Kerala Backwaters: Alleppey Houseboat & Kayaking
★ 5.0 (1)📍 Alleppey· by Namma Trip
Highlights
- ✦ Overnight houseboat moored on Vembanad lake
- ✦ Sunrise kayaking through the village canals
- ✦ Fort Kochi's Chinese nets and Jew Town
- ✦ Kathakali performance in Kochi
- ✦ Toddy shop lunch with karimeen fry
- ✦ Alleppey beach and the 1862 pier at sunset
Quick facts
- Group size
- Up to 16
- Transport
- train, tempo-traveller
- Stay
- hotel, homestay
- Difficulty
- easy
- Duration
- 4D3N
- From
- Bangalore
What's included
Stay
- ✓ 3 night(s) stay — hotel, homestay
Food
- ✓ Meals as listed in the day-wise plan
Transport
- ✓ AC tempo traveller / bus from the boarding hub
- ✓ All local transfers, tolls, parking and driver charges
Team
- ✓ SoloTrips-verified trip captain throughout
- ✓ First-aid kit and emergency support
Not included
- ✕ Meals not listed in the itinerary
- ✕ Entry fees and camera charges unless stated
- ✕ Personal expenses, tips and anything not in inclusions
- ✕ Travel insurance
Day-wise itinerary
Day 1 — Train to Ernakulam, Fort Kochi⌄
Overnight train from Bengaluru, arriving Ernakulam mid-morning. Walk Fort Kochi in the afternoon — the Chinese fishing nets, St Francis Church, Jew Town and the spice markets — with a Kathakali performance in the evening.
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🏨 Homestay, Fort Kochi
Day 2 — Kochi → Alleppey, houseboat night⌄
Drive down to Alappuzha and board the houseboat by noon. The afternoon is spent cruising the Kuttanad channels with lunch cooked on board, mooring in the middle of Vembanad lake for dinner and a night on the water.
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🏨 Houseboat, Vembanad lake
Day 3 — Sunrise kayaking and Alleppey⌄
Off the boat at sunrise into kayaks for the narrow canals the houseboats can't reach — village life, church bells and paddy fields. Afternoon free in Alappuzha, sunset at the old pier.
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🏨 Homestay, Alappuzha
Day 4 — Kuttanad cycling and return⌄
A morning cycle through the below-sea-level paddy fields with a toddy shop lunch stop, then the evening train back to Bengaluru.
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Cancellation policy
| Cancel before | You get back |
|---|---|
| 15+ days | 90% refund |
| 7+ days | 50% refund |
| 3+ days | 0% refund |
Refunds processed within 7 working days.
About the organiser
120 trips completed · since 2020 · ★ 4.2
Namma Trip is a young Bengaluru outfit focused on longer Kerala itineraries — backwaters, Varkala, Munnar — with fixed four-day departures around public holidays. Verification is still in progress on SoloTrips, so their departures carry a pending badge until documents clear.
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★ 5.0 · 1 reviews
★ 5 · Beautiful, and well run
Sunrise was worth the 4 am start. Everything from pickup to drop was on schedule and the WhatsApp group before the trip made it easy to settle in.