Saturday, 30 July 2011

Backwater tour in Kerala

Kerala is gifted with lovely beaches, hill stations, stunning backwaters, mind-blowing greenery, wildlife, bird sanctuaries and rich culture. Kerala Backwaters are the most popular tourist attraction in India. From elephants to colorful butterflies, Kerala is overflowing with the wonders of nature. Throughout the world, Kerala beaches are renowned for their breathtaking beauty.

God's own country has become a popular tourist destination for both domestic and foreign travellers. This travel portal is dedicated to the beauty of Kerala providing all the information you need to make your trip to Kerala a memorable one. Here you can contact travel agents offering Kerala travel packages customized to one's needs.

Backwaters of Kerala:

Kerala's backwaters are the most popular tourist attraction of Kerala. Backwaters are formed by the accumulation of sea water at the beach. As the waves moved to and fro, they made their way tearing the ground and forming backwaters. The backwaters are essentially inland lakes connected by a network of canals. The best way to enjoy the Kerala backwaters is to take a cruise on a Kettuvallam or the house-boat. The major backwaters in Kerala are -

Kollam Backwaters:

Kollam is virtually the gateway to the fascinating backwater life of Kerala. The regular ferry from Kollam to Alappuzha, a neat nine hours boat ride through the Ashtamudi Lake is one of the most intensive backwater experiences. Romancing the backwaters will be a pearl that you can treasure in the golden casket of your memories.

Alappuzha Backwaters:

Alappuzha Backwaters have a vast network of lakes, lagoons and fresh water rivers crisscrossing it.

Kumarakom Backwaters:

Renowned world over for the healing powers of its scenic beauty on the senses, leisurely life at Kumarakom Backwaters will revitalize you for the hectic life outside. Kumarakom Backwaters is an unbelievably beautiful paradise of mangrove forests, emerald green paddy fields and coconut groves along with waterways and canals filled with white lilies.

Kozhikode Backwaters:

In north Kerala, the cool backwaters of Kozhikode lay waiting to be explored. This old commercial town attracts travelers for its history, wonderful backwaters and leisure sports.

Trivandrum Backwaters:

Thiruvallam backwaters are popular for its canoe rides. Secluded beaches and the ancient historic monuments are the special attractions of Trivandrum Backwaters.

Backwater Trip by Bus:

Inter-state private and government buses operate between neighboring states. Usually the journey is performed in the night so that you can escape the heat of the day. The most common inter-state bus is Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC-Karnataka) with daily bus from most of Major cities of Kerala to Bangalore, Mysore and Mangalore. Tamil Nadu State Bus like SETC also operates regularly from Kerala. Kerala's State bus- KRSTC-Kerala does have regular Ordinary bus to most of nearby places in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. KRSTC-Kerala also operates a few Volvo AC bus to Bangalore and Coimbatore.

However Private bus players to operate more buses than Govt options. Most of them are well maintained. Kallada, Shama, KPN are the major Bus players, though recently Raj National and few others have entered with Pan India operations. Kallada, KPN, Shama etc have regular buses to Bangalore, Chennai and many other places in Tamil Nadu as well as Karnataka on various times

It is recommended that you consider booking long distance bus tickets on "Air Conditioned Volvo buses" operated by all operators as the quality of the other buses vary significantly. Bus tickets are easily available online. One can plan trip and do bus booking online online in advance. Online bus booking is an easy process which can save your time and price.

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