Monsoon rates from June to September · Boarding at our Punnamada jetty from 12 noon

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A day and a night on Vembanad

Boarding at noon, lunch on the move, the light going gold over the paddy, mooring at dusk, and the mist on the water at six the next morning.

04The two hours before the lake goes dark.

05One-bedroom overnight cruise · Sleeps 2 · AC 9 pm – 6 am · all meals

06Two-bedroom overnight cruise · Sleeps 4 · sit-out deck · all meals

07Three-bedroom family cruise · Sleeps 6 · two decks · all meals

08Upper-deck couples cruise · Sleeps 2 · open deck · lamp-lit dinner

09Day cruise with lunch · 11 am – 5 pm · Kerala lunch · up to 8

10Sunset cruise · 4.30 – 6.30 pm · tea and pazham pori

11Country-boat canal trip · 3 hours · narrow canals · up to 4

12Early morning lake trip · 6 – 8 am · birds and fishing nets

13Private suite boat · Sleeps 4 · upper lounge · own chef

14Five-bedroom group boat · Sleeps 10 · two decks · all meals

15Kerala lunch on board · Matta rice · kanava roast · per guest

16Appam and egg curry breakfast · Lacy appam · mutta curry · per guest

Fourteen boats, and crews who grew up on this lake.

Joseph Mathew launched our first kettuvallam in 2004 from his family’s jetty at Punnamada. Today we run fourteen boats, built by hand in Alappuzha yards, with cooks and drivers from the villages we moor beside.

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