Making of a Houseboat - house boats in kerala
House boats reservation - house boats in kerala are a heavenly experience. While enjoying your
houseboat tours of Kerala, you will have your much specialized schedule in
Kerala's unique houseboats kerala, also known as Kettuvalloms, meaning a boat
made by tying together the pieces of wood, helps the tourist in
discovering the spellbinding backwaters and lively villages of houseboats
kerala. The Kettuvalloms (houseboats) of Kerala are giant
country crafts, measuring up to 80 feet in length. These houseboats are
carved out of a single nail. They are designed for comfortable cruise and
overnight stay. The houseboats have all the creature comforts of a good
hotel including furnished bedrooms, modern toilets, cozy living rooms, a
kitchen and even a balcony for angling. Apart from exemplary outlook,
these houseboats are inordinately eco-friendly, as it is made of bamboo
poles, coconut fiber, ropes, bamboo mats, carpets etc. The kerala
houseboats that cruise these emerald waterways are an improvisation on the
large country barges which were an essential part of the land's ethos in
days gone by.
Leisure Trips In Store - kerala houseboats
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The
houseboats of today are used for leisure trips, but in olden days, these
Kettuvalloms were used for commercial purpose. Thus, these extravagant
houseboats take you along a vast network of lagoons, lakes, rivers and
canals and provide you excellent facilities of inland navigation.
Kumarakom is a center for houseboat cruises. The original Kettuvalloms
were used to carry tonnes of rice and spices from Kuttanad to the Kochi
port. But due to the large influx of modern day transport facilities,
these houseboat revived themselves as a luxurious entity. What is truly
magical about a houseboat ride is the breathtaking views of the untouched
and otherwise inaccessible rural Kerala that it offers - while you float!
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The ride in the houseboats tenders a closer look at the delightful rustic
life. The fishermen launching their tiny boats. Large flotillas of ducks
waddling down to the water- the beauty ready to turn into a poet's verse.
Come, check into a houseboat for the most amazing experience of your life.
Clickstart you epic journey now!
Have
you ever been in a houseboat cruising on the backwaters of Kerala? Well!
if you haven't then come and get the experience of the lifetime.
