I and my office friends booked a boat house through Antilog Vacations.Reason was that we booked a whole tour package covering Thekkady and Munnar as well Moreover , a good travel agent gives u some discounts on hotels,houseboats etc It was a wonderful experience in the God’s Own Country.

About the Boat

It was a three bed room boat house. The boat was very neat, every room has a king size bed with attached toilet. The toilet was clean, each room was air conditioned and an open space roof top was available on each rooms.. It was only 1 hour travel from the station to Allapuzha house boat. The staffs were very active and we were given welcome drinks on arrival. The Boat house has 1 kitchen and a lobby like place apart from the rooms. The Lobby was fully furnished with chairs, sofa, dining table and a satellite TV.

The Tour

It was an immense pressure to travel along the back water lake surrounded by green trees every where on both sides of the lake. There are so many villages on either side of the lake. They provide food for all the three times in the stay, they have veg and non veg which is too good. There is a market in the middle, you can purchase big size lobster or Curry fish or fruits etc. You can ask the staffs to prepare the stuff you bought from the market. They stop the boat for fishing. I caught a big fish from the lake which is the first time in my life. We enjoyed our night stay in the boat with the music.

Kerala Houseboat : Difficult to trust boat operators ?

Though I found that houseboat people are difficult to trust.They normally try put people in worst houseboats if u approach them directly & not so professional as well.Houseboat experience can easily turn into a nightmare ( as we saw with one NRI ) who were seen quarreling with a fellow boat owner over the room * houseboat condition.If there is a no intermediary between you & boat owner , you can be in a soup.They don’t believe in repeat customers as they have enough business in seasons.Thankfully we dint faced any of such hassle.

Pricing & Overall - Satisfactory

The price was reasonable, we 9 people stayed with all the foods included for only 10,000.. The hospitality of the staffs is Ok; we had a home feeling through out our tour. Please don’t travel in the summer season, its too hot. The best time to travel in the house boat is from Dec to March. The cost during the season time is little bit high when compare to normal times.

Overall , services were good but I did not found it any different from any other houseboats in the vicinity.Its kindda same.The only thing is that they market it