Kumarakom the most popular tourist destination in the world...Kerala is known for their panoramic backwaters widen, blossoming green paddy fields, high ground land and beaches. The main backwater stretch lies in Kottayam district, where a set of connections of rivers and canals unfilled into the great area of water called the Vembanad Lake. Located at Kumarakom 16 km from Kottayam town, the Vembanad Lake, a charming picnic spot and a fast increasing backwater tourism destination, offers boating, fishing and sight seeing experiences that are truly thrilling.
The Kottayam district located at a distance of 76 kilometers from Cochin international airport, Kerala, south India, is one of the most exciting backwater places in the state. The place and its surrounds make for a beautiful tourist attraction with its vistas of green hills, mangrove forests and coconut groves interposed with waterways, offering excellent opportunities for Aqua Tourism.
And Kumarakom is a peacefully beautiful and scenic backwater destination, a delightful neck of land jutting into the ever-effervescent Vembanad Lake that is dotted with plenty of traditional rice boats and canoes, leaving a scene that is greatly pleasing to the eye.
At what time nature is all you need to recuperate, Kumarakom is certainly one of the most invigorating and fascinating places to unwind in Kerala. The slender coconut palms standing here, there and everywhere, its never ending paddy fields, meandering lagoons and backwaters and mangroves with nestling birds of a hundred varieties will all serve to calm and inspire your mind.
The backwater houses a selection of species of both flora and fauna. It’s rich in marine life particularly the special Kumarakom karimeen or pearl spotted fish, konju or tiger prawns, njandu or crabs, chemmeen or prawns and many more. As and when the monsoon winds bring rain to the shores of Vembanad Lake, Kumarakom gets transformed into a rich fertile land. The streams and lagoons break their banks to nourish the shrubs that sprout from every available space. The place is renowned for its mangrove shores and the bird sanctuary.
Kumarakom is well-equipped with a range of luxury and budget resorts with unique leisure options like ayurveda massage, yoga, meditation, swimming, fishing and boating. The adventurous could indulge in water sports such as wind sailing and water skiing. You could even take a canoe out into the quiet lake, and armed with a fishing rod, catch your own supper. The local spring season emerges from August and coincides with the harvest ferstival of Onam when locals enjoy in festivities and tourism blooms.
Kumarakom slumbers on the banks of the famous Vembanad Lake. The Vembanad Lake with its majestic canals, streams and distributaries along its banks weave an intricate and enchantingly beautiful web. The gorgeous green of the fringed palms ripple in the blue waters and blend into wavelets. The whole atmosphere spells peace, bliss and tranquility.
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