Heritage Hotels in Kerala

Heritage Hotels in Kerala

The serene backwaters along with the luxuriant green rice paddy fields make Kerala no less than an accepted wonder. The "God's own country" Kerala offers visitor a delightful trail of exciting tourist destinations which offers you attractive glimpses of large array of flora and fauna.
Like other Indian tourism you will be flabbergasted to see the rich heritage and culture of the region best reflected in its string of traditional festivals like Onam, Thrissur Pooram, Christmas etc which are celebrated with unmatched enthusiasm and religious feeling.

Kerala Houseboats

One of the foremost attractions of Kerala is its traditionally designed houseboats made from bamboo poles and coconut fibers. Moreover, today several of the houseboats are reckoned as finest hotels in Kerala provided that guests an environment of great soothes with all recent services that you could ever think of.

Other most important attractions of these floating hotels in Kerala are its spacious bed rooms which are pleasingly designed. As you stay in these beautiful large houseboats you get to see and feel the scenic gorgeousness of the coastal areas and the ripples of lagoon waters. Just like other hotels in Kerala you get access to a balcony whereby you can simply relax and enjoy the pretty view of the local villages and towns.

For food lovers, a voyage through the houseboats of Kerala also offers unrivaled dining experiences. From tasty Continental breakfast to genuine Indian lunch you have broad plethora of choices to make your plates full.

Luxury Hotels in Kerala

Kerala tourism has embarked upon striving projects to endorse the famous heritage hotels in Kerala. Among such hotels in Kerala, talk about needs to be made of Keraleeyam Heritage Home in Alleppey. Built nearly 70 years ago, this hotel provides the guests an environment of great comfort with all modern facilities.

32 tourists drown in Thekkady reservoir

More than 32 tourists on board a double-decker boat owned and operated by the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation were killed when it capsized in one of the deepest zones of the Mullaperiyar dam reservoir in Kerala’s Idukki district around 5 p.m. on Wednesday. The toll would possibly be higher, according to informed sources.

A rescue team had recovered 26 bodies till 8 p.m. Two persons were rescued alive.

The rescue operation was continuing late into the night. Four tourists who were rescued in a critical condition died later. There were five foreign tourists, of whom two died.

A total of 82 persons were travelling in the boat, named ‘Jala Kanyaka’; 60 of them belonged to one group from Karnataka. The boat left the jetty around 4 p.m. and capsized some 7 km away.

All the 60 persons from Karnataka had come in a tourist bus to Thekkady as part of their tour of Kerala. Preliminary investigation revealed that the accident took place when a large group of tourists on the upper deck rushed to one side of the boat to see animals spotted on the forest fringes. In the sudden movement, the boat overturned. All the 82 tourists in the boat were thrown into the water. Twenty persons, who were mostly on the upper deck of the boat were rescued by boats sent in by the KTDC, the Forest Department and the Tamil Nadu PWD.

The rescue operations were hampered by the spreading darkness and the distance of the accident spot from the boat landing centre. The area where the boat capsized was about 100 feet deep and the shore had wild animals such as elephants.

The helpline numbers are: Thiruvananthapuram Control Room – 0471-2331403; 0471-1331639 and 0471-2333198. Control Room, Kerala House, Delhi: 011-23342320; 011-30411500.

http://beta.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article27040.ece

Thekkady Tourist Boat 'Jalakanyaka' Accident

Thekkady, Kerala, 2009 Sept 30 : In one of the major accidents in the history of Kerala, 2 people were killed as a tourist boat capsized in Thekkady Lake at Manakavala in the Periyar Wild Life Sanctuary this evening.

According to control room here, altogether 76 people, including two crew members were in the boat when the accident occurred.

Despite the adverse weather conditions and poor light, the search was on to find out any more bodies, sources said.

34 people killed in the tragic incident were identified as:

Three natives of Trissur district in Kerala are Sirsith, his wife Susheela (both settled at Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu) and their relative Vimala.

Shaliha (30), Parthu Sharma (17), Alka (18), Pradeep Kumar, Rinu Kumar, Hareendra Singh (45) and Sangeetha( all from Delhi).

Sunil Kumar, his daughter Sai Manasi(from Hyderabad), Ravindra Varma (Guntur).

Elakya (13), Prakritheswari (9), Sandhya (20), Vijaya (17), Dharani, Jayaprakash, his wife Sandhya Jayaprakash (all from Periyakulam), Sneha (12) from Madurai and Arun Kumar (42) and his child( from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu).

Adithya (27), Sudha (35), Vijayaprakash (44), Rahul (8), Soorya Prakash(45) and Rajasekhar(all from Bangalore in Karnataka).

Anoop Bhandari, Deepak Kumar, Das Nirmal (61), his wife Kalpana Das (60) and Das Meera (35) (all from Kolkata).

Control Room Telephone Numbers: 0471 2333198, 2331639