The Best Houseboat Tour Servicing Places Kerala
Kerala’s backwater is one of the most amazing unique ecosystems. It is well known for its labyrinthine emerald backwater that is forms a wonderful tourist route to explore the wonders and attraction lying in and around the state.
The ecosystem of backwater in Kerala forms one of the most stimulating and inspiring unique atmosphere of scenic beauty with surrounding background all covered with palm and coconut trees. Travelling along its 900km long waterway formed by small lagoons and canals along with the fresh water of streams and rivers of the Western Ghats give a pleasure of freshness of mind, body and soul.
Among those that form the backwater, the largest body found is the Vembanad Lake that flows through Alleppey and Kottayam joining Kumarakom and other nearby neighboring areas with it and opens out into the sea at Kochi port. And these areas are the main region where Kerala houseboat tourism mostly takes place and Ashtamudi Lake, the second largest backwater stretch which forms the backwater of Alleppey offers the longest cruise. Thus Alleppey is often known as the gateway to the backwaters of Kerala.
In most of these regions, you will find the small house like cozy boats floating grandly on the backwaters. These are the beautiful houseboats Kerala that serves as the best transport means for tour in backwater. They are the giant country crafted boats with the original and traditional style measuring about 80 foot in length. This traditional houseboats made by some pieces of wood become one of the most expensive travel boats nowadays. It offers excellent world class facilities with luxury sets of rooms for stay on the backwater.
These houseboats are the great demand of tourist at present and are limited due to increase in number of visitors. There are the luxury houseboats that offers beautiful wooden ceiling with overlapping logs to give it a contemporary feel with A/C bedrooms each located at the exact height of the window to give the best view of the surrounding scenic environment by simply lying on your bed. Thus the houseboat exactly resembles home and it gives the pleasure of home living at the same time thrill of sightseeing the beautiful sceneries. Some houseboats also gives facilities for onboard which includes chess, caroms, scrabble, playing cards, fishing, painting, library and also high end music systems for those who love listening music, like these there are unlimited excitements possible even within the houseboat that creates the perfect atmosphere for recreation and outing fun but each houseboats according its facilities and services vary in prices.
The houseboats in Kumarakom Kerala are sought out as one of the best among the various houseboats of the state. They are much cheaper and offer multiple facilities. Not only these there are lots of excellent houseboats in Kerala, search for the best one that will suit your budget and your purpose. Than plan a trip with your friends, family or individual and enjoy to the full.
Abhay is an eminent analyst and writer in Travel & Tourism related topics. He has authored many books on tour guide for Kerala Backwater Tours and Houseboats in Backwater.