21hrs Houseboat Tour through Alleppeys Serene Canals & Local Life

Duration2 days

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LanguagesHindi, English

Private tourOnly your group will participate

Overview

Our overnight houseboat experience is thoughtfully designed for travelers who want to explore the most scenic and authentic canals in and around Alleppey. Unlike standard routes, this journey focuses on the best narrow waterways, offering close-up views of beautiful villages and a genuine glimpse into local backwater life.

About the Boat.
We use a traditional rice boat that has been carefully converted into a houseboat. This is ideal for guests who appreciate an authentic, while still enjoying comfort and privacy.

Authentic Kerala cuisine onboard.
During the tour, we serve freshly prepared, authentic Kerala meals. Enjoy traditional flavors made with local ingredients, giving you a true taste of the region as you relax on the backwaters.

Canoe Tour in Kuttamangalam Narrow Canal.
Another attraction is that we provide one hr canoe boat tour to have an experience of very narrow canals where either the houseboat or shikkara boat used to make a trip.

Options

Private 02 Bed Room Houseboat

About this 2 room Houseboat: Two separate AC bed rooms (AC from 7pm to 6am), attached bath rooms, common living and dining space, sun deck.
During Houseboat stay: Boat cruise thorugh village and canals in Alleppey, authentic local food, village walking, canoe boat tour, fishing etc
About Boat: Premium class boat, bed room including duet, top floor and sundec, AC in the night, wash room, towel, soap etc
Duration: 21 hours: Cruise from 12pm to 5.30pm with 1hr lunch break. No cruise from 6pm to 8am. Morning cruise from 8am to 9am.
Food: Start with welcome drink, authentic lunch, evening refreshments, next day breakfast and bottled mineral water.
Alleppey backwater and village

Private 01 Bed Room Houseboat

Premium boat : AC Bed room with wash room, living area cum dining, toiletries like towel, soap, one chef, driver & life saving equipments.
Activities during stay: Houseboat backwater cruise, open country boat trip for an hour, authentic Kerala food, village walk and local fishing.
Premium class: Boat classified as Dlx, Premium and Luxury. This is premium class service. AC available in bed room from 7pm to 6am.

Duration: 21 hours: Tour start at 12pm till 1730hrs with 1hr lunch break. Next day 8am to 9am.
Full board. : Traditional Kerala lunch, Evening refreshments, Dinner and next day B/F. Veg / non veg food available.
Cruise Alleppey backwaters.: Boat cruise through the canals and rivers in Alleppey. Kainakari village cruise, famous R Block & C Block is also covered.
Transportation.: Transportation is not required as this programme is in Houseboat.
Wooden traditional rice boat: This is a real old rice boat converted to a floating palace.

What's included

Lunch
Dinner
Breakfast

Alcoholic Beverages can be brought by you or we could arrange if you inform before boarding.

What to expect

Day 1: 21Hrs Aleppey Village and Canal Tour by Private Houseboat.

Alleppey Backwaters
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Arrival at boarding point by 1150hrs. Meet, receive and check in Houseboat at 12pm. Boat cruise from 1200hrs till 1730hrs with an hour lunch break.
• Punnamada kayal – river famous for Nehru trophy boat race.
• SNDP canal – one of the small canal in this trip.
• Pamba river – almost 150ft width river.
• Irumbanam Thod – best narrow canal.
• Munnattumugam – Where three canals joints together making very attractive and beautiful place.

1330hrs Lunch at Meenappalli Kayal – small lake in the middle of Aleppey backwaters.
Post lunch trip start at 1430hrs and continue till 1730hrs. Trip through some of the beautiful villages called Kainakari Village Venattukadu etc.

1530hrs to 1630hrs - Open boat narrow canal cruise - one of the best experience.

At 1730hrs, houseboat finally halt for overnight stay. Once the houseboat halted, guest can walk around till the sun set.

Evening Options and Activities
- Fishing in the lake and backwaters. (houseboats is having fishing roads)
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Kainakari is a small village in Aleppey. During your trip, you can experience local way of life as Kainakari is having many canals to connect with different places. Whether children going to school or locals go for a shopping, they need to use a public ferry service or a private water trasport like motor boat or canoe. All the se can witness during your through through Kainakari.
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A small place on the banks of vembanadu lake where you can see many local shops, fish selling ladies, toddy shop and ayurvedic massage centers.
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Kuttamangalam canal is a very narrow canal and famous among tourists where many local villages, paddy fields etc are located. The canal is very narrow and one need a small open boat to see this. Since many villages and paddy fields located here, you can experience an unforgettable Aleppey village experience. We have included 1hr open boat canal cruise thorugh Kuttamangalam in this trip.
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A nice small lake where we will provide lunch with scenic background.
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Aleppey known as rice bowl of Kerala. Houseboat cruise through the diffierent canas in Aleppey where both sides you can see beautiful green carpeted paddy fields. This we can see from Oct till Feb end. Mar and Apr is harvesting season and these fields become golden colour.

Day 2: Aleppey backwaters

Alleppey Backwaters
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Day 2 : Aleppey.
If the sky is clear, have a bed tea and you can enjoy a perfect sun rise from your houseboat. You can also choose a morning walk on the river side to see birds.
Morning trip start at 0800hrs and it cover part of the biggest vembanadu lake. Before your houseboat trip ends at 9am they will provide authentic Kerala B/F. Check out from houseboat and Tour ends.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

We will meet all the guests at this starting point, either directly or by a subordinate.

End point

We will meet all the guests at this starting point, either directly or by a subordinate.

Additional information

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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