Pepper County – Thekkady Homestay
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- Type : Forest
- Kerala / hotels in kerala hotels in thekkady
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Email: peppercounty@rediffmail.com Ph: +91-4869-222064Pepper County is an idyllic home spread over an area of 7 acres in Kumily. The homestay is set amidst spice plantations and paddy fields. It is a nice place to spend a peaceful, relaxing holiday in the quaint setting of Kerala. The homestay offers well-appointed accommodation on top of an array of adventurous activities. Pepper County is indeed a paradise for nature lovers and honeymooners who come in search of tranquility.
They have 4 rooms with the price ranging between Rs.2000 to Rs.4500 per night. This includes complimentary breakfast.
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Rooms 4 rooms
Comfortable accommodation is offered in well furnished rooms that are appointed with all modern amenities including telephone and attached washroom that receives a continuous supply of hot and cold water. Communal areas include the sitting room, dining room, garden and the veranda.
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Food Traditional Kerala food
Pepper County offers home-cooked Keralite dishes with great care from its in-house kitchen. The hostess is an expert cook and loves cooking for her guests.
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Hosts Cyriac and Dolly
Cyriac and Dolly are very hospitable and friendly hosts. They are attentive to every need of their guests. Cyriac can organise visits to spice plantations besides jungle jeep safaris and elephant rides. Cultural performances like Kathakali and Kalaripayatu (martial art form of Kerala) can also be organised by him on prior request.
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Suggested Activity #1 Nature Walk
Different nature trails traversing diverse habitats form the trekking routes, generally 4 to 5 km. in length. This is an interpretive programme offering excellent opportunity to watch birds, butterflies and other wildlife. The trails often pass through evergreen and moist deciduous forests interspersed with marshy grasslands. The programme is offered between 7 am to 10.30 am and between 2 pm to 3.00 pm. and lasts for about 3 hours. A maximum of 5 persons can go for trekking at a time along each nature trail, accompanied by a trained tribal guide. The Nature walk is the right programme to feel nature, hear her whispers and smell her flowers.
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Suggested Activity #2 Bamboo Rafting
This is a dawn to dusk range hiking and rafting programme through some of the richest forest tracts of Periyar Tiger Reserve. Starting at 8 am from the boat landing, a mosaic of habitats will be traversed before the party gets into rafts made of bamboos. The forests are rich in bird life and arboreal animals like giant squirrel and Nilgiri Languor. The rafting is for about three hours and one gets a panoramic view of forest-clad hills reflected on the lake. Animals like Elephant, Gaur and Sambar are sighted keeping close to the edges of the lake. The team hitchhikes back to the boat landing by about 5 pm. An armed guard and 4 guides will accompany a maximum of 10 tourists. Tea, snacks and packed lunch will be served during the journey.
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Suggested Activity #3 Elephant Ride
This ride would be through countryside villages with stop over at intermediary places. The duration can be stretched to any length of time as per actual requirement of the tourist. At a time only two tourists can take the ride while the others in a group could trek along and change over accordingly. Experienced elephant Master will guide & accompany the tourists during the ride. Riding an elephant takes you back to the royal era, when only the Kings use to ride on these majestic creatures. Elephant Safaris are equipped with a howdah, a large seat on which they and the visitors sit. More of all an elephant safari tour in the tropical wildlife sanctuaries of India gets you up, close and personal with these majestic animals.
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Suggested Activity #3 Periyar Jungle Safari
The program starts at 5.30am in the morning which our special Jeep will receive you from your accommodation area 40 kms scenic drive through the jungle. Then you will reach a place called Gavi (Green mansion) there you can have your breakfast and you can start the jungle trekking with specially trained guides after 3hrs trekking you will reach the Green mansion and have Lunch. After that you can have canoeing in the Gavi Lake. Then have tea and snacks and proceeding to the cottage and drop.
