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Budget Houseboats in Alleppey

 Budget Alleppey Houseboats Budget houseboats have A/C bedroom with attached bathroom, living area and kitchen. In this class A/C will operate in bedroom from 9pm to 6am only. For more details please visit   Alleppey Houseboat.org  

Kerala Houseboats, kerala boat house, kerala houseboats

    The Houseboats of Kerala are a new addition to the travel and tourism of the state’s backwaters. These crafts, measuring up to 120 feet in length, retrieved from the age old cargo vessels of the State. Once they ruled the backwaters, poled along by one or two men, heavily loaded with rice, coconut and other commodities. But in the recent times, these big vessels have been replaced by more and modern modes of transport, relegating them to neglect and decay. But like the phoenix it again raises to the attention of the modern world, with a difference – this time the cargo is comfort and rippling relaxation. It takes great skill and meticulousness to construct these giant houseboats by tying huge planks of jack wood together. Curiously enough, not a single nail is used in their making of a houseboat. There used to be an entire clan of artisans who were involved in house boat construction. Today, an innovative holiday idea has restored these majestic representatives of a unique culture