Kerala Houseboat Backwater Cruise

by Michael smith
(New Delhi)

Situated on the southern tip of India along side the sapphire Arabian Sea, Kerala is an Indian state and globally famous tourism destination.

Tourists from all over the world visit Kerala, better known as the God’s Own Country, from all over the world. There are copious options for tourism in this small but beautiful Indian state. Beach tourism, cultural tourism, hill station tourism, backwater tourism, monsoon tourism, etc are the very popular tourism options available in the state. Backwater tourism is the sizzling side of Kerala tourism.

Backwaters here are the wide network of lakes, rivers, canals, lagoons, etc. Backwaters are rich its flora and fauna and provide wonderful opportunity to enjoy excellent ecosystem.

But one cannot explore the unique charm of nature at backwaters without planning a houseboat cruise over tranquil and serene backwaters. Kerala house boats (traditionally known as Kettuvallams) are prime attractions of scenic backwaters.

A Kerala Houseboat Cruise though the vast stretch of scenic backwaters (palm fringed waterways) is indeed an incredible & delightful experience of lifetime. Large Kettuvallams have been converted into luxury houseboats for enjoying cruise over scenic backwaters of the state.

Houseboats are excellent in accommodation with well furnished bed rooms with attached bathrooms, modern kitchen with chef, dining space, and sundeck. Houseboat stay provides facilities like luxurious hotels. Rightly houseboats are phrased as the “Palace on Waves”.

A houseboat cruise takes you into the unique world of wonders where you will experience serenity and peaceful ambiance. You will have wonderful opportunity to see ancient Chinese fishing nets, rare species of water birds & aquatic animals, water flowers, lush green paddy fields, coir villages, rural side, ancient temples, coconut groves, etc in and alongside the backwaters onboard your houseboat cruise.

Kerala house boats are of different types such as, AC house boats, Non-AC house boats, Deluxe House boats, Double Storey House boats, single to 4 bed room house boats, etc. If you are budget travelers, there are budget houseboats for you. So, do not be afraid of Kerala houseboat cost.

Houseboats are ideal for parties, celebrations, conferences, family vacation or honeymoon holidays. Honeymoon couples from all over the world prefer to celebrate their honeymoon holidays onboard house boat because the houseboat stay offer them great ambiance and facilities for their honeymoon holidays along with amazing sightseeing. House boat honeymoon holiday is truly romantic and worth deserving for couples.

A houseboat cruise generally operates in day and in the night houseboats are anchored and parked in the lake. Alleppey, Kumarakom, Kollam, Kuttanad, Kottayam, Trivandrum, Fort Kochi, Fort Bekal, Kozhikode, etc are prime destination of Kerala which are known globally known for beach and backwater tourism.

These all destinations are uniquely blessed with superior and copious nature and never fail to grab the heart of visitors. These places are dotted with several lots of attractions which are ads-on to backwaters tourism of Kerala house boat tour. These destinations are severed as the starting and the ending points of Kerala house boats cruises.

Well, book your house boat trip and get ready to treasure enduring delightful experiences. There are several cruise operators or tour operators which offer houseboats in kerala India.


Michael Smith is an eminent analyst and writer in Travel & Tourism related topics. He has authored many books on tour guide for houseboats kerala and houseboat kerala. Now he is rendering his services to http://www.keralahouseboat.org/