Kumarakom Tourist Places

There are several tourist places in Kerala. Kumarakom is one of the tourism destinations based in Kerala, India near Kottayam city. The place is most famous for backwater tourism. In the backdrop of the largest freshwater lake, Vembanad lake, Kumarakom is set. One more featureabout Kumarakom is its wide variety of houseboats.

The houseboats are meant for tourists purpose only. For fishing purposes and for transportation of goods, people use a separate kind of boat which is known as Kettuvallam. There are some other special boats also which people use while taking part in boat races at the time of Onam which are known as Odi Vallam, Kochu Odi Vallam, Chundan Vallam (snake boat) and Churulan Vallam.

There is a moderate climate in Kumarakom throughout the year with an average rainfall of 1100 mm. The main economic activities other than tourism are fishing and agriculture. There are a wide range of resorts in Kumarakom. Kerala tourism offers great services and facilities to the tourists. Kumarakom resorts provide all kinds of facilities to their tourists.

They can find good resorts according to their needs, choices and preference of location. Resorts at Kumarakom offer several facilities to attract tourists ranging from yoga, ayurvedic massage, fishing, boating, swimming and angling along with comfortable accomodation.