Best time to visit
Sep – Mar
Golden hour
Sunrise from a houseboat deck
Pro tip
Take a small country boat (shikara) — it reaches narrow canals houseboats can't.
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How to get there
By air
Cochin International Airport (~85 km)
By train
Alappuzha station (~4 km)
By road
Houseboats and shikaras leave from Punnamada and Finishing Point