Mundax Homestay Retreat, Kuttikkanam near Periyar (Thekkady), Kerala.

The rooms are large and attached with bathroom. Their guestroom has a private entrance and is smoke free. Adjoining the bedroom we have a lounge room and a reading room exclusively for the use of guests. Guests will have private use of these three rooms covering 675 square feet. There is a selection of books and tea/coffee making facilities in the reading room. There are garden chairs in the lawn overlooking the lake, the flower and spice gardens. There are two small lakes and a pond on the property.

At mundax homestay you can simply retreat from the turmoil of everyday life and discover the pace of nature. Rates are inclusive of breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks - South Indian, Kerala cuisine. Meals will be with your host. Kerala cuisine is mildly flavoured gently cooked. Food is often flavoured with spices such as ginger, cloves, garlic, cinnamon, pepper, mustard, cumin, cardamom, turmeric, chilli and coriander.

Activities: Visit Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary and Tiger Reserve, Learn Meditation, Trekking to the mountains that surround the Retreat, Visit Spice Gardens, Birding around the Retreat and visit to Vagamon Hills.

Your host:  Mathew Joseph - Born and raised in Kerala, South India. Graduated in Commerce from Bangalore University and worked for couple of years in India before leaving for overseas. Mathew left India in 1988 with a backpack to see the world. Hitch hiked and worked his way through Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, European countries before settling down in New Zealand, and living there for the next fifteen years. He has a passion for traveling and interacting with different cultures around the world. Mathew came back to India a year ago to set up Mundax Homestay and Meditation Retreat. He had attended many meditation retreats over the years, practice meditation and finds bliss in the lap of present moment conscious living.