Category: Alleppey (Alappuzha) / Kerala Backwaters

The Kerala backwaters are one of India’s most iconic landscapes — a vast network of lakes, canals, rivers, and lagoons stretching along the coast between Kollam and Kochi, at their heart the shimmering expanse of Vembanad Lake near Alleppey and Kumarakom. This is the world of houseboats and rice paddies, of coconut groves reflected in still water at dawn, of kingfishers and herons and the slow procession of kettuvallam moving between the palms. Alleppey is the gateway: stay on the water, eat the fish, watch the sunset on the lake, and understand why Kerala calls itself God’s Own Country.