Kumarakom Houseboat

Kumarakom Houseboats is an essential experience when you visit Kumarakom, a cozy backwater area known as the Land of Lakes,Lagoons and Backwaters in Kerala. While looking for the best and scam free Kumarakom Houseboat Tour, the best place you can search for the same is Kumarakom Houseboat site.

What is Kumarakom Houseboat

The Kumarakom Houseboat are constructed with the traditional Kerala and Kumarakom houseboat carpentry principles and techniques of boat building by the local carpenters using ‘Anjili’ wood. The famous Kerala Coconut Coir ropes are used for fastening the wooden planks together. All Houseboat in Kerala have thatched roof covers over wooden hulls.

Most of the latest Kumarakom Houseboat designs have incorporated 3 bedrooms with European style toilets, a living space and kitchen. The new Houseboats in Kumarakom have modern amenities like satellite TV and DVD player, Air-Conditioning etc.

Presently Kumarakom houseboats have been designed to meet the Green Palm/Gold Star Government quality Certifications by the Department of Tourism, to maintain the standards of Kerala houseboats.

Types of Kumarakom Houseboat

There are many types of Houseboats are available in Kumarakom & Alappuzha like single bedroom houseboat, double bedroom, three bedroom houseboat, four Bedroom, five bedroom, six bedroom, seven bedroom etc. Houseboats are either air conditioned or non airconditioned, but if you want enjoy your Kumarakom Houseboat Cruise you should rent only air conditioned Houseboats, otherwise it will not be comfortable at night.

These Kumarakom houseboats can be categorized as Budget, Deluxe, Premium and Five Star Houseboats. The basic service available on all categories of Kumarakom houseboats are same as overnight stay in the houseboat, food and beverages and cruising through the Kumarakom backwaters.

Kumarakom Houseboats can be categorized on the basis of the size of the bedroom and hangout, quality of furniture’s, backup of the air conditioners, services of the staff, quality and choice of food, cruising time, quality and maintenance of the houseboat and infrastructure, bathroom facilities and other SPA luxuries.

In Kumarakom Premium Houseboats with five star services are also available, so that the guest will have additional facilities like swimming pool, health equipments, Ayurveda SPA and also can have their food and beverages. These type of Kumarakom houseboats are luxurious and will be a wide difference in the tariff of Houseboats.

Normal Kumarakom Houseboats are equipied with a bedroom, attached bathroom, sit out/porch with few easy chairs to enjoy the sightseeing and a small kitchen and an attached bathroom for the staff.

How The Kumarakom Houseboat Package Tour Works

A traditional Kumarakom Houseboat Package (Day & Night Cruise) usually starts at 11:30 hrs, with a warm welcome drink of fresh tender coconut water. The houseboat tour begins after a short introduction, you can relax and enjoy the canals rivers and Kerala backwater. Around 13:30 hrs houseboat will stop for lunch, and you can enjoy a traditional Kerala cuisine meal or the the meals as per you advance order.

After the lunch (14:30hrs) the backwater tour will continue through the lake and you can watch rivers and canals with palm trees and traditional Kumarakom houses near to it, villages paddy fields, churches, temples etc. During your Houseboat Tour, you can check out and experience of Toddy( soft liquor made from Coconut). Also you can also buy fresh prawns or crab or Karimeen from local fishermen from the shore or from the Lake itself and the houseboat chef will prepare it for your dinner.

The houseboat houseboat will anchor in an isolated area in the lake by 18:00 hrs till next day morning 07:30 hrs. Most of the time the houseboat will anchored near to the Lake shore, so that you can stroll in the riverside and walk through the villages. Also you can enjoy a marvelous sunset in the evening. The Dinner will be served as per your convenience.

In the next Morning 06:30 hrs Bed tea / Coffee will be provided, enjoy the sunrise and breath pollution free air . Breakfast at 08:00 hrs which include bread, butter, jam together with Kerala Iddaly Dosa etc.

09:00 hrs is the time for you to check out the Kerala Houseboat Tour and leave with an ever lasting beautiful Kumarakom Backwater Houseboat Tour Package memories.

Kumarakom Houseboat Scams

The Kumarakom Houseboat tour may be magical but may go wrong and you will be scammed if you do not check the details thoroughly. Major type of rip-offs are:

• At the time of booking you were shown a newly built yellow thatched roof covers but you are checked in to a old and gray covered houseboat.
• You are promised an overnight stay on a tranquil section of the backwaters. What you get is a mooring close to the main port.
• You are not sharing the houseboat with anyone. Then you discover you are and the captain swears blind you were told.
• You have air conditioning on the boat. As night falls the air conditioning does not seem to work, thereby saving the owner from having to run the generator.
• You are promised costs are all included and you find you have to pay more for food or for the air-conditioning.
• You are promised fresh fish but you have to pay for it.

How to Avoid Kumarakom Houseboat Scams

The best ways to avoid a scam is as follows

• Never expect newly built roof but concentrate on the qualities of interiors, food and bedroom.

• Book your Kumarakom Houseboat Package directly from the houseboat owner or through a Kumarakom Resort Package

• Don’t be sold by Cheap Rated Kumarakom Houseboat advertising

• Please ask for a latest picture of the Kumarakom Houseboat
• Ask the Kumarakom Houseboat Operator to supply a detailed itinerary before booking
• There are many Kumarakom Houseboat agents works for their commission only, so before booking houseboat ask for their profile.
• Before booking Kumarakom Houseboat package collect details of included food items and other menu items on order and their rates.

If you take some precautions You can r Enjoy the scenic backwater life on the Kumarakom Houseboat.

There are many advertisers who offer Kumarakom Houseboat for cheap but maintain no quality in service.

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