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KTDC Water Scapes

3.0 star property
your current months are January, 2025 and February, 2025.
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Outdoor pool
Room
Exterior
Exterior
Lake view

Reviews

7.2 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Pool
  • Room service
  • Laundry
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping

Explore the area

Map
Kumarakom North, Kottayam, Kerala, 686563
  • Vembanad Lake
    3 min drive
  • Kumarakom Boat Jetty
    7 min drive
  • Kumarakom Beach
    6 min walk
  • Kumaranalloor Station
    31 min drive

Room options

Superior Lake View

  • Lake view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed

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Room

Canal View Room

  • Canal view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed

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Room

Lake View Room

  • Lake view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Kottayam

Located in Kottayam, KTDC Water Scapes is on a lake, a 3-minute drive from Vembanad Lake and 7 minutes from Kumarakom Boat Jetty. .This hotel is 3.3 mi (5.3 km) from Kumarakom Backwaters and 4.1 mi (6.6 km) from Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary.

What's nearby

  • Vembanad Lake - 3 min drive
  • Kumarakom Boat Jetty - 7 min drive
  • Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary - 8 min drive
  • Kumarakom Backwaters - 8 min drive
  • Mahatma Gandhi University - 12 min drive

Getting around

  • Ettumanur Station - 24 min drive
  • Cochin International Airport (COK) - 149 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Pallipadam Toddy Shop - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Currymeen - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Menani Seafood and Grill - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Tharavadu, Toddy Shop - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Lakshmi Hotel and Resorts Restaurant - ‬6 min drive

About this property

KTDC Water Scapes

Lakefront hotel with a 24-hour front desk and an outdoor pool
KTDC Water Scapes offers 40 air-conditioned accommodations with complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Cable television is provided. Additionally, rooms include complimentary toiletries and ceiling fans. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 40 air-conditioned guestrooms. Cable television is provided for your entertainment. Conveniences include phones, as well as coffee/tea makers and complimentary bottled water.
Pamper yourself with onsite massages and body treatments. Additional features at this hotel include tour/ticket assistance, a banquet hall, and a vending machine.
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's room service (during limited hours). Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge.
Featured amenities include a business center, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. Event facilities at this hotel consist of a conference center and a meeting room. Free self parking is available onsite.
KTDC Water Scapes has a restaurant on site.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English, Hindi

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Dial-up Internet

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site

Food and drink

  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar
  • Room service available

Things to do

  • Fishing
  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • Banquet hall
  • Library
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Laundry facilities
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Business services

  • Business centre
  • Conference centre
  • A meeting room

Spa

  • Ayurvedic treatments
  • Body scrubs
  • Body treatments
  • Body wraps
  • Detox wraps
  • Massage - hot stone

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Ceiling fan

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • TV channels
  • TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Free bottled water

More

  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 1 PM; Check-in end time: 4 PM

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
For more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
To register at this property, guests who are Indian citizens must provide a valid photo identity card issued by the Government of India; travelers who are not citizens of India must present a valid passport and visa.

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Christmas Eve (24 December) Gala Dinner per adult: INR 500
  • New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per adult: INR 500.00

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
Please note: To comply with local law, no alcohol will be served in this property on the first day of every month.

We should mention

No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

KTDC Water Scapes
KTDC Water Scapes Hotel
KTDC Water Scapes Hotel Kumarakom
KTDC Water Scapes Kumarakom
Water Scapes KTDC
Waterscapes Ktdc Backwater Hotel Kumarakom
KTDC Water Scapes Hotel
KTDC Water Scapes Kottayam
KTDC Water Scapes Hotel Kottayam

KTDC Water Scapes Reviews

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 3 out of 37 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 20 out of 37 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 10 out of 37 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 37 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 37 reviews" "

7.6/10

Cleanliness

7.2/10

Staff & service

6.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice hotel..
Food could have been better in terms choices quality and quantity

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice location maintained by worst management
Very nice environment looking from outside. But rooms are horrible. mosquitoes and mosquito eggs in the wash room. No point of reporting to staff. No action will be taken. Only one in-house restaurant with minimal food option. Water flow under the room and sideways is a big highlight. But not maintained properly. Needs lot of maintenance.

8/10 Good

Devika

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Shabby-chic but worth the trip.
We stayed one night at this resort in February. Our bungalow had a lake view and was quite roomy for a family of four. My daughter and husband have are celiac and cannot eat gluten. The restaurant staff tried their best to accommodate us. I recommend learning the words for wheat, rye, barely, and oats in Hindi before you you travel. I would call this resort shabby-chic, the grounds with gardens crisscrosses by various bridges and canals are charming. The bungalows are in need of some tlc. But the location is quite special. You see and hear a huge variety of birds and are treated to an amazing sunset over the lake.

6/10 Okay

anoop nair

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Good stay but needs to improve
hotel was good ,we had a good welcome, excellent ambience, good rooms, good view quick service. Hotel team needs to check the room before allocating, my room tv was not working ,there was not set top box fixed to my tv ,it took almost 3 hours for the technician to fix it,its a very beautiful property please maintain it with proper standards

10/10 Excellent

yashas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Harpal, Manchester...UK

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice view of the waterscapes
Wonderful views (but we were lucky to get a chalet facing the front with nothing obscuring our view), the grounds are interesting to explore, the room is on stilts...which is again an interesting feature...bird sanctuary nearby is a great place to go...overall a good place to stay...

6/10 Okay

Sandy & Jim, Cairns Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Tremendous potential
The huts themselves were quite good and very spacious and interspersed nicely throughout the bird sanctuary with little canals running in between. Sadly they are not well maintained though nor are the grounds. The location could be superb with a bit of a maekover and clean up. It could be quite achievable with the right people in control. We found the service non-existent and the staff extremely non-attentive and almost surely in their disinterest. The whole place needs to be better managed and put into the hands of people who actually care. The dining room left much to be desired both in decor and food quality. The swimming pool also has potential but it sits there looking quite derelict. Although we were not distressed to stay here for 3 nights we were not ecstatic either - not one of our better experiences in Kerala.

10/10 Excellent

PUNEET KUMAR, pune

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
perfect backwaters stay :-)
Very amazing place..perfect hotel to experience the backwaters. considering this as a govt hotel but its well maintained.. Very selective food but an amazing place.

4/10 Poor

Bincy, Toronto

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Don't stay here
The cottages are too old and cracked up. It's about time they do some serious renovation to all the cottages. Their breakfast service was poor. An example was most of their breakfast items was out of stock especially their poori. We had to wait in line for 10 mins and as soon as a set of 8 poori come they would all disappear in less than a minute. Their dinner service was poor as well. They need to hire more waiters to serve their guests.

8/10 Good

shaikh abdul rashid, mumbai

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
enjoyed staying at KTDC Kumarakom
it was very good stay, i stood 2 days,good food,staff were very helpful, very nice swimming pool, and good location, the resort itself is very good, try to take lake view room, the other services are very costly i have not tried, like massage and boating, i took boat service from other place

8/10 Good

ajit, mumbai, india

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Beautifully located hotel
Provides a lovely environment with quaintly designed cottages over canals, with lush greenery around. Comfortable rooms with good air-conditioning. Hotel is located next to a beautiful lake and a bird sanctuary.

8/10 Good

bijendra, san fransisco

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great experiance
Had a great time...

6/10 Okay

Umang, Mumbai

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was a good hotel.. very comfortable. Very good quality of services.

8/10 Good

Paul, Cardiff, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Interesting Stay in an Interesting Place
The hotel is composed of rustic cabins on stilts with lakeside or canal location. Ours had lake view and was close to the swimming pool. The facilities were good and we found the place as advertised. The staff were helpful and the choice of food at meal times was very good. There was free Wifi in reception which we used. We really enjoyed our short stay (2 nights) and would return without hesitation.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Value for money
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8/10 Good

Josemon, Kottayam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Sandeep, Chennai

Ok not that much great. Front desk is very helpful

6/10 Okay

V. Herur, Chicago

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nice hotel on Vemband shores
My mother and I spent one night there. It is nice enough - not very fancy, but quiet and clean. Dinner and breakfast was included in the price. The one restaurant there had tasty food. It is right next to the bird sanctuary and hotel guests have free access to it. The rooms are self contained cottages over little man-made canals, but some of the paths were very uneven and in the dark, one has to be careful when getting to the rooms. Otherwise, the staff were very pleasant, and our spa experience was relaxing. We also enjoyed sitting by the water and watching the boats and sunset.

6/10 Okay

Philip, Bangalore

Liked: Staff & service
Makes a passing grade.
The initial wow! of verdant greenery criss-crossed by landscaped canals soon gives way to the lack of attention to details and apathy typical of a government run place. Our bathroom did not have all the sanitary fittings in place, but the staff were quick to offer an alternative room when the issue was raised. The water in the canals has a circulatory system, which functions at sub- optimum level, causing stagnation in places.The waterfront hyacinth needs to be cleared or prevented like in the private resorts around. And probably the biggest downer is the food. Functional to say the least, but hardly authentic Kerala cuisine...smaller restaurants outside the resort do a much better job.

6/10 Okay

Andrew, New York, NY

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Last minute plans!
A friend and I were driving around in Aleppey when we decided to stay back for a day.. Went on Expedia looked up hotels nearby and KTDS was available and a little pricey than I would like to pay for KTDC. But it was last minute and options were limited.. So we booked it in seconds and landed up there in 15 mins, taking the reception staff by surprise..! But they were quick to work with us, up on their feet and promptly gave us the (best) cottage available etc. and in 10 mins we were checked in.. Left our bags and walked down to the restaurant for a beer and some snacks. Beer was flat, but food was relatively good.. Hung around for a while, went over to Taj for dinner (great ambiance, horrible food), came back and hit the bed. Woke up early and grabbed breakfast (was nice) and decided to take one of their boats and went on an hour boat ride in the lake. Was awesome, weather was good and the experience was memorable and worth the money (650 or something for the hour). Came back, ate at Tharavadu nearby (WOW!) and packed up and left. Staff was kind enough to extend checkout to 3 pm from usual 12 pm. Overall, experience was good. The property is huge and unlike other Kerala resorts with coconut trees, this one is heavily wooded, almost a forest spread over 100 acres. The cottages themselves were dated and rusty, but it was clean and so were the bathrooms (important for me). But the staff need special mention. They went out of their way to please. Will recommend!

8/10 Good

Vishwas, Bangalore

Liked: Staff & service
Nice property, but can be maintained much better
This property is right next to Vivanta Kumarakom. Technically this is much better property - bigger, has a bird sanctuary and canal in the property. But this is maintained just okay. You will see rusted, unpainted stuff everywhere. Rooms are not maintained – you can see the. Add to that their cable TV subscription had expired. Even with that, the property is best experienced at night as the view is breathtaking. This is certainly budget price when it comes to resorts at kumarakom. But had it been in the hands of private – it would have international acclaim.

8/10 Good

Payel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good
KTDC Kumarakom (Water Scapes) has a decent size property at the bank of Vembanadu Lake. There are 6 rows of cottages. All cottages are of similar quality (at least so from the outside). The exterior has wooden style and the interior is comfortable with all basic necessity. Only first row (numbered 101, 102 etc) of cottages have a clear view of lake, rest of the rooms are on the back side with canal view. Canal is artificially made small canals. Looks good, but not maintained that well. There's a swimming pool and restaurant, adjacent to the lake. Overall very nice resort, and comparably much cheaper than Taj Vivanta just next door.

8/10 Good

Avi

Value for money
Its a good resort and in the best location,since its government resort.Don't compare the room condition but there restaurant is good and have good varieties of food.In short its a value for money resort.

6/10 Okay

NIK, INDIA

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Value for money
Value for money. Great location. needs to be maintained better

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Try Some Other Hotel is Location Does Not Matters
The services are disappointing. Location is beautiful.