Many leisure options are present at the beach side like sunbathing, swimming. Herbal body toning massages, special cultural programmes and catamaran cruising are some of them. Life on the beach begins late in the day and carries on well into the night. The beach complex includes a string of budget cottages, Ayurvedic health resorts, convention facilities, shopping zones, swimming pools, Yoga and Ayurvedic massage centres.

Accommodation facilities are present from five-star hotels to budget hotels which can afford from rich to poor, food varieties also range from Continental varieties to South Indian delicacies.

Thiruvanthapuram which is the capital of Kerala is 16 kms away from Kovalam.