The resort offers two types of accommodation. The Floating Cottages, which are 6 in number and the Superior (Land) Cottages which are 22 in number.

Floating Cottages: As you disembark at the Poovar Island Resort, on the waterfront are 10 elegant floating cottages, each one connected to island by a bridge. Built on hollow lightweight concrete hulls, the cottages replicate traditional Kerala architecture. The cottages are built with Teak wood panels in a very traditional design & thatched grass roofs.The cottages are anchored to platforms of laminated ferrocement and are quite impervious to the light swells of the bay. There is a pleasant swaying sensation to lull you into a lazy doze on a bright sunny afternoon.The Floating Cottages are air conditioned with Hot water, Telephone & Tea/Coffee maker in the room.The Cottages also give you a breathtaking view from the private balcony facing the estuary. 

Superior Cottages:The resort also provides 22 land based cottages. The cottages are built on stilts on a moat and have private balcony with a hammock.The superior cottages are also air conditioned with T.V, Hot water,& Telephone. The rooms are done very tastefully with ethnic interiors to suit today's requirements.