Super Luxury Houseboats In Kerala

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Offer

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Travel Agent

Location

Kochi

City

Kochi, India

Last update

February 21, 2020

The houseboats in Kerala, south India, are huge,
slow-moving, exotic barges used for leisure trips. They are a reworked model of
Kettuvallams (in the Malayalam language, Kettu means "tied with
ropes", and vallam means "boat"), which, in earlier times, were
used to carry rice and spices from Kuttanad to the Kochi port. Kerala
houseboats were considered a convenient means of transportation. The popularity
of Kettuvallams has returned in the function as major tourist attractions. Such
a houseboat is about 60 to 70 feet (18 to 21 m) long and about 15 feet (4.6 m)
wide at the middle. The hull is made of wooden planks that are held together by
ropes of coconut fiber; the usual wood is 'Anjili'. The roof is made of bamboo
poles and palm leaves. The exterior of the boat is painted with protective
coats of cashew nut oil. Lake Queen started operations in 2011 and continues to
be the best chosen house boat in Alleppey.