Traditional kettuvallam houseboats with one to eight bedrooms, sailing the canals, lakes and paddy fields of Alleppey, the Venice of the East. Planned around your time and your budget.
Kettuvallams once carried rice and spices along these waterways. Built entirely from natural materials, they now carry travellers instead.
Budget House Boats Kerala (BHK) is a venture of Wonder Cruise Holidays, operating from Alleppey since 2005. Our fleet sails as family houseboats, honeymoon houseboats and corporate houseboats, and every cruise is planned around your time and budget.
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Five houseboats, from a cosy kettuvallam for two to an eight-bedroom floating villa. Every overnight cruise includes lunch, evening tea, dinner and breakfast.
*Starting prices per overnight cruise with all meals. Final rate depends on season, dates and number of guests.
Step aboard your kettuvallam to a welcome drink of fresh tender coconut.
A traditional Kerala lunch, vegetarian or with fish fry.
Tea or coffee with banana fry, as village life drifts past the deck.
Watch the sun go down over the water. An evening visit to Alleppey beach is available at extra cost.
A candle-light dinner of chappati or rice with dal, or chicken curry for non-vegetarians.
On A/C boats, the air-conditioning runs from 9 pm to 6 am.
Bed coffee or tea, then bread, butter, jam and egg, or idli and dosa.
Back ashore, rested, with the backwaters still in your head.
Traditional Kerala, North Indian and Jain food, with a fixed menu cooked on board by your chef. Premium boats serve a richer menu: hot & sour soup, prawn fry, butter chicken, payasam, and fruit salad with ice cream.
Family houseboats, honeymoon houseboats and corporate houseboats for meetings, conferences and parties on the water.
Backwater resort → Houseboat → RK Museum & beach
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Kanyakumari → Kovalam → Houseboat → Munnar → Cochin
Cochin → Munnar → Alleppey houseboat → Cochin
No time to stay the night? Houseboat and Shikara cruises by the hour.
→ From ₹2,499Airport and railway pick-ups, transfers and drives anywhere in Kerala.
→ Save 10–30%Partner resorts in Alleppey and Munnar, plus group and first-timer discounts.
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