Full fledged Tourist Cruise Boats
The houseboats of Kerala have become one of the most exciting tourism products in. Modern house boats are huge, slow moving, exotic barges designed for sheer leisure trips. While these huge barges, measuring up to 80 - 90 ft in length, were traditionally used to carry cargo goods and are called Kettuvallams, the modern houseboats have furnished bedrooms, modern toilets, living rooms, kitchenettes and balconies.
The kettuvallams provide the tourists an opportunity to glide along the calm and serene backwaters watching rural Kerala and to experience God's Own Country in all its glory.
Sections of the curved roof made of wood or plaited palm leaves open out to provide shade and allow an uninterrupted view of the backwater country.Modern house boats have been designed to meet the Green Palm/ Gold Star Certifications by the Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala, which has recently enacted regulations, stipulating the standards of Kerala houseboats.
The kettuvallams provide the tourists an opportunity to glide along the calm and serene backwaters watching rural Kerala and to experience God's Own Country in all its glory.
Sections of the curved roof made of wood or plaited palm leaves open out to provide shade and allow an uninterrupted view of the backwater country.Modern house boats have been designed to meet the Green Palm/ Gold Star Certifications by the Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala, which has recently enacted regulations, stipulating the standards of Kerala houseboats.