Kerala - Gods own city Part II

This is my continuation of my Kerala trip, after we completed the trip from Munar. We had moved to Alleppey, to stay in Houseboat and to enjoy the backwaters of Alleppey and kumarakom. Kerala’s is famous for its unique nature charm, there are lots of other country people who regularly visit Kerala and enjoy the real charm of the Arabian Sea. The greatness in Alleppey and kumarakom is in its breathtaking backwater and beaches. There are so many other backwaters in Kerala they are kovalam, kotayam, Kozhikode etc.

This unique post will tell my experience with Alleppey and Kumarakom. Alleppey is been called as “Venice of East” because of great beauty of nature.

There are lots of different types of boats available to have a great look of the backwaters. The houseboat is available where you can stay for a day or two and enjoy the beauty of the water along with the nature and the motor boats and canoes are also available to go for a short trip visits.

These houseboats will be just like a house where you will have all amenities fitted inside. You will have a bedroom, dining room and so on. This would give you an enjoyable stay like a star hotel but on the river. We had taken a house boat for a day, which cost us around Rs. 8000 per day, provided with a driver and two or three cooks and house keeping people. 

They prepare very authentic Kerala style foods like karimeen fry and all other different type of sea foods are available. Before they start with the food, they would take the order from you. Advise then to use ordinary white rice otherwise you may have to adjust with the brown rice which is authentic Kerala style.

We had also visited the Kumarakom backwater; you could go to a bird sanctuary there with a boat which is located on the Vembanad Lake. The best eco-tourism, the kumarakom house boat stay and back water stay will be very pleasant when compared to Alleppey. 

You can also stay in some lake view resorts which will be nice with the great scenic beauty.

After this backwater places, you can also visit the Arabian Sea, where you will get a nice sunset snaps.

Other than this you could also have an Ayurvedic massage  which will give you a great relaxation and better health. This is a very tradition work in few parts of Kerala and if you get a good message center then you are lucky.