Taking a Houseboat Tour on the Kerala Backwaters
We finally made it to Kerala and that means taking our first houseboat tour on the Kerala Backwaters!! We decided to spoil ourselves and get a private houseboat tour so that we could fully relax and enjoy the backwaters as much as possible during our one day in Kerala. In this video we share with you what it's like to take a private houseboat on the Kerala backwaters and also give lots of information on how to plan your own trip here! A houseboat tour in Kerala really is an exceptional experience, so we hope this video is a helpful guide to the Kerala backwaters in India that can be used by anyone traveling in India and planning this awesome backwater adventure :)
We based our houseboat tour out of Alleppey, Kerala, which is a really popular spot for tourists in India to explore the backwaters from. We were able to take the train here from Goa and easily organized a houseboat tour once we arrived in the town. If you are a foreigner in India and are headed to Alleppey, definitely plan to spend a night on a houseboat to make the most of the trip, because in our experience, there isn't too much else to do in the town. For anyone in India, Alleppey is absolutely worth visiting just for the Kerala backwaters, but if we were planning your trip to the backwaters, we would recommend just two nights (one night before your houseboat tour, and one night on the houseboat).
It is hard to believe it, but this is our last stop in India!!! Houseboating on the Kerala backwaters was the perfect way to round out our trip in India. It has been a whirlwind and we have seen and learned so much in our 6 weeks here. We are already dreaming of where we will visit the next time we are in India, but for we are heading to a new country that we CANNOT wait to share with you!
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== Chapters ==
0:00 Welcome to Kerala!
1:11 Finding our houseboat in Alleppey
3:00 The Alleppey Backwater houseboats
4:13 Tour of our private houseboat
7:03 A little our of place in the private houseboat
9:00 What are the Kerala Backwaters?
10:53 Incredible South Indian food for lunch
13:46 Cue beautiful backwater drone shots
15:33 How is it already evening?!
16:44 Grateful for the grey sunrise
17:18 Traditional Kerala breakfast
18:25 How we booked this private houseboat tour
19:05 BIG surprise in the next video!
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Hey there! We are Nicole and Mico, full-time travel vloggers searching for adventures all around the globe. In March 2021 we quit our jobs, sold our belongings, and hopped on our first ever one-way flight leaving our home country #Canada. We believe #travel builds understanding that reaches across culture, language, and boundaries, and we want to share our experiences as we create connections all over the world. If you like learning about unique places, new cultures and different foods, then come follow our adventure as we explore all our beautiful planet has to offer.
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The only country to have glaciers, mountains, hills, seas, gulf, lakes, rivers, ocean, desert, plateau, plains, valley, waterfalls, forests, deltas, canion, greenery and others. Mother nature poured all her wealth here.
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
India has everything 🥰
@raptorgaming7242
Жыл бұрын
A perfect continent for living from ancient times. When west and Southand North countries were under ice age. Peoples in Indian sub contient living peaceful life.
@chinmoyroy2644
Жыл бұрын
Many countries have all of these. USA for example has very diverse topography.
@karthikeyan1152
Жыл бұрын
We have islands too
@BESTTUBEGLOBAL
Жыл бұрын
@@chinmoyroy2644 No tropical rain forests in USA.
Thanks to you guys , we have now booked the exact same boat for our Kerala backwater tour, in April. Being able to see the condition of the boat and the friendly staff made it a easy decision for us , thanks for your hard work and efforts 👍🏻🇬🇧
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
Oh that's so good! You guys will have an awesome time!
@nagarajgosukonda3381
Жыл бұрын
how nice....welcome to India, if you arent Indian. April could be pretty hot..be prepared but is should be manageable.
@akshatrao1818
Жыл бұрын
Please visit India, but April and May would be very hot season. I don't know Whether you will be able to that heat.
@abeygeorge4526
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, well, many comments about the heat in Kerala but actually, being from Kerala, we don't have extremes of temperature....the temperature is almost always the same...so it might be pretty manageable
@Chaos_152
Жыл бұрын
@@akshatrao1818 it's the coastal areas dude. Temperatures are milder and also they want to experience the heat as they are experiencing the coldness there.
Our Kerala is very very beautiful...so happy to have you here...pls visit again ❤️🌟
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
The beauty is that there is no destination to reach like other cruises operate . Just disconnect and experience the calmness. Kerala is one of the top 52 destinations in the world to visit in 2023 as per New york times recent list.
@sunny-tg3uo
Жыл бұрын
that is the most India Anti India media ever seen. BBC and AJ don't even come close.
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
Wow that's so cool!
@esther41693
Жыл бұрын
It was top 10.. Y only top 52
@arjunraj823
Жыл бұрын
@@esther41693 That was Nat geo list few years back. This is Newyork times 2023 list.
@esther41693
Жыл бұрын
@@arjunraj823 ok 🥺🥰🤩🤗
Wow this looks so fantastic!! I’m definitely going to do a houseboat cruise even if I am a solo traveler. The views, the river life, the food…thanks for sharing this.
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
Yes definitely! I believe there were options to book onto boats that would be shared as well in case you wanted to meet some other travelers 😁
@booklover555
Жыл бұрын
@@user-yt9yw6uf4m Yes, I recently did visit and will be returning to the backwaters area in another week for the houseboat cruise and a homestay along the waterway.
Indian is very different from north to south , east to west. India has 5 seasons, we have desert, snowy mountains, beaches backwaters and hillstation. It's one of most geographically diverse country in the world If you're in India now, in the month of January. You can go to Thar desert in rajasthan, and just 924km from the desert you can visit a city in Himachal Pradesh called "Shimla". It's a hillstation where you can experience snowfall It's insane that after you travel 924km you will literally go from a desert to snowy hillstation city😂 That's how insane India's geography is!!
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
That's so cool, thanks for sharing!!
@santhoshv3028
Жыл бұрын
@@vineegaming yes . Do you have any problem?
@santhoshv3028
Жыл бұрын
@@vineegaming north india ? Did i said anything about which part they serve ? 😂Don't make fool yourself here.
@tharakarama8373
Жыл бұрын
@@vineegaming why
@keriddunk1520
Жыл бұрын
Nope China and USA has more geographic diversity places than India . Don't BS
My family comes from Kerala although I grew up in Delhi. It’s a shame that I never took a houseboat ride. As for me, visiting Kerala is more about visiting family and of course food! It’s amazing to see you guys enjoy. As I now live in Germany and whenever people ask me what I miss about India, I say the food. As you guys mentioned you overate. I feel the variety and taste of Indian food, you cannot find it anywhere else.
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
Kerala must be a great place to have family! The food in India is truly unmatched 🤤
@madhurisajith
Жыл бұрын
@@nicoleandmico it so is! Summer vacations were always peaceful and calm. I actually just came back a month ago from Kerala after visiting my family in Kochi. Can’t wait to see where all you guys will go in Kerala. It feels like I am there with you guys!
@onion_bagger
Жыл бұрын
@@madhurisajith I relate to you so much! I come from Kerala too, but was brought up in Gurgaon and visiting Kerala for me has always been about spending time with family as well and haven't had a chance to explore as much.
@madhurisajith
Жыл бұрын
@@onion_bagger haha girls trip 😂 with a stranger.
@onion_bagger
Жыл бұрын
@@madhurisajith hahaha lesssgoo😂
Hi Nicole and Mica, your anchoring and smily face throughout the video makes us so happy while watching your content. Thanks for showing beaty of our country.
I love this new format of the videos!
This is such a cool way to explore the area. So relaxing and peaceful. Definitely worth it.
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
We agree!
Now that looked fantastic what a way to travel thanks for sharing keep enjoying yourselves 👌👍
Love your vlogs! Keep up the good work❤️❤️
This has got to be one of my favorite specialty excursions along with Patagonia and Wadi Rum night camp that you guys have done. Really cool experience and that was an insane amount of food that looked like you barely made a dent in it.
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! It was such a good way to see a new place. It's a bit out of the way in India but definitely worth it in our opinion 😊
One very fun activity to do in Alleppey is kayaking on the backwaters at sunset time. Absolute fun experience.
Oh my gosh I loved this video 😍 I am adding this to my bucket list. It looked so magical.
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
Yeah it was so relaxing too! We could have floated down the river for ages and be completely content ☺️
Thank you for showing beauty of my place to the world. Am from Alleppey ❤️❤️
Welcome to kerala Love from kuttanadu ❤
Great video as always loved it
We are very happy to see you in Kerala.We make our place clean and hygine.❤️❤️
Same things anyone can do in Sundarbans in both part India and Bangladesh but it includes Jungle Safari on a boat , you can see spotted deer, wild boar, wild hen , moniters some kind of lizard and different types of birds , crocodile and if you are so lucky you can see the Royal Bengal tiger and Dolphin it's rare to spot them .
Love you guys, thoroughly enjoyed the coverage of house boat stay overnight,
It was so soothing guys. Great job.
First one ❤️❤️ 🤞 i liked your all vlogs i just wann say amazing 🔥🔥
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
Thanks a ton!
Wow, that’s incredible! I never knew about Kerala and I will definitely be adding that to my wish list! Such a cool and unique experience! Would be so cool to get on a boat house for the first time in India
@webabhi
Жыл бұрын
I am sure you wouldn't have heard of a ski resort called Gulmarg in India. The maximum temperature there is minus 5 degrees Celsius.
@webabhi
Жыл бұрын
I am also addicted to the cinema of Kerala and have seen 100 films from Kerala here are my top 10 Kerala films you should see 1) Angamaly Diaries (2017) 2) Ee Maa Yau (2018) 3) Anantaram (1987) 4) Guru (1997) 5) Traffic (2011) 6) Munnariyippu (2014) 7) Maalik (2021) 8) The Great Indian Kitchen (2021) 9) Android Kunjappan ver 5.25 (2019) 10) Esthapan (1980) There was a Kerala film called Veyilmarangal (2019) it was as good as the Korean Film Parasite.
@LukeGeeTravels
Жыл бұрын
@@webabhi must be in the north then? Such a contrast to the rest of the country. One day I will visit India!
@webabhi
Жыл бұрын
@@LukeGeeTravels India is 10 times the size of Former Yugoslavia and 15 times more diverse. It is also more united since 1991.
Happy that you enjoyed here. Come again..
Your vlog brought back memories of me visiting Kerala with my family, hiring boat and spending night there in backwater. Food served on boat was awesome. Another awesome place is Munnar. I wish I can revisit Kerala. Happy journey.
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 🙂 Glad we could remind you of a memory you enjoyed 😊
Great vlog…you guyz ooze goodness and good things happen to good people😊
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Simply 😊! ! Thanks! ✌️
Great content Nicole and Mico! Love to you see you guys together on your fun adventure.
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
Awesome. Just awesome
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
Finally you accepted my suggestion welcome to kerala🌴
Absolutely amazing
So nice. Real beauty of india😍
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! It was so gorgeous there
Beautiful video love to watch your video so much love you guys ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Congratulations to you guys in Kerala, India this week in January of 2023❤❤❤
Welcome to kerala guys❤️❤️
Thanks for visiting our Kerala, you have to will come back again 💖☺️👍👍❤️
Adding this to my bucket lists 😊
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
100%! We loved it and it was well worth the time and money to get here 😀
I love the cinema of Kerala my favorite directors from Kerala are G Aravindan, Adoor Gopalakrishnan. Padmarajan, Shaji Karun, Dileesh Pothan and Lijo Jose Pellisserry. I have seen more than 100 Kerala films and my top 10 Kerala films are the following: 1) Angamaly Diaries (2017) 2) Ee Maa Yau (2018) 3) Anantaram (1987) 4) Guru (1997) 5) Traffic (2011) 6) Munnariyippu (2014) 7) Android Kunjappan ver 5.25 (2019) 8) The Great Indian Kitchen (2021) 9) Maalik (2021) 10) Esthapan (1980)
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
Amazing list! Thank you for sharing! 😄
My favourite destination 😍 must enjoy the night ambience in backwaters with the sound of birds , water and the reflecting moon light 🌖
Welcome to kerala😍💯
Amazing. We experienced it along with you. Thanks ❤️
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
THE DRONE SHOTS ARE REALLY COOL😍😍
loved the vlog
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
Love from Varkala, Kerala 🥰😉
Nice video...Love my Kerala ♥️🌴🌴🌴🌴
Thank you for this work brother.....With ♥️ from kerala🌴
I have been out on the Backwaters & it is a great experience. For those who have never been to India, think about it!
I'd recommend you to visit Himachal Pradesh (Shimla, Manali..), Uttarakhand, Ladakh, Rajasthan (Udaipur, Jaisalmer), Northeastern states, Andaman & Nicobar Islands in your next trip to India.
Wow .Magic..
VIDEO IS SUPER! GOT ME ALL EXCITED TO VISIT GODS COUNTRY, THE WONDERFUL KERALA
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
Yay! That's awesome. We're so glad you liked it!
Wonderful Vlog about Backwaters of Alleppey. If you are exploring Kerala, kindly do visit Munnar, Thekkady, Vagamon, Wayanad, Kasaragod, Malom, Silent Valley National Park, Thalassery and Ranipuram. Worth Visiting Places especially now during Winter Seasons. Weather over there is very pleasant and cooler.
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@sauravkumarchand9691
Жыл бұрын
@@nicoleandmico Most Welcome 🙂❤
i been to allapy... your video makes we want to go back there again!.. argh
Another place in Kerala with a looot of fun activities is Thekkady. God, I miss kerala
Recently found your channel...loved the content and editing. There is lot to explore in kerala. Am from kerala.
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 🙂
@Aman_Singh285
Жыл бұрын
Can you tell me price of this boat
@josephraju7223
Жыл бұрын
@@Aman_Singh285 he booked for 9000
@Aman_Singh285
Жыл бұрын
@@josephraju7223 thx😊
@josephraju7223
Жыл бұрын
@@Aman_Singh285 bro you should bargain get low in off season not much
Kerala is beautiful, I would request you to do visit Uttrakhand if possible. Beautiful Mussoorie, Rishikesh and Lansdowne are also good. Manali in Himachal Pradesh is simply something surreal if you visit in January.
Nice vedio. Welcome to Kerala again 🙏💐
@nicoleandmico
3 ай бұрын
Thank you! 😃
yay! another video of random foreign people visiting India! lol j/k - i've subscribed folks! 😀✌ but there are only SO MANY hours in a day, its so hard to catch up with vids I need to watch...you two look like a cool foreign couple though so I subscribed.
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
Hahaha thanks! Glad to have you join us! Hopefully over time you're able to catch up on the videos that interest you 😊
Amazing Views 😍
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
It is very beautiful 😍
please make more videos of India !!!!!!! very nice videography.
🌧🌧Rain season /mansoon season is best time to visit in Kerala july August
My Kerala ❤
Wecome to Kerala ❤
Happy to see your video💞 its our home keral💞
Love from kerala ❤️
You can explore Kerala further , you will enjoy it very much like this one too. Another hidden gem is Coast of Karnataka , just neighbour state of Kerala and also Hampi , historical kingdom of South. Also I expected you to visit Some Hindu temples in India but you didn't. If you are still in India in South , visit some excellent temples or historical place in South , it's our culture.
Your video is like a festive season videos 📸 i liked your voice and video
Going there is a super experience, I got good food there, good behavior of the people there, some good memories there.
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
That is so great to hear!
Stupendous shoot guys, KeeP Traveling...
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
The place showed, Kuttanadu is one of the 2 places in the world where the cultivable land is few meters below the sea level and the lake water is at a higher level and is separated from the land by broad bunds and by constantly pumping water out, here if you observe carefully, you can see paddy cultivation is below the level of the water in the canal. nowadays water is pumped out. my grandfather is basically from there and in those days wooden blades(chakram) were used to pump water out manually 24 hours/day. 24/7. The other place where cultivable land is below the sea level is Holland.
you may have noticed the spirituality in people of Kerala South India. that is because India is the birthplace of spirituality. South India being protected by ocean from all sides it has not been invaded or ruled as many times as north India by foreigners. that is why culture art craft music dance architecture everything blossomed without being affected too much by outside influence. classical music and dance of South India are legendary and take years to be good at. Carnatic music is the most complex music on this earth. if you visit South Indian state of Tamil Nadu you will see many beautiful architecture made of granite rock thousands of years old been through earthquakes and still standing in one piece.
@aparichitthestranger7907
Жыл бұрын
We North Indians have been unfortunate to have been invaded and looted so many times. It hurts us till date💔
@sebinsebastian9404
3 ай бұрын
Seriously bro? We have some serious powerful army, like we defeated dutch at battle of culachil. At time Dutch was most powerful navy in world.
Great vlog. I would suggest going for a walk through the village when the boat is docked. The good thing about Kerala is that you can easily interact with villagers and listen to their suggestions. Kerala is known for its village and responsible tourism, which made it listed in NY Times the greatest place to travel.
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
That's great advice, thank you!
your editing really cool..!!!
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
'The Finishing Point' is actually the finishing point of 'The Nehru Trophy Boat Race', which is Indias most famous boating event. Snake Boats are raced along the canal course, containing as many as 50 people!
Come on from India with love ♥️
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! 😄
man 9000 is cheap.. 1 night stay.. Free Meals.. and the experience.. worth it..
welcome to kerala , do visit the capital Thiruvananthapuram ,Padmanabhaswamy temple ,kovalam beach , sanghumugam beach ,ponmudi ranges
Welcome to Kerala 🌴🌴🌴
Kerala is the best state and best people
If you are still in Kerala. Try staying in a tree house. There are some really good ones especially in the jungles of Wayanad
Super❤️
17:19 At home we call that Puttu breakfast "Cement" because its hard to swallow & requires a lot of water to eat.
Cool ! Good thing u guys enjoyed a lot and ik that u guys really love adventure stuff, well u r in right place , why don't u just spend some time to see hill stations, jadai statue , Lulu mall, waterfalls... Anyways next time( _well i seen your videos from past 2 months about india but tourism visa is only for a month_ ) u visit to india , try some adventures out ❤️🔥🙏 . Lots of love sending from Kerala to two awesome couples💛🧡..
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! We were lucky enough to get a multi-entry for visa where we are allowed to spend 6 months in the country within a year of when we arrive. It's pretty great!
@eternal1967
Жыл бұрын
@@nicoleandmico that's awesome 🔥
DAL LAKE in KASHMIR also has Stunning HOUSEBOATS ... !!
Love from kerala kochi ❤
When/if you visit India again and if you are able to visit Kashmir then, then definitely give the house boats in Dal Lake a try... They are really a different experience altogether as well...
you have to try beef rost or fry and parotta(not paratha or roti which is what it looked like in the video), appam and chicken curry, and thatuakada chicken fry, semyia payasam (dessert), Kerala Fish Curry and rice, Kerala prawn curry and nice pithari, duck curry and kalappam, squid ring fry and rice, puri and potato subzi. bf curry and rice.
My favorite states/UTs are Ladakh, Himachal, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh. Those Himalayan states are something much more special.
wow I don't think I could ever do that. because they would have to call the police to get me to leave!!! :) looked amazing! out of curiosity were alot of mosquitoes when you were sitting on the top??
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
Haha yeah we had such a hard time leaving the boat! It was very relaxing and so enjoyable to see where the rivers and canals lead to. Also surprisingly there weren't very many mosquitos at all. We put on bug spray when we docked but they were never an issue so no complaints 🙂
It is called finishing point as there is a snakeboat race in August of every year and this area is the finishing point for the snakeboat race..
enjoy guys no worry
Just loved your video ❤❤❤ Although i am watching first of any of your videos, you people are just calm and perfect as our Kerala nature😊😊.. Hope you have time to visit Munnar too... If not please come again and explore our land once more.... With Tons of Love❤❤❤ From Gods Own Country 😊 Subcribed👍
👍❣ ....from Kerala
❤ gods own country ❤️
Nice💕👍👍
In India very beautiful place and good people also in Kerala❤. Not only house boats there is very good water falls in Kerala
Love your vlogs! Keep up good work👍 love from kolkata🇮🇳🥰
@nicoleandmico
Жыл бұрын
Thanks a ton!
You should come to Sikkim. Best time to visit right now.
guys as you are in kerela please don't forget to try out lakshadweep or andaman and nicobar islands they are like maldives of india you will regret it if you miss it please don't
Nice👏