ALLEPPEY HOUSEBOAT BOOKING

Have you ever gone cruising in a alleppey houseboat on the backwaters of alleppey? If you haven't, make sure you do. This one is really a amazing and unforgettable experience!

Now a days allepppey houseboats are huge, slow moving floating house used for leisure trips, and are in fact remake version of kettuvallams of olden times. The original kettuvallams were used to carry tons of rice and spices. A standard kettuvallam can carry up to 30 tons from alleppey to the Kochi port.

The rice boat is held together with coir knots. Not even a single copper nail is used during the building of the boat.. The rice boat is made of planks of jack-wood tied together with coir. This is then covered with a caustic black resin made from boiled cashew kernels. With careful maintenance, arice boat can last for generations.

A portion of the rice boats was covered with bamboo and coir to serve as a restroom and kitchen for the labours. Rice would be cooked onboard and supplemented with freshly cooked backwater fish from the alleppey backwaters.

When the modern trucks remake this style of transport, some one found a new way that would keep these boats, almost all of which were more than 100 years old, in the market. By building special honeymoon bed rooms to accommodate travelers, these boats cruised forward from near-extinction to enjoy their present great popularity.

Now a days these are a familiar sight on the alleppey backwaters and in Alappuzha alone, there are as many as 500 houseboats.

While remaking kettuvallams into houseboats, care is taken to use only good natural products. Orginal bamboo mats, sticks and wood of the areca nut tree are used for roofing, coir mats and wooden planks for the flooring and wood of coconut trees and coir for honeymoon beds. For lighting though, solar panels are used.

Today, the alleppey houseboats have all the creature comforts of a good hotel including furnished honeymoon bedrooms, modern toilets, cozy living rooms, a kitchen and even a balcony for good sightseeing view. Alleppey houseboats are powered by a 40 HP engine.Alleppey houseboat cruise is truly magical and breathtaking.

A Alleppey houseboat is about 68 to 105 feet in length and has width of 13 to 18 feet in the middle.The alleppey houseboats have fully furnished bed rooms,a living hall,a/c bed rooms(1 to 10 bed room),kitchen and spacious top balcony for new married couples for thier privacy.In addition there is also separate rest room for the houseboat crew.According to the choice of the tourist the cuisine will be traditional kerala,tamil style or north indian style.In one bed room of alleppey houseboat can accommodate maximum three members with an extra bed.According to thier requirements tourist can select number of rooms in alleppey houseboats.One night stay have two different package.

1st package -,Over night package(11.00am to next day 9.00am) with night time a/c(9.00pm to 6.00am) including lunch(white rice,vegetables,curd,papad,pickles,fish fry,sambar),evening(tea and snacks),Dinner(Chapati,dal,white rice,vegetables) 2nd package-Night stay package(5.00pm to morning 6.00am)including tea and snacks,dinner-Chapati,dal,white rice,vegetables,curd,pickles,breakfast(idali and sambar).Alleppey houseboat cruise for one day trip- 11.00am to 5.00pm) with lunch.