India
Backwaters, slowly, and nothing much else
Alleppey is the usual starting point for the Kerala backwaters, and the backwaters are the whole reason to be here. The town itself is ordinary; the network of channels behind it is not.
The standard arrangement is a night on a houseboat and a night or two in a property on the water. We generally advise against two consecutive nights afloat: the novelty is strong on the first evening and thinner on the second, and houseboats moor at dusk by law, so the second day is shorter than people expect.
Stays
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Boarding at Alleppey, cruising the Vembanad channels
A converted rice barge taken privately for one night, with a crew, a cook and one to three bedrooms.
from ₹11,500indicative · per boat per night, one-bedroom, all meals and crew included
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On a channel outside Alleppey town
A small property of four to eight rooms on the water, with a garden running down to a channel.
from ₹5,400indicative · per room per night, two sharing, breakfast included
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alleppey
Two nights on the bank, one on a private houseboat, two more on the bank, and very little else arranged.
from ₹38,500indicative · per person, two sharing, excluding all flights
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