A cochin houseboat ride is your best chance to see vallarpadom basilica, as well as the gorgeous vypin island. there are many small, but highly important and legendary islands located in kochi region. houseboats in cochin cover most of them. house boats cochin are extremely affordable for domestic as well as foreign travelers.. Visiting kochi for the day on a cruise, my pre cruise research indicated that a backwaters houseboat trip was a must; boy was this right!! the trip was booked on ship, but no doubt possible to organise yourself, though i found this way easier.. Cochin is a string of lakes, lagoons, coconut palm trees etc. a houseboat cruise in the backwaters of cochin is fun and exciting. enjoying the boat cruise on willingdon island and bolgatty island is one of the tourists attractions of cochin..
Cruise the palm-fringed backwaters of kerala on board a private kettuvallam, a traditional thatched houseboat typical to kerala. these houseboats have been plying the kerala waterways for centuries, connecting villages along the backwaters and transporting rice, spices and other goods.. Explore the backwaters of kerala by houseboat on a group tour specially designed for cruise ship passengers from cochin port. enjoy lunch aboard the boat in alappuzha, and then visit fort kochi to see the famous chinese fishing nets. benefit from pickup at the cruise ship docks at cochin port, and. Present day houseboats are huge, slow moving exotic barges used for leisure trips, and are in fact a reworked version of the kettuvallams of olden times. the original kettuvallams were used to carry tons of rice and spices. a standard kettuvallam can hold up to 30 tons of goods from kuttanad to the kochi port..
