Kerala Backwater Tours- Most Popular Backwaters of Kerala - By: Amit Kothiyal

If you are looking forward touring to Southern India, then it’s always better to go for Kerala Backwater tour program. There can be no comparison to Kerala Backwater tour as it provides you opportunity to view the accumulation of sea water at the beach. The best and the key highlight of Kerala backwater tour is it serves as one of the 1001 best attractions of the world, and even takes you to a mesmerizing voyage to virgin green countryside.

While enjoying your Kerala backwater tour, you can enjoy some of splendid scenes like shoals of ducks that pass by or even the rippling sound of water waves of backwater. Today backwater in Kerala plays the most vital role in the industry of tourism of Kerala and even features some of the most popular destinations. This season, if you are planning for family holiday or even romantic honeymoon, opting Kerala backwater tours won’t be wrong idea at all as it provides opportunity to feel the magic of the mystical backwaters of Kerala. The destinations mentioned below are some of the most popular destinations that you must explore during your Kerala backwater tour:

Alappuzha - Alappuzha is one of the exotic backwater tourist destinations of India's southern state Kerala. Interlocked by a number of canals and bridges, this small tourist paradise is famous for its Nehru Trophy boat race held every year. Imposing buildings of a colonial past along with beautiful landscape, temples and churches are some of the major attractions that you can enjoy while cruising through its backwater. Popular for its boat races along with a region called Kuttanad, the backwaters of Alappuzha reasonably bask in the warmth of ample tourist attention every year.

Trivandrum- Trivandrum is yet another place that you would love to tour. The intricate lagoons and the dense tropical vegetation lined along the rivers are few features that you would love. In fact, the widespread backwaters of Trivandrum provide the picturesque view of soothing greenery. However, the major attractions of Trivandrum backwaters are Kanakakkunnu Palace, Padmanabhaswamy temple and Sanghumugham beach.

Kottayam –Best known as the land of three Ls – Lakes, Latex and Letters, this backwater destination is another place that too provides opportunity viewing various beautiful sceneries. The renowned Vembanad Lake constitutes Kottayam’s magnificent backwaters, a famous tourist attraction. Nevertheless, this beautiful city also has a number of tourist attractions besides the serene backwaters such as St. Mary’s Church, St. Joseph’s Monastery and Ettumanoor Shiva temple. Your tour to Kottayam is just not finish, unless you visit this spots.

Kumarakom – This tourist heaven is more like a cluster of little islands and situated on the banks of the famous Vembanad Lake. Cruising in the backwater of Kumarakom is all together different experience as it offers visitors different sort of leisure options. Multi-hued birds and luscious freshwater fishes along with blooming flowers are few different faces of nature that you would enjoy. In fact, this destination allures tourists from all over the world every year because of the migration of different exotic birds.

Cochin – Counted among the finest natural harbors in the world, enjoying your tour to backwater of Cochin provides you opportunity enjoying the breathtaking view to its lush green lawns sloping down to the water's edge. The backwaters is generally extended from east and south of the harbor and contain numerous tiny islands formed naturally over a long time by alluvial deposits from the rivers that empty into them. However, the key attractions that you must explore are Dutch Palace, Chottanikkara temple, Cheeyappara and Valara waterfalls, and the ancient Roman Catholic Church of Edapalli Perunnal.

Kozhikode- This place is an important and scenic town in North Kerala. The bustling Kozhikode backwaters promise you enchanting holiday experiences. Here you can sail along the Kallai River and Canoli canal on your Kozhikode backwaters tour and enjoy a romance filled holiday surrounded by a soothing green cloud. In fact, you can also sail through the Kadalundi bird sanctuary situated on an island on the Kozhikode backwaters. Apart from all these, some of the other major attractions that you can also explore are Pazhassirajah Museum, Art Gallery and Kappad Beach.

Today all across Kerala the merging of clear water of rivers and salted sea water has given birth to backwaters. Enjoying Kerala backwater tour opportunity to get up close with the local life residing on the shores and get familiar with different delectable flavors of Kerala.

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