Off-roading is undoubtedly the best part of the trip. The 15-obstacle course track will challenge you and wring every ounce of energy out of you. But at the end of it, you will feel like a champion.
The ancestral home is quintessentially Keralan in architecture. Plenty of wooden accents, be it in the interiors or the furniture. The sound of footsteps moving across the wooden floor has a charm of its own.
Sloping tiled roofs and thick pillars give the place its traditional hue, but rest assured that every possible modern comfort is provided here. The home is set in a sprawling estate lush with coconut palms and fruit orchards. The host. JK Marattukulam, is like that genial old uncle back home who loves it when family visits and feeds everyone to the point of bursting.
I loved the food as well. They served us some amazing Malabar dishes like chicken varutharachathu, puttu kadala, appam stew and pulisherry. And of course, yummy golden-fried pazham pori {banana fritters} at tea time.
