Houseboat Cochin
from Rs 3000 per hour
What once used to be busy canals, with farmers ferrying produce to and from the markets is now swamped with tourist rides and houseboats. Kochi’s backwaters stretch for kilometres, dotted with lakes, lagoons, brackish bogs, estuaries and mangroves.
The rides are operated between 10am and 5pm, on a kettuvallom. It is a traditional rice boat, held together by ropes and coir knots. Paddy fields and enchanting canals greet you as you allow yourself to be steeped in countryside life. The boat is under 100ft in length and 18ft at its widest, in the middle. There is space for resting, and a bathroom on the houseboat.