kerala backwaters on a day or overnight boat trip
  
• Book a day trip to Kanyakumari, the point where the Bay of Bengal meets the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea
  
• Spend a day in Varkala and chill out with the hippies in a laidback clifftop bar or at the lovely Jonny Cool Café
  
• Shop for food, fabrics, and even tailor-made clothes in local villages (staff can provide directions and suggestions)