• Take a village walk and make new friends as you go along!
• Take a bicycle tour of the villages nearby.
• Fish in the farm canals - ‘village style’. See local fishermen cast their swirling nets in the backwaters.
• Watch coconut harvesting every 45th day. Summon a willing ‘guru’ to teach you the art of climbing a coconut tree!

• Help with the feeding of prawns during the season.
• Family boatman can take you for a slow boat ride through the Kaithappuzha backwaters – idyllic!

• Visit the market nearby and shop for village products. The local tailor can be persuaded to run up something for you overnight.
• Spend time around the farm. It is home to a wide variety of flora and fauna. There are goats, cows, rabbits, ducks, chicken and emus.
• Browse through the Family Archives - a treasure-trove of old family documents, letters, photographs and rare documents highlighting Kerala's social fabric of the last two centuries.
• The estate’s lagoon is safe, even for the novice, to row a canoe and feel the serenity of the waters.

• The house is equipped for table tennis and various indoor board games. You might even be invited to join a village cricket match in progress.
• The house has a well-stocked library for all ages.
• Relax on the 'Kulir Kallu' (cooling stone) at one end of the house with a book, laze on a hammock - or just revel in the pleasure of doing nothing!

Other inviting possibilities:

• From Olavipe, you can take a day trip to Fort Cochin and saunter through the historical area or shop for antiques.
• Ernakulam, the commercial capital of Kerala, is an hour’s drive from Olavipe.
• Take a day cruise on a houseboat from Alapuzha. The drive takes about an hour.
• Kumarakom, the well-known tourist destination and bird sanctuary is easily accessible.
• A nearby village has a traditional Ayurvedic practitioner. Consult him for Ayurvedic treatment or ask for an Ayurvedic massage