A home that will stay in your heart.Forever. Finding a safe and secure place to stay with your family can be quite adaunting task, especially when you are travelling with children to a completely new destination.Staying in hotels can be convenient but if you are interested in knowing about the local culture, life style and people,it’s always best to find a homestay.But before choosing a homestay,you must enquire whether they hold verification certificates from the Police, Panchayat,KTDCResponsibleTourismProgramand the StateHealthDept.and above all,you have to make sure that it is family-friendly.

Tourism is more of a passion than livelihood for Mr.Sunil,the man behind OrchidVilla homestay.That’s why he had left multiple occupations to pursue his dream tobwork as a tourist guide and later as a tour operator.A veteran in hospitality industry with more than a quarter century of experience in backwaters tourism, homestays and responsible tourism, he established OrchidVillaHomestay inVaikom in the year 2010 with his wife Mrs.Yamuna Sunil as a warm homestead to those travelers who are looking to experience Kerala up close and personal.Member of Kerala Govt.’s PEPPER Tourism program (People’s Participation for Participatory Planning and Empowerment through ResponsibleTourism)under the ResponsibleTourisminitiative, Mr.Sunil has transformed Orchid Villa in to a favored homestay in Vaikom for international travelers, over the ten years of its existence.