kerala HouseBoat tours
The Kerala Houseboat is the perfect way to experience the calm and unique ecology of the Kerala backwaters. Our office in Cochin on the edge of the backwaters works with all the different houseboats and can offer anything from a one day stay to a month long cruise through the whole backwater system.
The houseboats of Kerala are unique to this area of India and were the historic method for transporting rice and other trade through the aqeous centre of Kerala to the ports on the coast at Kollam, Aleppey and Cochin. In the last twenty years, the boats have been converted to take visitors through the small canals and villages that still inhabit this road-less and car-less world. From your daybed in the bows of the boat you can watch the traditional life of backwater and can enjoy the morning, Kerala continue on this much as it has done for centuries: women washing from the ghats before their houses, farmers shepherding thousands of ducks, paddy fields being flooded and washed or the night fishermen fishing by their lights.
Aside from using the enquiry form, please feel to call the sales and information team on
(0091) 98957589 91 / 92 / 93
Emergency Phone Number (0091) 9895758994
to gather more information and advice. You can also call us in the UK on0044 (0) 131 516 8225
A Selection of our Houseboat Tours
- 1 Night houseboat cruise from Alappuzha to Kumarakom
- 1 Night houseboat tour from Alappuzha to Alumkadavu
- 2 Night Houseboat Cruise (starting from Alappuzha)
- 2 Night Houseboat cruise Alappuzha to Kumarakom
- 2 Night houseboate cruise from Alappuzha to Alumkadavu
- 3 Night Houseboat cruise starting from Alappuzha
- 3 Night cruise from Alappuzha to Kumarkom
- 3 Night house cruise from Alappuzha to Alumkadavu
Relaxing Tours
What we know as Kerala houseboats used to be used to transport rice and other heavy agricultural produce from the backwaters and the coastal ports like Alleppey or Kollam. In the past twenty years, more and more have been transformed into tourist boats that offer luxurious accommodation as you travel slowly through the Kerala Backwaters.
Typical facilities include:
- Double rooms in a two room- apartment houseboat
- Sitting room, and small Sundeck
- Attached bathroom with European Toilets
- Common living area
Most houseboats are single or double roomed and sleep 2 to 4, tho the most romantic sleeping space is under mosquito nets on the small sundeck waking with the dawn and the distant call of the temples and churches that dot the backwaters.
All your food is cooked for you by the crew and combines local fish such blackspot, tiger prawns and scampi as well as curried dishes, daal and rice.
The rhythm on the boat is slow like the pace of life on the backwaters as you navigate through the narrow waterways watching Indian village life in a constant moving panorama before you.
Overnight stays from Alleppey
A typical overnight stay on the houseboat starts at Alleppey around midday. After buying fish from a local fishmonger you leave the 21st century behind and gently motor for an hour before tying up for a lunch of freshly grilled prawns or fish.
Our 24 hour Houseboat from Alleppey
Longer stays on a Houseboat
A two or three day house boat stay will take you deeper into the backwaters.
A flavour of staying on the boat...
It is difficult to summarise what it is about the rice boats that makes a stay so exciting and pleasurable
Kerala Houseboat Enquiry Form
Alappuzha Houseboat
1 Night Houseboat Cruise from Alappuzha to Kumarakom
1 Night aboard a beautiful houseboat departing from Alappuzha and visiting the nearby backwaters before cross Vembanad Lake to Kumarakom.
The houseboat is a converted rice-barge.Reclining on cushions and drifting through quiet canals, you'll pass through paddy fields grazed by ducks, floating markets, local toddy shops, temples and churches.It will take you along the lake, backwaters, canals, meadows, coconut groves,villages and paddy fields.If interested you can get down to land for a walk for visiting the villages or to relax at the coconut groves.It has an uplifted platform with a bed, behind the captain,to see around the place.It will halt at lake side for night stay.You will have a captain,oars man,and a cook with you on the boat.Ask the captain for fishing rods.The cook will prepare your catch. Click on 1 Night Houseboat Cruise from Alappuzha to Kumarakom for further details.
1 Night Houseboat Cruise from Alleppey to Alumkadavu
1 Nights aboard a beautiful houseboat departing from Alappuzha and visiting the nearby backwaters before cross berthing at Alumkadavu Click on 1 Night Houseboat Cruise from Alleppey to Alumkadavu for further details.
2 Night Houseboat Cruise Alappuzha to Alappuzha
2 Nights aboard a beautiful houseboat departing from Alappuzha and visiting the nearby backwaters Click on 2 Night Houseboat Cruise Alappuzha to Alappuzha for further details.
2 Night Houseboat Cruise from Alappuzha to Kumarakom
2 Nights aboard a beautiful houseboat departing from Alappuzha and visiting the nearby backwaters before cross Vembanad Lake to Kumarakom Click on 2 Night Houseboat Cruise from Alappuzha to Kumarakom for further details.
2 Night Houseboat Cruise from Alleppey to Alumkadavu
2 Nights aboard a beautiful houseboat departing from Alappuzha and visiting the nearby backwaters before cross berthing at Alumkadavu Click on 2 Night Houseboat Cruise from Alleppey to Alumkadavu for further details.
3 Night Houseboat Cruise from Alappuzha to Alappuzha
3 Nights aboard a beautiful houseboat departing from Alappuzha and visiting the nearby backwaters Click on 3 Night Houseboat Cruise from Alappuzha to Alappuzha for further details.
3 Night Houseboat Cruise from Alappuzha to Kumarakom
3 Nights aboard a beautiful houseboat departing from Alappuzha and visiting the nearby backwaters before cross Vembanad Lake to Kumarakom Click on 3 Night Houseboat Cruise from Alappuzha to Kumarakom for further details.
3 Night Houseboat Cruise from Alleppey to Alumkadavu
3 Nights aboard a beautiful houseboat departing from Alappuzha and visiting the nearby backwaters before cross berthing at Alumkadavu Click on 3 Night Houseboat Cruise from Alleppey to Alumkadavu for further details.
our Kerala Houseboats
Angel Guardian
Two bedroom houseboat with Air conditioned bed room and European style closets, well equipped kitchen, in board engine for quieter operation and wood panelled corridors Click on Angel Guardian for further details.
