The Ideal Ayurvedic Resort offers a unique blend for a holiday experience

• an unexpected homeliness in an exotic foreign land
• a peaceful and serene ambience within the cacophony of noise and colour that is India
• an opportunity to relax, de-stress, detox and rejuvenate your mind and body as well as to venture forth and experience the vibrancy and excitement of the local culture and landscape

Built around an open courtyard, the Ideal Ayurvedic Resort consists of a main guesthouse, 4 traditional Keralan cottages and a treatment centre. With a maximum capacity of 28 guests the resort offers an unequalled level of friendly individual attention.

The main guesthouse contains 10 tastefully decorated double rooms, each with an ensuite toilet / shower room with hot water. All rooms have a large ceiling fan and phone. The deluxe rooms are also provided with a refrigerator.

The cottages also provide double occupancy accommodation with the same facilities, ensuite toilet / shower room with hot water, a large ceiling fan and phone.

The highest levels of cleanliness and hygiene are kept throughout the whole compound. The grounds and the communal parts of the buildings are washed down, cleaned and swept every morning, and individual rooms are cleaned every day. Clean bed linen, towels, soaps and shampoo sachets are also supplied daily. The water supplied throughout the compound is sterilized.

Special reduced rates are quoted for single occupancy, and it is possible to request a third bed for a small additional cost - please see our tariff sheet for all prices.

Eating is a relaxed, pleasurable, outdoor experience at Ideal Ayurvedic Resort. The open air dining area is a place where friendships are easily made and guests have the choice of joining up with others or finding their own space. The dining area spills out into the courtyard for those who like to get even closer to nature. The best of ingredients go into the preparation of the meals and the service comes with friendly efficiency.

In Ayurveda food and drinks are classified according to their taste - sweet, salty, spicy, sour, hot, cold and bitter - and thus by their influence on the doshas. All tastes should be represented in each meal, but within the proportionally specific requirements for each individual guest.

To bring out the spiritual dimension in your life, it is wise to use certain tools, which have already been established. In ancient times people went deep into the understanding of the Self and brought out spiritual practices, which help you to remain centered in the Self. These tools have been handed down over the centuries, and are so beneficial that they hasten progress on the path.

Yoga is a 6000-year-old scientific technique for spiritual development. Yoga is a Sanskrit word meaning "union", thus its goal is the unification of body, mind and spirit. Because the science of Yoga is so old, it has developed many paths towards obtaining the goal of union. This state of union is called "samadhi" or enlightenment, where we experience the unity of not just our mind-body-spirit, but experience the whole universe as one interconnected whole.

In the practice of Meditation you can directly experience the vastness of the Self.

An uncommitted mind is miserable. A committed mind may experience rough weather but will reap the fruits of its toil. When you make service your sole purpose in life, it eliminates fear and brings focus and purposefulness in your mind and action, bringing long term joy in the resolution of the short term problems!