The state of Kerala is located in the Southern regions of India. Kerala is spread to about 15000 square miles (38863 square kilometers) which is about 1 percent of the total area of the nation. This state is stretched along Malabar Coast for 360 miles (580 kilometers) on the southwestern side of Indian peninsula. The width of the area varies from 20 to 75 miles. Kerala is bordered by Karnataka to the north and Tamil Nadu to the east. The state of Kerala is certainly rich in the cultural and ethnic spots due to its diversity. There are religious and tourist places which is said to be the best option to view different architectural sculptures and paintings of ancient India.

Houseboat in Kerala
Houseboat or Kettuvallam is a kind of boat in Kerala. Kettuvallam literally refers to ‘bundle’ or ‘package’ boat. Kettu refers to ‘tied with ropes’ and vallam refers to ‘boat’ in Malayalam language. The length of houseboat is about 60 to 70 feet while it is 15 feet wide from the middle. It is made of wooden planks that are joined and stitched together by coconut fiber ropes. The wood usually used of ‘Anili’.

The covering of roof is made of bamboo poles and palm leaves. The outer body of the boat is duly painted by cashew oil for outer protection. When the road and rail transportation are quite expensive, usually the sailors use houseboat as an ideal means of transportation in inland waterways. In these houseboats, there are enough facilities of food and sleeping available for the tourists. Today, there are luxury houseboats available as a day and overnight cruise which is specially recommended for honeymooners. Public boats are also available there as the main public transport for short distances. Although they are crowded, noisy and uncomfortable, but they are good for traveling in short distances.

Kerala houseboat tourism
In the Kerala luxury houseboat, you will get instant services relating to dinning, location view, and accommodation and having comfort. Early morning in houseboat will give you sipping of bed tea/coffee around 6:30 hrs when you can enjoy the backwater sunrise. Around 8:00 hrs, you can have breakfast which include the option of bread, jam, omelets or you can choose any south Indian cuisine like dosa, idly with sambhar and chutney along with tea/coffee. There are number of travel sites to book Kerala backwater tourism by selecting any one from Kerala Houseboat menu.