GreenChromide Homestays

This homestay is run better than some boutique hotels we've stayed in. The hosts provide a very professional level of service, over and above what we expected. Sunaina and her family are such amazing hosts. As we were lucky to visit when the temple festival was on, Sunaina invited all the guests for lunch in her home as she couldn't offer evening meals as basically the whole island visit the festival. She messaged several times whilst we were at the festival to check we felt safe and everything was ok. She organised our sunrise morning canoe trip (1800 INR for 3 hours) which I'd recommend, beautiful and tranquil journey to watch sunrise on the lake, advised where we could hire bicycles from a local home, arranged a taxi for us to get to our next destination. Nothing was too much trouble. The wooden chalet was gorgeous with everything clearly labelled so you know how to operate the hot water etc, room has a small fridge and bookcase with spare books for you. Each room has its own seating area by the lake with table/chairs under a fan and light and hammock. Will definitely recommend to friends and would love to return. Also recommend the food- breakfast and evening meals. They send you the menu in advance for themselves and another local place that can deliver for you. We'd visited Alleppey prior to Monroe Island. Alleppey maybe has more life to view from the water, but we loved Monroe island, had a great tranquil feel to it, nature on the water and narrow roads you could cycle around and see friendly people and feel safe. Can see why it gets such great reviews, worth the detour to visit from Alleppey.

Nothing, just wish we could have stayed longer. Will definitely return, hopefully when it's not as hot!

Great value for money. Beautiful location. And the hosts were so friendly & helpful. We loved our stay 😊

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A beautiful and welcoming home stay, experiencing a more authentic side to Kerala. The waterside location is lovely, a peaceful spot to watch the boats and wildlife pass. Delicious home cooked food. Seamless arrangement of a sunrise canoe in the back waters, which is a must if you visit Munroe Island.

Breakfast was lovely, the wooden cabin that we stayed in was lovely, spacious & clean. In a nice garden area. We went on a sunrise canal backwater trip which was fabulous, we booked it through the owners & we would definitely recommend that. We did a little walk along the river which was in a nice setting.

We were worried about eating under the pergola (in front of our cabin) because there were a lot of mosquitos about. We put the fan on & that seemed to keep them away. We didn't like the shower it didn't seem to get hot & we didn't like the towels that we were given to dry off after the shower, they were inadequate for us & felt like a cheap option to save on laundry. The homestay is situated opposite temple's & mosques on the other side of the river bank but the noise from them was constant all the time we were there calling to prayer, fireworks & parties & festivities. So we were bothered by the noise - it didn't feel like it was a peaceful part of our holiday like we thought it would be.