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Marari Beach Resort

Marari Beach, India

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Marari Beach Resort

Marari Beach Resort is a 30-acre hotel on the Keralan Coast, perched on golden sands, shaded by fruit trees and coconut groves.

Its 62 private villas are thatched with coconut leaves, and their design reflects the region’s traditional villages that form the backbone of the community. Spend a morning picking fresh fruits from the hotel’s four-acre organic garden and savour them over a candlelit dinner watching live music.

Or simply lose yourself in a book by your private pool after a day on the beach. Marari Beach Resort is praised for its service and traditional charm and is the ideal getaway from India’s bustling cities.

What we love

For such a large resort, your villas offer privacy and seclusion, and private pools allow you the opportunity to relax in your own space
The beach is clean and beautiful - no smoke-emitting watersports are allowed, and there are relatively few hawkers to bother you while you’re sunbathing
The hotel puts all its efforts into sustainability and the environment, having won awards for its schemes to collect fresh rainwater, treat sewage and compost waste from their own homegrown vegetables
There are three naturalists working at the property who can guide you around the Kitchen and Butterfly Gardens
There are no end of activities to enjoy, from tennis to volleyball, yoga to spa treatments, even pick fresh fruits from the hotel garden to enjoy with your meals

Breakfast finishes at 9:30 am, but this at least gives you more time to focus on the day ahead

Mosquitos come out after sunset, so you’d be well advised to bring some repellent

There is an active community of fishermen on the beach so choose your sunbathing spot carefully if you don’t wish to be disturbed

Families are welcome, children under 5 stay free and extra beds are available for all rooms on request

Marari Beach Resort is a CGH Earth hotel, all of which are lauded for their eco and community credentials. They are working with a women’s support group in Marari to produce handwoven bathroom linens, and are reducing their use of plastics. The hotel has also won environmental rewards for solar-driven water heating and rainwater harvesting scheme, to its sewage treatment programme

Located by the coast on beach road, a 20-minute drive from the town of Alappuzha, and a 3-hour drive from Cochin International Airport

What our travellers say

We went to Sri Lanka as a three-generation family of three. The superb trip was organised by Samanthie and the team and it's difficult to see how it could have been bettered.

Roy Wood (February 2026) Read the whole review here Google

Red Dot organised the most wonderful 3-week holiday for us. Samanthie built a trip around the amazing sights we had requested visiting, together with her own suggestions and a wide mix of hotels, which gave us the flavours of both traditional Sri Lanka and the sleek, stylish contemporary version of the country. Our Driver made the whole experience incredibly special for us.

Alie C (February 2026) Read the whole review here Trip Advisor

I can’t thank Cherylle and the Red Dot team enough for their meticulous planning of our family holiday to India travelling through Rajasthan over Christmas. As a family of all adults, every suggestion from daily activities to hotel choices was simply perfect. We travelled through Delhi, Ranthambore (an unforgettable tiger safari!), Jaipur and Agra and I truly feel we experienced the very best of each destination while moving at a relaxed, well thought out pace

Daisy Stanton (February 2026) Read the whole review here Google

My partner arranged a holiday trip at fairly short notice to Sri Lanka with Red Dot on a recommendation, Samanthie was so patient & helpful with her suggested itinerary which we followed with some minor amendments. On arrival at Colombo we met Manjula our chauffeur/guide who was absolutely brilliant!

Andrew S (February 2026) Read the whole review here Trip Advisor

Dulmini and the Red Dot Team arranged a fantastic trip for us around Assam and North East India. Faultless service. I cannot recommend them more highly.

Martin Thomas (February 2026) Read the whole review here Google

Wonderful company. Our holiday in Sri Lanka was perfect. Local knowledge made all the difference

Sandra Nicholson (February 2026) Read the whole review here Google

We looked up, and communicated with umpteen tour operators. Though Red Dot seemed to have offices in Sri Lanka and the UK, they seemed to have the best reviews. We were fortunate enough to correspond with Cherylle, who not only assured us of the safety of our friend, but created a personalised, and flexible, itinerary which we could not have done ourselves.

Jayant Banerji (February 2026) Read the whole review here Google

A 14-day tour with Red Dot Tours was the perfect antidote to the bleak UK winter. After a glowing recommendation from a friend, we contacted Red Dot Tours and were not disappointed. Our consultant, Lahiru, curated a seamless itinerary. Throughout the planning phase, Lahiru was incredibly responsive; the final itinerary—delivered via a user-friendly 'Guest Portal'—was impressively detailed, covering every hotel stay and excursion.

Phil Blair ( February 2026) Read the whole review here Google

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